tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57019112011-12-14T22:01:00.912-05:00Nader WatchEveryone has the right to express their ideas and to run for public office, including third-party candidates.</p>But Nader doesn't simply "express ideas." He runs dirty tricks campaigns and helped the right wing in 2000 and 2002. Nader threatens to help Bush again in 2004.</p>We expose Ralph Nader's poisonous impact on politics, and urge you not to support any Nader or Green candidates until they reject Naderism. <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Greenvsdemocrats">Discuss here.</a>Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comBlogger861100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1098913877519810502004-10-27T17:51:00.000-04:002004-10-27T17:51:17.520-04:00The Nader Question
Mike Hersh | mikehersh.com | Oct 27, 2004
In this critical 2004 Presidential Election, there are several names on the ballot, but only two men can win: George W. Bush or John F. Kerry. We all know this. Progressives and liberals cannot control what other people do, but we can control what we do - and that brings us to the Nader Question. It's important to respect Ralph Nader, Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1098819457163513632004-10-26T15:37:00.000-04:002004-10-26T15:42:25.996-04:00Nader's Candidacy is "All about the Battleground States"
A Debate on Ralph Nader's Candidacy Democracy Now! October 26th, 2004
With a week to go before the November 2 election, the race for the White House appears to be heading into a dead heat. Most major polls put President Bush and John Kerry neck and neck. Both candidates have more or less stopped traveling to any states not designated as Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1098557448232034452004-10-23T14:50:00.000-04:002004-10-23T14:50:48.233-04:00Nader Effort to Help Bush Rebuffed in Ohio
Helen Dewar and Paul Farhi | Washington Post | October 23, 2004
Ohio's Supreme Court rejected Ralph Nader's effort to get his name on the state ballot yesterday, in a blow to the independent presidential candidate but a possible boon to the hopes of Democrat John F. Kerry....
The ruling was the second setback in five days for Nader in the critical swingMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1098551768572708552004-10-23T13:16:00.000-04:002004-10-23T13:18:54.656-04:00Howard Dean: A Vote for Nader is a Vote for Bush
Blog for America | February 23, 2004
"When I announced last week that I am no longer actively pursuing the presidency, I urged my supporters not to be tempted by any independent or third party candidate. I said I would support the nominee of the Democratic Party, because the bottom line is that we must defeat George W. Bush in November, whatever itMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1098550862558361482004-10-23T13:01:00.000-04:002004-10-23T13:05:55.846-04:00Even Diminished Support for Nader Could Give Bush Another 4 Years
Manuel Roig-Franzia and Jonathan Finer Washington Post October 22, 2004
Ralph Nader was typically unstinting in his criticisms of President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry on Thursday, referring to the choice facing voters as one between "heart disease and cancer." It was the final swing through Florida before the Nov. 2 presidential Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1098124100052340332004-10-18T14:28:00.000-04:002004-10-18T14:33:52.743-04:00Exposing Ralph Nader
The Political Monitor Blog : Powered By RADIO LEFT : September 26, 2004
As a Democrat who has suffered for the past three years because of this man's egomaniacal pursuit of one office, I've frankly had enough of the hero worship lavished on someone so undeserving. Search the internet, and you'll find it very difficult to get the truth about this man and his real beliefs, not Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1098034644908762122004-10-17T13:37:00.000-04:002004-10-17T13:54:22.366-04:00Nader's Two-Time Running Mate: Voting Conscience, Voting for Kerry
Paul Levy | Star Tribune | October 16, 2004
Winona LaDuke, Ralph Nader's running mate in the two previous presidential elections, plans to vote for John Kerry, she said Friday from her home on Minnesota's White Earth Reservation. "I'm voting for John Kerry this November," LaDuke said in a prepared statement. "I'm voting my Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1097858420810182942004-10-15T13:40:00.000-04:002004-10-17T14:04:01.000-04:00Nader Emerging as the Threat Democrats Feared
Katharine Q. Seelye, The New York Times (10/15/2004)
With less than three weeks before the election, Ralph Nader is emerging as just the threat that Democrats feared, with a potential to tip the balance in up to nine states where President Bush and Senator John Kerry are running neck and neck. Despite a concerted effort by Democrats to derail his Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1097686998035934252004-10-13T13:03:00.000-04:002004-10-13T13:14:10.383-04:00Nader Breaks Vow, Attacks Kerry in Swing States to Bolster Bush
David Corn | Reproaching Ralph | tompaine.com | October 13, 2004
Ralph Nader has done so much good for the United States, but his latest stubborn run for president will secure him a place as either a spoiler or an almost-spoiler. And political reporter David Corn - who broke into independent journalism 24 years ago working for Nader Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1095329401748819682004-09-16T06:10:00.000-04:002004-09-16T06:30:35.530-04:00Federal Judge Sends Nader Ballot Dispute Back to State Court
Bill Cotterell, Political Editor | Tallahassee Democrat | 09/15/2004
A federal judge refused to intervene Tuesday in the roller coaster legal fight over Ralph Nader's quest for a spot on the Florida presidential ballot, sending the dispute back to state courts. Attorneys for Nader and the Reform Party asked U.S. District Judge Stephan Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1095214536123185002004-09-14T22:15:00.000-04:002004-09-16T06:15:18.473-04:00Nader's 2000 Citizens' Committee Urge "Swing States" Support For KerryPress Release: Tuesday 14 September 2004
Washington - As Ralph Nader campaigns in swing state after swing state, a large group of prominent endorsers from Nader 2000 is calling for support for Kerry in those states in order to oust Bush. Four years ago this month, Nader convened news conferences in several cities to unveil hisMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1095104931574386832004-09-13T15:48:00.000-04:002004-09-13T15:48:51.573-04:00Greens: Nader Has Set a Course to Help Bush
Commondreams 09/09/04
Greens for Impact: "[We are] dismayed to see that Ralph Nader's campaign schedule for September consists almost completely of battleground states, where his presence could aid in re-electing George W. Bush. From September 11th through September 18th, Nader will be stumping in the swing states of PA, OH, MI, WI, MN, IA, and CO."
Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1094250290574871412004-09-02T18:24:00.000-04:002004-09-03T18:35:47.253-04:00Nader Intent on Helping Bush Carry Washingon and Other States
Nader will appear on Washington ballot, but not Oregon's(9/2/2004) - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader will be on the Washington ballot this fall, but he has once again been stymied in Oregon. Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed verified and validated 1,008 signatures yesterday nominating Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1094246166775761962004-09-02T17:16:00.000-04:002004-09-03T18:37:23.996-04:00Nader wants to deliver Oregon to Bush, but his campaign there violated the law
(9/2/2004) - Corvallis Gazette Times, Oregon
Once an admired figure in Oregon, Ralph Nader has failed to qualify for the state's presidential ballot because some petition sheets turned in by his supporters failed to comply with state law, Secretary of State Bill Bradbury said Wednesday.
It was a serious setback for Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1093974797496342352004-08-31T13:49:00.000-04:002004-08-31T13:53:17.496-04:00Let Nader Speak to his Right Wing SupportersTheNaderFactor.com August 31, 2004
We at TheNaderFactor.com think its only fair after all the help Republicans have given Nader – let alone Nader taking their help – that we bring them all together for one big party in New York City. Well, we need Your Help. TheNaderFactor.com is launching its own little signature-gathering effort. We call it – "Let Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1093974572060893132004-08-24T13:49:00.000-04:002004-08-31T13:54:16.436-04:00Ad Campaign Asserts a Bush-Nader Alliance
MARK GLASSMAN The New York Times Editors' Note August 24, 2004
A new advertising campaign satirizing the Republican financial support of Ralph Nader's independent campaign for the presidency sums up the effort this way: Bush-Nader '04. In a 60-second television advertisement that begins running on Tuesday an announcer alludes to an unlikely Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1093972857913661702004-08-12T13:20:00.000-04:002004-08-31T13:59:08.733-04:00Top Massachusetts Bush donor contributed to Nader
By Associated Press August 12, 2004
BOSTON --Ralph Nader has found an unexpected friend in Massachusetts.
Hopkinton computer tycoon Richard Egan, the Bush campaign's finance chairman in John Kerry's home state, has personally contributed the maximum amount allowed by law -- $2,000 -- to Nader's presidential campaign. Egan's son John and daughter Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1093974199065597412004-08-10T13:43:00.000-04:002004-08-31T13:56:30.973-04:00Republicans fund Nader as decisive electoral weapon
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington August 10, 2004 The Guardian (UK)
Ralph Nader, the consumers' champion who became the scourge of Democrats for his determination to run for US president, faced a concerted challenge yesterday to his candidacy in a battleground state. In two separate lawsuits, Democratic activists in Pennsylvania sought to keep Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1091479159305439502004-08-02T16:39:00.000-04:002004-08-02T16:45:58.500-04:00Workers: "A lot of us were scammed" by Nader
Petition circulators demanded payment for signatures collected.
By Michael Currie Schaffer Philadelphia Inquirer 07/31/2004
Ralph Nader's presidential campaign this week abruptly abandoned the Center City office that housed its efforts to get on the Pennsylvania ballot, leaving behind a mess of accusations and a damaged building. The office, on the Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1091480392085205712004-07-30T16:59:00.000-04:002004-08-31T13:59:37.646-04:00Nader Uses Right Wing Help, Deception to Get on Ballot
by Chris Brennan Philadelphia Daily News 07/30/2004
Nader, a longtime consumer advocate with strong liberal leanings, has been accepting help from Republicans and conservative groups to collect nominating petitions. Many still seethe that Nader's spot on the ballot in 2000, when he ran as the Green Party candidate, sapped votes from Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1090916159825457772004-07-27T04:15:00.000-04:002004-07-27T04:18:45.076-04:00Nader could cost Kerry Arab American vote
By Benjamin Duncan in Washington, DC | 14 March 2004
With the upcoming presidential election expected to be one of the closest in recent memory, Ralph Nader’s candidacy could cost Democratic nominee John Kerry key Arab American votes in four key states.
The Arab American Institute (AAI) said this after a recent tracking poll it conducted. In a Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1090867360152066012004-07-26T14:42:00.000-04:002004-07-26T14:42:40.153-04:00Ralph Nader fudges the truth just like a real politician.
Speaking Lies to Power By Matt Welch | May 2002
Review of Crashing the Party: How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President, by Ralph Nader
The subtitle of Ralph Nader’s new campaign memoir is "How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President." On page 261, Nader states flatly that it’s "not true" most of his 2.8 million votes Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1090514618592794052004-07-22T12:42:00.000-04:002004-07-22T12:45:12.093-04:00Nader lined up with the extreme right in US politics
From "An exchange on Nader, Kerry and the US war in Iraq" WSWS June 1, 2004 - Excerpts:
To be sure, Nader combines his advocacy of UN occupation of Iraq with radical-sounding denunciations of the Bush administration and its decision to invade and conquer Iraq. At a recent press conference, he called for the impeachment of George W. Bush for Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1090511504823195832004-07-22T11:51:00.000-04:002004-07-22T11:52:59.136-04:00The awful truth about Nader Ballot Petitions
By Jason Wolven of Michigan
I was having a good time attending the beer tent during this year's Manistee Forest Festival until a person sat down beside to ask me to sign a petition. So since I wasn't drinking any type of alcoholic beverages at the event (I have to take meds for my epileptic seizures which alcohol interferes with) I looked at what I wasMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1090440885524135062004-07-21T16:14:00.000-04:002004-07-21T16:16:21.570-04:00Tell Nader - Don't Accept Republican "Help"
Michigan Republicans have been gathering signatures, in a cynical effort to put Ralph Nader on the ballot to help George Bush. This is just one of many states where this is happening. Just a few days ago, the Nader campaign took a principled stand, announcing it would not take help from the Michigan Republicans. And we at TheNaderFactor.com praised Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1090248524261157102004-07-19T10:48:00.000-04:002004-07-19T10:55:10.806-04:00Republicans Helping Nader to Help Themselves
By Brian Faler - The Washington Post - July 19, 2004; Page A04
The Michigan Republican Party submitted more than 40,000 signatures last week in a bid to get independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the state's November ballot.
Of course, this is not really about helping Nader. It is all about helping President Bush and hurting Democratic Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1093973258796458392004-07-10T13:27:00.000-04:002004-08-31T13:35:06.426-04:00Salon.com News Dean hits Nader where it hurts
By Mary Jacoby Salon July 10, 2004
The man who revived the Democrats' fighting spirit hammers the spoiler on his ties to right-wing moneyed interests. Howard Dean wasted little time getting to the point in a debate with third-party presidential candidate Ralph Nader on Friday. After listening to Nader's standard posturing about how only he can Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1089409348998109292004-07-09T17:33:00.000-04:002004-07-09T17:42:29.000-04:00Nader, Running Mate At Odds About Accepting Right Wing Cash
Camejo says: "I take no money from people who disagree with us," but Nader Demurs.
GOP donors funding Nader - Bush supporters give independent's bid a financial lift
By Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle Political Writer | July 9, 2004
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader -- still not on the ballot in a single state -- Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1089371646253628242004-07-09T07:14:00.000-04:002004-07-09T17:27:51.043-04:00Poll: Americans See Clear Differences Between Bush, Kerry
A new poll finds a majority of American voters see clear differences between the Democratic and Republican parties and President Bush and Sen. John Kerry. Political experts say a small number of undecided voters may determine this year's election. Listen to Morning Edition audio.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1089369407968516782004-07-09T06:36:00.000-04:002004-07-09T06:54:38.250-04:00Democracy For America: Gov. Dean on Nader
Lynn in Cincinnati: "How much of a threat is Nader's candidacy? And, is there anything being done behind the scenes to convince him to get out of the race?"
Gov. Howard Dean: "I think Nader is a real threat because the election is going to be so close. Both John Kerry and I have talked to him personally, he has no intention of getting out of the race. Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1089342693732891802004-07-08T23:11:00.000-04:002004-07-09T06:38:43.010-04:00Nader's illegal GOP backers
Right-wing groups -- and Bush-Cheney '04 -- may have violated federal campaign law to help get Ralph Nader on the ballot in Oregon. By Joe Conason
A Washington watchdog group is charging that Ralph Nader's presidential campaign benefited from "illegal" assistance provided by right-wing organizations -- at the behest of his supposed opponents in the Bush-Cheney Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1089071068205584722004-07-05T19:44:00.000-04:002004-07-05T19:44:28.206-04:00Bush allies illegally helping Nader in OregonLiberal Watchdog Group CREW Files Complaint With Federal Election Commission [excerpts]
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Efforts by two conservative groups to help President Bush by getting independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the ballot in the key battleground state of Oregon has prompted a complaint to the Federal Election Commission by a liberal Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1089003232493192322004-07-05T00:43:00.000-04:002004-07-05T00:55:23.556-04:00Why Blame Nader? Don't Democrats Deserve Blame Too?
People ask us all the time, why give Kerry and Democrats a free ride? Not one Democratic Senator joined the protest against Bush's illegal power grab back in January 2001. Too many of them voted for his voodoo economics and other lousy policies. They mostly rolled over for Bush on the Patriot Act. All this is true. Many Democrats in Congress Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1089001956213121152004-07-05T00:32:00.000-04:002004-07-05T00:34:56.010-04:00TheNaderFactor.org: Want to Get Rid of Bush and Grow
the Greens? Support David Cobb By Medea Benjamin
I spent a sleepless night last night thinking about the Nader/Camejo ticket and the Green Party's dilemma. I love and admire both Nader and Camejo, and have had a close working relationship with both of them for many years. I totally support their anti-war, anti-corporate, pro-democracy message.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1089001490691515312004-07-05T00:24:00.000-04:002004-07-05T00:24:50.690-04:00GREENS FOR KERRY: Why I changed my voter registration today
by Norman Solomon, June 28, 2004, published by CommonDreams.org Excerpts
This morning I mailed a form changing my party registration from "decline to state" to the Green Party. It's a tiny individual step in response to a hugely important collective action -- the party's decision at its national convention to nominate David Cobb for Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1089000424018436602004-07-05T00:07:00.000-04:002004-07-05T00:12:56.333-04:00Greens vs. Nader, Nader vs. Greens
Yahoo! Groups : GreensDemocratsVSNaderBush
Many people who claim to be Greens are really not. They're more loyal to Nader than to the Green Party. In this, they're like Nader himself, who used the Green Party as a tool to help Bush in 2000.
Rather than build up the Green Party, by seeking more easy to gain votes and support in "safe states", Nader squanderedMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1088876974409338112004-07-03T13:49:00.000-04:002004-07-03T14:21:08.116-04:00Vote Nader, Elect Bush | The Anti-Bush 04 Store
Ralph Nader has done a lot for consumers, the environment and more. But by running for President in 2000 he helped empower the extreme right wing. The 2004 Election is too important. Send a message with a fax, phone, stamp or email - not with a wasted vote. Tell would-be Nader voters to please reconsider before they help Nader help Bush and Cheney. Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1088875351381356362004-07-03T13:22:00.000-04:002004-07-03T13:53:17.650-04:00Justice Talking Sponsors Howard Dean vs. Nader Debate
Parties, Politics and the State of Elections: July 9th, Washington, DC SOLD OUT! Contact your local NPR station for air dates and times.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1088818203920014142004-07-02T21:30:00.000-04:002004-07-03T15:02:19.036-04:00WHAT LEADING PROGRESSIVES ARE SAYING....
Leading progressives like PAT LAMARCHE, MEDEA BENJAMIN, HOWARD ZINN, NOAM CHOMSKY, MICHAEL MOORE, and even RALPH NADER explain why it's important to get rid of Bush in 2004. Why we can't afford to "send a message" by wasting a vote on Nader.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1088801260180518742004-07-02T16:47:00.000-04:002004-07-05T00:17:50.973-04:00GREENS FOR KERRY
"We are proud members of the Green Party, guided by its ten key values, including social justice, protection of the environment, civil rights, women's rights and sustainability. To protect our nation and preserve a healthy future - economically, socially, environmentally and morally, we must defeat George W. Bush. We urge all Greens and Nader voters in swing states to vote Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1088792020262919112004-07-02T14:13:00.000-04:002004-07-02T16:49:01.446-04:00Watchdog Group Exposes Links BetweenPro-Bush Right Wingers and Nader
By SAM HANANEL, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 30, 9:55 AM ET
A watchdog group says it will file a complaint with federal election officials, accusing two conservative organizations of illegally helping Ralph Nader's presidential campaign, possibly with support from President Bush's re-election campaign.
Citizens for Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1093974067523454762004-06-26T13:41:00.000-04:002004-08-31T13:58:29.383-04:00Greens Snub Nader, Target Bush
t r u t h o u t 26 June 2004 Green Party Milwaukee, WI
Cobb's Safe States Strategy Wins Him Green Party Presidential Nomination. Focus on defeating Bush attracts swing delegates to his candidacy.
At the Green Party nominating convention, delegates were evenly split between the nomination of David Cobb and the endorsement of Ralph Nader. So-called 'no nominee' Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1089401125269973422004-06-23T15:25:00.000-04:002004-07-09T15:26:06.226-04:00NPR : Nader Rejects Black Caucus' Call to Drop Out of Race
National Public Radio: The Tavis Smiley Show audio | June 23, 2004
Ralph Nader had a testy meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus Tuesday. Nader rejected their request that he quit the presidential race - many Democrats fear that progressive votes for Nader could tip the balance in favor of a Bush victory over Democratic Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1085772722064642252004-05-28T15:32:00.000-04:002004-07-02T16:51:04.796-04:00Ralph Nader Wanted Bush to Beat GoreThe Village Voice: Features: Ralph Nader, Suicide Bomber
Harry G. Levine writes: "I was invited to a fundraising party in Greenwich Village. There I approached Michael Moore and described how the campaign could use the Web to provide the latest data on battleground states like Florida, where Nader supporters should hold their noses and vote for Gore. When Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1081364874741525442004-04-07T15:07:00.000-04:002004-07-02T16:50:36.186-04:00Nader scoffs at liberal 'whining'
By DICK POLMAN Knight Ridder Newspapers - Kansas City Star | 04/04/2004 excerpts:
As for the theory, widely held among Democrats, that his 2000 candidacy took votes from Al Gore and put George W. Bush in the White House, and that now he seems poised to do it again - well, he thinks that's downright hysterical.
"Oh, the whining," he declared, once his mirth Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1078433683746625632004-03-04T15:54:00.000-05:002004-03-04T16:41:19.640-05:00Ralph Nader: Delusional At Any Speed."IF YOU HAVE any doubt that Nader is delusional, go to his Web site"
DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL consultant James Carville once described Ross Perot's presidential campaign as the greatest act of public masturbation in American history. With his decision to run for president again in 2004, serial wanker Ralph Nader is taking a run at Perot's title.
While I agree Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1078433110968565272004-03-04T15:45:00.000-05:002004-03-04T15:58:10.093-05:00Nader Goes On the Defensive
By Norman Solomon, AlterNet February 12, 2004
"No amount of such red-herring charges will shore up the scant support for a Nader-for-president campaign this year. When Nader resorts to them, he seems to be putting up a smokescreen, as if his rationales for a presidential run in 2004 can't withstand scrutiny."
Ralph Nader has cogently pointed out anti-democratic Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1078429024215726842004-03-04T14:37:00.000-05:002004-03-04T14:41:51.780-05:00Letter to the Village Voice re: Nader Interview
Ridgeway's latest steaming pile of crap / hymn to St. Ralph made me ralph. The string of whiny complaints that some people don't want Nader helping Bush again was tolerable as overheated cult-think disguised as opinion.
This passage simply lied: "The only part of these attacks that seems to have touched Nader is a nasty article in The New Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1078421991033502132004-03-04T12:39:00.000-05:002004-03-04T12:42:00.983-05:00Ignore Ralph Nader
What if they gave a campaign, and nobody came?
The World This Week by Alan Bisbort, Hartford Advocate: February 26, 2004
What planet does Ralph Nader live on? Surely it is not the same planet where the rest of us live. His decision to run for President again in 2004, which he announced Sunday morning from the very heart of the corporate beast he professes to despise -- NBC'sMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1078164705442186652004-03-01T13:11:00.000-05:002004-03-04T16:42:12.936-05:00TNR Online | Make You Ralph
"[I]f you didn't accept or believe the same things
[Nader] did, you were either stupid or venal."
THE MYTH OF THE 'GOOD' NADER: Make You Ralph
by Jonathan Chait, The New Republic: 02.29.04
As Ralph Nader prepares for another spoiler run at the presidency, liberals are again wringing their hands at the damage he may do not only to Democrats' chances of retaking the Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1078023321481204322004-02-28T21:55:00.000-05:002004-02-28T21:57:26.450-05:00Howard Dean's Statement on Ralph Nader's Decision
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday 23 February 2004
Contact: Jay Carson, 802-345-2348
BURLINGTON--Governor Howard Dean, M.D., issued the following statement today in response to Ralph Nader's announcement:
When I announced last week that I am no longer actively pursuing the presidency, I urged my supporters not to be tempted by any independentMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1077720877193864972004-02-25T09:54:00.000-05:002004-02-25T09:56:50.843-05:00Forget Nader, Hug KucinichBy Adam Werbach, AlterNet February 23, 2004
Ralph Nader is running for president. Big deal. For those of you cooking up schemes to derail his bid for the presidency, I urge you to give him exactly the attention he deserves. None. Angry opposition is exactly what Nader needs to turn his last stand into the Alamo. At the moment he has as much support as the guy who walks Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1077720421422107852004-02-25T09:47:00.000-05:002004-02-25T09:57:07.840-05:00AlterNet: The Lone Ranger Of Righteousness
Nader says, "It's my right to run." Yes, but that doesn't make it right to run.
By Paul Loeb, AlterNet February 22, 2004
This is Ralph Nader's core case in announcing his 2004 presidential candidacy. Yes, Nader has a legal right to run. He also has a legal right to donate $100,000 to the Republican Party and become a Bush Pioneer, but that doesn't mean Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1093974320448259322004-02-23T13:45:00.000-05:002004-08-31T13:57:21.156-04:00Howard Dean's Statement on Ralph Nader's Decision
23 February 2004 Contact Jay Carson, 802-345-2348
BURLINGTON--Governor Howard Dean, M.D., issued the following statement today in response to Ralph Nader's announcement:
"When I announced last week that I am no longer actively pursuing the presidency, I urged my supporters not to be tempted by any independent or third party candidate. I said I Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1077409376514258112004-02-21T19:22:00.000-05:002004-02-25T09:57:27.420-05:00Common Questions about RepentantNaderVoter.com
I voted for Nader, but I did not live in Florida or a swing state. Why should I repent?
Even Nader voters who don't live in Florida or traded their votes share responsibility for the Bush victory and should repent. Nader voters were part of the broader Nader movement, which gave his campaign credibility and momentum across the country, including Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1077409021515671732004-02-21T19:17:00.000-05:002004-02-25T09:57:45.623-05:00Open Letter to Ralph Nader
Dear Ralph:
When George W. Bush squeaked into Office, you were unrepentant about your decision to run for President in 2000. You have remained unrepentant ever since, and even today you are considering making another presidential bid next year.
Initially, your unrepentant stance was admirable. It was ridiculous for Gore Democrats to try to shift the blame for Gore's Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1066689793671753202003-10-20T18:43:00.000-04:002003-10-20T18:43:13.216-04:00In These Times 24/24--Ralph's Way"After November we're going to go after the Congress in a very detailed way, district by district. We're going to beat them in every possible way. If [Democrats are] winning 51 to 49 percent, we're going to go in and beat them with Green votes." - R Nader
Key excerpts
Nader, who argues the Democratic party is irremediably corrupt, also talks about leading the Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1066687795246648992003-10-20T18:09:00.000-04:002004-02-25T09:58:14.340-05:00
Ralph Nader as Suicide Bomber:6. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LOOKING GLASS: PARALLEL EARTH
The combination of Ira's email, the Nader rally, the weird encounter with Michael Moore, and the conversation with Tarek, changed everything. Together they brought me into Nader's own Lewis Caroll-like alternate reality, to the other side of the looking glass. I was now in what the brilliant cartoonist Tom Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1066687237975973142003-10-20T18:00:00.000-04:002003-10-20T18:02:39.013-04:00Nader as Suicide Bomber: http://www.soc.qc.edu/Staff/levine/Ralph%20Nader%20as%20Suicide%20Bomber.htm: Nader wanted to "punish" Democrats
"Nader could do the same thing. The large vote in the safe states would send a real political message; the low or non Nader turnout in the close states would show that Nader sent people to Gore and that he had that kind of power. If he did this, he would be Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1066686056500529172003-10-20T17:40:00.000-04:002003-10-20T17:41:43.220-04:00Tim Robbins on Voting for Nader
With comments by HGL
May 2, 2003
IRA,
As you requested, below is Tim Robbins' post-election Nation piece justifying his support of Nader --- with a few comments from me to Tim. You can pass this on to anybody you wish and use it as background for your own nefarious purposes.
(The stories about Robbin's being uninvited by the Baseball Hall of Fame and his Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1066685639785487772003-10-20T17:33:00.000-04:002003-10-20T17:33:59.476-04:00The Man Who Gave Us Bush Pt 2
Books in Review: The Man Who Gave Us Bush
Jonathan Chait - The American Prospect
Volume 13, Issue 20. November 4, 2002.
Crashing the Party: How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President
By Ralph Nader. Dunne Books, 400 pages, $14.95
Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon
By Justin Martin. Perseus Publishing, 288 pages, $26.00
"[Nader's] paranoia and irrationality, Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1066684405846652162003-10-20T17:13:00.000-04:002003-10-20T17:14:55.473-04:00The Man Who Gave Us Bush
THE AMERICAN PROSPECT Volume 13, Issue 20. November 4, 2002.
Books in Review: The Man Who Gave Us Bush - Jonathan Chait
Crashing the Party: How to Tell the Truth and Still Run for President By Ralph Nader. Dunne Books, 400 pages, $14.95
Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon, By Justin Martin. Perseus Publishing, 288 pages, $26.00
Key excerpts:
Nader is at his Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1066682425252350152003-10-20T16:40:00.000-04:002003-10-20T16:40:24.843-04:00Nader Wanted Gore To Lose (hereinstead.com) Ralph Nader Wanted The Democrats To Lose in 2000
THE KAMIKAZE CANDIDATE: Ralph Nader
RALPH NADER AS SUICIDE BOMBER
May 4, 2003
Bush-Cheney and their henchmen -- including Ashcroft and Rumsfeld -- are serious right-wing monsters. Many people said this during the campaign in 2000 and many more have said so since.
So why was "honest" Ralph Nader, of Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1066273197672510092003-10-15T22:59:00.000-04:002003-10-15T22:59:57.803-04:00Repentant Nader Voter...because Bush is so bad.
Nader will never win. Win you say? Yes, you can't change anything in our mixed up system unless you win.
This is the reason Nader and his supporters should back Dennis Kucinich. Sure, the boy wonder doesn't have a donut's chance in a police station either, but Kucinich can bring issues to the debate (because he will get invited) and he'll be gone Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1064978921153585212003-09-30T23:28:00.000-04:002003-09-30T23:32:56.156-04:00WAKE UP NADERITES, GREENS, 3rd PARTY MEMBERS!!VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS TO STOP THE REPUBLICANS!
"I DON'T BELIEVE THE NADERITES TRULY BELIEVE IN THEIR CAUSES THEY SUPPORT, BECAUSE IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR AL GORE; BUT MY OPINION IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT NADERITES POSSESS SUFFICIENT COMMON SENSE TO REALIZE THAT THEIR VOTE FOR NADER IN EFFECT WAS A VOTE FOR G.W. BUSH & HIS POLICIES..Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1063029717914562762003-09-08T10:01:00.000-04:002003-09-08T10:03:57.240-04:00Nader Sold Out to the Bush Republicans
"Nader should be held responsible for jeopardizing the well-being of gays and lesbians, minorities and the poor, women and organized labor."
"An Oregon-based group called Greens for Gore, whose members include a founding member of the Green Party, issued a blistering statement today accusing Mr. Nader of running a 'reckless, irresponsible and totally Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1063025021103392962003-09-08T08:43:00.000-04:002003-09-08T08:50:39.190-04:00Ralph Nader's Racial Blindspot
Minorities see "Nader as another white, male progressive interested
in the black constituency but brashly unwilling to earn or represent it."
Even a Nader supporter admits Nader doesn't care about the plight of minorities:
Among the 19 issues listed on the official Nader2000 website, including such entries as "Clinton-Bush-Gore," "Fair Trade," and "Industrial Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1063024500906458632003-09-08T08:35:00.000-04:002003-09-08T08:37:35.803-04:00Nader led left into political oblivion
CorpWatch.org - News - USA: By Gregory Palast
Left Labour Review (Britain)
November 8, 2000
I cast the vote that dare not speak its name: so shoot me, I voted Nader. But my shame is not in electing George W. I'm more nagged by an unflattering parallel between Nader's campaign and the 1988 run for President by that Bible-banging, sticky-fingered Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062327170674648442003-08-31T06:52:00.000-04:002003-08-31T06:52:50.526-04:00
Is Nader Good for the Greens?
Writing for the pro-Nader Nation magazine, author and Green advocate Micah L. Sifry says no. In his article Greens at the Crossroads, Sifry credits Nader and his 2000 campaign, claiming they 'buoyed' the Greens, but he laments 'the party has a dysfunctional relationship with its de facto standard-bearer, Ralph Nader.' This because, 'While Nader says 'People Have Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062326827804422492003-08-31T06:47:00.000-04:002003-08-31T06:49:40.043-04:00Ralph Nader, Green Crusader
...If strong situational forces cast Nader's candidacy adrift, it was ultimately swamped by the visible cracks in his persona. Nader, a private, solitary man, is dutiful, diligent, conscientious, and uncompromising. In public life, introverts like Nader come across as cold, aloof, and uninspiring, no matter how admirable the substance of their message. They seeminglyMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062326410593378442003-08-31T06:40:00.000-04:002003-08-31T06:40:38.306-04:00Nader, Green Crusader
Childhood Denied: The Roots of Ralph Nader's Righteousness
Peter Habenczius and Aubrey Immelman, Saint John's University, Minn.
Reprinted from the March 2001 issue of Clio's Psyche, journal of the Psychohistory Forum
Ralph Nader failed to accomplish the ostensive goals of his presidential bid in the 2000 election - to stop the shift to the right in American politics thatMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062325368918413532003-08-31T06:22:00.000-04:002003-08-31T06:26:27.003-04:00
Stalking Horses
By Mike Hersh (c) 2002
Rights to publication as op-ed or letterto the editor granted with attribution.
A Stalking Horse is a candidate with no chance to winwho helps another candidate by dividing the opposition.
Ralph Nader offers silent assent as a Green stalking horse aims to help Republicans defeat arch-progressive Sen. Paul Wellstone. Only Sen. Jim Jeffords' decision to Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062324430042020492003-08-31T06:07:00.000-04:002003-08-31T06:08:10.053-04:00Barney Frank's Letter to Ralph Nader
Dear Ralph:
Because the debate between us concerns some of the most important public policy issues facing this country, I thought it best to write directly to you in the interest of better clarifying issues for the voters.
In your comments at the National Press Club, you noted that you had been concerned about civil rights and civil liberties for some timeMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062324289524873262003-08-31T06:04:00.000-04:002003-08-31T06:05:33.450-04:00Corporate Ralph Nader
My friend Martin wrote: "The Greens' god-image Ralph Nader has long been an anti-union despot. It's not surprising now that the Greens are fielding anti-union candidates to knock off pro-union Democrats in California and elsewhere. The information below is from www.realchange.org (see NaderWatch - Bookmarks), and shows Nader's long history of union-busting and worker abuse."Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062324009815710552003-08-31T06:00:00.000-04:002003-08-31T06:01:56.496-04:00
Nader misses irony, crosses over into irrelevancy
"[H]ow many of his 2000 voters are out there now, demonstrating against Bush's plan for a pre-emptive military strike -- a policy that almost certainly would not have been a Gore administration's reaction to Sept. 11."
Sally Kalson Wednesday, March 19, 2003
...I came across an essay by Ralph Nader, urging President Bush to stop his march to war Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062322902978468232003-08-31T05:41:00.000-04:002003-08-31T05:53:12.290-04:00Ralphie Come Lately NaderReprises His "Rosie Ruiz" Act
Subject: Ralph Nader calls for Wild Bill Janklow's resignation
Courtesy of the Rapid City Journal
Ralph Nader calls for congressman's resignation
Rep. Bill Janklow's expected absence from Congress next week as he recovers from a car crash will deprive South Dakota of a vote in the House of Representatives, although he is not likely to miss a Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062266095608170132003-08-30T13:54:00.000-04:002003-08-30T14:01:21.800-04:00Shameless
A Naderite writes: I understand your concerns, however, you are wrong. Nader help Bush win? Come on. Nader was the only Dem in the last election. Gore lost because he was so far to the right many faithfull [sic] Dems saw him as a Republican. I voted Nader in 2000, and if Dean or Dennis win the bid and slid to the right, I'll vote Green again. When the liberal party becomes conservative,Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062112935876154422003-08-28T19:22:00.000-04:002003-08-28T19:33:16.240-04:00Why did Nader help Bush?Someone recently asked me why did Nader help Bush, and why wasn't Nader allowed in the debates? Apparently the decision to exclude an also-ran means more to some people than "Why did Nader run to maximize help for Bush (and harm to the progressive cause)" and "Why didn't Nader stand up for democracy in Florida?" We're all free to decide what we consider important. Some putMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062044714330801032003-08-28T00:25:00.000-04:002003-08-28T00:26:00.323-04:00Greens vs. Democrats
The Washington Post reported on July 21, 2003: 'The Green Party emerged from a national meeting over the weekend increasingly certain that it will run a presidential candidate in next year's election, all but settling a debate within the group over how it should approach the 2004 contest.' See: Greens Want Candidate in 2004 - Most Rule Out Supporting a Democrat.
Are the Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1062044468407034192003-08-28T00:21:00.000-04:002003-08-28T00:26:53.643-04:00Green Dreams and the 2004 Presidential Race
By Norman Solomon
"Hayden added cogently, 'Nader and the Greens need a reality check. The notion that the two major parties are somehow identical may be a rationale for building a third party, but it insults the intelligence of millions of blacks, Latinos, women, gays, environmentalists and trade unionists who can't afford the indulgence of RepublicanMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1061926823476955192003-08-26T15:40:00.000-04:002003-08-26T15:48:55.766-04:00
Nader's wrecking-ball campaign betraysliberal, humane and progressive values
CONCERNED SCHOLARS, WRITERS, ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS 2000
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, are deeply disturbed by the continuing national campaign by Ralph Nader, which is growing ever more harmful as Election Day approaches.
It is now plain that Mr. Nader is willing to make incredible statements and take unbelievable positionsMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1061924609045204882003-08-26T15:03:00.000-04:002003-08-26T15:07:00.050-04:00Repentant Nader Voter...because Bush is so bad.
Open Letter to Ralph Nader
Dear Ralph:
When George W. Bush squeaked into Office, you were unrepentant about your decision to run for President in 2000. You have remained unrepentant ever since, and even today you are considering making another presidential bid next year.
Initially, your unrepentant stance was admirable. It was ridiculous for Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1061431330285300042003-08-20T22:02:00.000-04:002003-08-21T00:43:07.500-04:00Did Nader Help or Hurt Al Gore in 2000?
This seems an odd question, but one with increased importance as Nader ponders entering the 2004 Presidential campaign. Everyone involved in the 2000 election - candidates, voters and the media - concluded Nader took most of his support from Al Gore. Are they all mistaken?
Although some Nader supporters minimize this, Nader and his top supporters like Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1061339305930011812003-08-19T20:28:00.000-04:002003-08-26T15:50:50.846-04:00
Bianca Jagger Says Vote NO on Nader
The Nader letters, Compiled by Salon Staff :: Page 1:
International Activist, Bianca Jagger writes [excerpts - see full text]
Dear Mr. Nader:
Over the years, you have accomplished a great deal for the American people. Your candidacy in this election has been important. You have raised serious issues that need to be addressed.
However, the time has comeMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1061338608193274122003-08-19T20:16:00.000-04:002003-08-26T15:53:05.020-04:00
Actor / Activist and Nader friend Tom"Billy Jack" Laughlin Says NO to Nader:
Activist and Nader friend, Tom Laughlin writes:
Last night Ralph, you broke my heart. I honestly felt like crying.
Last Sunday when you were being interviewed by Sam Donaldson on ABC's This Week I felt so bad for you, and what you are becoming now that you have the power to determine the outcome of this election, Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5701911.post-1061338487302699462003-08-19T20:14:00.000-04:002003-08-20T23:13:38.990-04:00Why "Nader Watch?"
In our democracy, everyone has the right to express their ideas and to run for public office, including third-party candidates. We respect Nader's right to say anything he wants and run for any office he wants. We also revere the right to support any candidate anyone wants to support. However, while we defend Nader's right to run, we question the ways he chose to run. Nader Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12864144019511707525noreply@blogger.com