Ralph Nader has announced that he is considering entering the 2004 Presidential race, and that is distressing as hell. I have enormous respect for Ralph Nader and his principles. I count him among my heroes, and I can count those on the fingers of one hand. I believe that this country absolutely needs a third party. But not this time.
The simple fact is, if Nader had not run in the last election, Gore would be president. Bush and the puppet masters are such dangerous lunatics that Nader should not risk being a spoiler in this election. We need Nader with the Democratic party now, not outside it. He would make an extraordinary vice-president, for example.
As Rick Bruner eloquently pointed out, Nader needs to “bring his supporters into the fold to get rid of the wicked witch, rather than aggitating from outside and chance dividing the vote.”
There is too much at stake in this election: trillions in national debt, the loss of women’s right to choose, the possibility of a Scalia Supreme Court, the gutting of social programs and, of course, jobs and health care, just to name a few of the issues.
Nader is soon to announce his decision. Please, watch “Ralph Don’t Run,” and then go to Nader’s Website and ask him not to run.
Ralph Don’t Run!
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We desperately need a third party in this country and misguided efforts like this will only delay or destroy it. The democrats are just the republicans turned inside out. If you want real change then you have to be willing to take a real stand. What costs the democrats the elections is the lack of a real leader with truly new ideas who is unbeholding to the political and corporate machines. They are all in bed with each other, it
Possibly Nader wants to scare the Democrats into some concessions as a potential spoiler such as environmental promises, promises to eradicate Patriot I and II, promises to go after corporate fraud, etc. The Democrats are pretty desparate. they might agree to that as well as including some Green initiatives and people in the administration.
I invite readers to visit this site
http://kucinich.us/202020.php
This is the time for Americans to stand up and be counted. Dennis Kucinich is a worthy leader for our country; he has been awarded the Ghandi Peace Prize so his pledge to create a Secretary of Peace is not an empty promise.
Read for yourself, think for yourself, then decide for yourself.
Thank you very much.
Joan
I think Michael Moore’s become a shameless windbag (and this is coming from one of them bleeding heart liberals), but he said it best after the 2000 elections – ‘Ralph Nader didn’t lose the election for Al Gore. Al Gore lost the election for Al Gore.’ Here was a vice president coming from serving two terms during one of the most prosperous periods ever in this country, and he couldn’t beat an opponent with little experience, a poor track record, and no sense of geography.
That being said, I’d hate to risk the 04 election, and I enjoyed the link thoroughly and sent Mr. Nader’s committee a note.
Actually it seems to me that the unholy-triad (big business, the mob and the CIA) have already decided who’ll be president and we the people are just duped into believing we have a say in anything! Hey remember the old saying “just because I’m paranoid doesn’t mean I’m not being followed.”