Re: nader/green party (political - duh) and poem (poetical?)

[GidgetTMsMan@aol.com]

 

Does Nader not understand he is hurting the cause of progress by running for President?

No, I think he completely understands that, but until the Democratic party realizes that not everyone in the party wants a moderate, Republican Democrat, then they hold no hope.  The Democratic party is doing very very little to woo the youth (18-28) vote, and until they look to their future, then will not oust Bush/cronies

Does he not realize his role as campaign gadfly to influence the issues serves ultimately to hand the election to the Republicans because he will again split the moderate/liberal vote for the Democrats?

Right, but the point for Nader is to reform the way that the Democratic and Republican parties look at the election.  The Democratic party has been more and more trying to draw out support from centrists, and this is costing them at the other end.  The current Democrating party is really not that much more liberal than the Republican party.  Sure they have different huge groups giving them money, but their focus is still not on the individual.

Or is he going on the air this week to announce he isn't going to run. Where's Perot when you need him to split the moderate/conservative/riverboat casino gamblers vote?

Well, that would be amusing.  I'm pretty sure that Nader will run.  If you go to the website he set up to poll people, then the impression is one of a developing campaign.

 

Short Note:  The people who voted for Dean in the primaries even after he was losing ground are not as likely to vote Kerry as they will to vote Nader.  The DNC did not take Dean seriously, and it will cost them the election.  It was too frightening to have the potential of someone whose funding did not come from traditional PACs.

As for Kerry vs. Edwards. My first choice was hometown boy Wes Clark. I think Edwards perhaps needs more government experience before it's his turn to be President. Kerry may be vulnerable in regards to where his campaign funding is coming from. But a Kerry/Clark ticket would satisfy me. 

  Yeah, that would be ok, but Clark said that he would not consider a VP slot when he was interviewed on Larry King. 

 

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