Yes, I used the wrong tone in speaking of Nader. Let us hope you are right about him. Mark Jones http://www.egroups.com/group/CrashList Mark Jones http://www.egroups.com/group/CrashList ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 4:55 AM Subject: Re: jhurd_newparty: RE: The Nader Campaign, part three: historical precendent... > In a message dated 7/1/00 2:54:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << some dubious creep like Ralph Nader, in fact. >> > > I've heard Nader answer questions on several national news programs recently > and have read transcripts of several other interviews. His views about issues > of all kinds, ranging from military spending and the use of U.S. military > power (he favors greatly reducing spending, waging peace rather than war, and > using power to protect victimized people rather than corporations and corrupt > dictators) to universal health care (he favors a single payer system that > covers everyone) to same sex marriage and health benefits for same sex > couples (he said "yes to both") are as good or better than any significant > U.S. candidate for president (one with a chance of at least, say, 2% of the > vote) that I can remember -- comparable to Barry Commoner, as I recall. If > Nader is your idea of a "dubious creep," then we might as will give up all > hope forever for electing a truly progressive President. He's not perfect, > but who is? Are you? Frankly, people who say Nader gives them the creeps just > because he's done or said a few objectionable things in his 66 years give me > the creeps. Your brand of perfectionism is a sure ticket to political > oblivion. > > -Ralph Suter >
