----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Petkov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <long recipient list snipped> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 10:53 PM Subject: [July30] Nader will bounce after July 30th July 30 in Philly - www.unity2000.com Nader Signs Up Irreverent Admaker By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Ralph Nader (news - web sites) has hired William Hillsman, the irreverent admaker who helped a flamboyant pro wrestler become governor of Minnesota, in hopes of boosting his third-party presidential campaign. The move to enlist the Minneapolis, Minn., media consultant, announced Wednesday, comes as Nader is traveling the country in an effort to build support for his Green Party bid. Neither man could say how much money they'll have for TV or radio ads or what the media campaign would look like. But Hillsman promised to produce nothing like the standard-issue spots churned out by Washington consultants. ``This is going to be a really boring race,'' he predicted. ``It's going to need somebody like Ralph Nader to make it watchable.'' Hillsman had Jesse Ventura rapping and appearing as an action figure fighting Evil Special Interest Man in ads during his campaign for Minnesota governor. Asked if he'll try to sell Nader to young people using MTV or ``Saturday Night Live,'' Hillsman joked: ``We do have this secret plan to make Ralph the sixth member of 'N Sync,'' the all-guy singing group that's popular with teens. Nader ran for president in 1996, but didn't campaign and spent less than $5,000. This time around, he is campaigning nationwide and says he has raised about $1 million and hopes for a total take of $5 million. While his odds of winning appear slim, he has begun to eat into Vice President Al Gore (news - web sites)'s support, which could affect the race. Recent national polls have shown Nader with about 6 percent support, slightly more in some battleground states, mostly at Democrat Gore's expense. Nader, meanwhile, says Gore's campaign is no longer dismissing him - a point conceded this week by Gore campaign manager William Daley. Nader said Wednesday that the campaign had approached three of his ``celebrity supporters'' and that Gore personally contacted one of them. He would not name those who were contacted. ``For three months the Gore campaign would say to reporters they weren't losing any sleep over my campaign, to which I replied, 'Slumber on, Al Gore.''' he said. ``But they are not slumbering on.'' Hillsman suggested the strategy for targeting potential Nader supporters will likely include the Internet and possibly radio and television. Hillsman also helped elect Paul Wellstone to the Senate in 1990, using unconventional ads that featured the candidate frantically running around explaining, ``I don't have $6 million, so I'm gonna have to talk fast.'' Hillsman has already created a five-minute video for Nader, filled with pulsating music, artsy black-and-white shots of him amid Washington monuments and protesters at the recent World Bank meetings. A bit irreverent, it shows one protest sign saying, ``Spank the bank; you've been naughty.'' He plans to film new footage of Nader later this week, including a trip to Minnesota where Nader will meet with Ventura, who has not endorsed anyone for president. Email this story - (View most popular) | Printer-friendly ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
