Way out left. It's Thursday night, and Ralph Nader's people are holding their weekly huddle to plot their man's crusade for the White House. About 20 members of Nader 2004 MN gather at the Painter Park recreation center in Minneapolis and kick around ideas about phone banks and literature drops and campaign slogans. The full article will be available on the Web for a limited time: <A HREF="http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/politics/8755864.htm";> http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/politics/8755864.htm</A>
"I think my support of Nader will cost me the endorsement of the Green party," says Mann, a Minneapolis school board candidate. "But what the hell." -- Way out left [Comment by Doug Mann] In 2002 I received a bare majority of the vote for the school board endorsement at the Green Party endorsing conventions before and after the primary election. Supporters of board member Judy Farmer (e.g., Annie Young) and DFL endorsed candidate Joseph Erickson were opposed to my endorsement. As a Nader supporter I am in a small minority of people who have recently attended Green Party meetings. And support for my campaign within the Green Party was strong among those now supporting Nader and weak among those who are currently in the Anybody But Bush or Nader crowd. I attended Greens for Nader meetings in 2000 and have attended 5th district Green Party membership meetings since early 2001. -Doug Mann, King Field and the new 8th ward Minneapolis School Board Candidate REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
