Several times I have heard Nader confront a Kerry supporter who basically calls him an asshole for running in this election. Nader's simple answer: "then you should vote for Kerry".
The message: let the voters decide each in their own way. I like that. When the Democratic Leadership Council runs Nader off ballots, the voters don't decide. Yoshie, I have no problem with your intervention criticized below. Paul Z. ************************************************************************* Vol.21-Neoliberalism in Crisis, Accumulation, and Rosa Luxemburg's Legacy RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, Zarembka/Soederberg, eds, Elsevier Science ********************** http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka On Tue, 19 Oct 2004, Michael Perelman wrote: > Yoshie, this is the second post I have seen like this. Please, it does not seem to > add anything. > > > On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 06:36:47PM -0400, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > > >Yoshie wrote: > > > > > >>If the contests are based upon the programs > > >>alone, without the candidates' names attached to them, > > >>the program advanced by Nader/Camejo might very well > > >>get the top billing, as the majority of Americans want > > >>to bring the troops back home and to establish > > >>universal health care. > > > > > >Damn right. They do. > > > > > >But life does not work like that. > > > > > >It seems that, in the US, the message is not heard over the messenger. > > > > > >That's a double edged sword. > > > > > >When you spit upon a Democrat who might actually be spouting > > >something of direct interest to the working class, so too will you > > >and yours be spat upon in a similar situation. > > > > > >I do not care which party wins. Just that the interests of my kin > > >are accounted for. > > > > > >Ken. > > > > I don't spit upon "a Democrat who might actually be spouting > > something of direct interest to the working class" such as Barbara > > Lee and Dennis Kucinich, nor does Ralph Nader. It's the ABB camp who > > have. > > -- > > Yoshie > > > > * Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/> > > * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> > > * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/> > > * OSU-GESO: <http://www.osu-geso.org/> > > * Calendars of Events in Columbus: > > <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/calendar.html>, > > <http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php>, & <http://www.cpanews.org/> > > * Student International Forum: <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/> > > * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osudivest.org/> > > * Al-Awda-Ohio: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio> > > * Solidarity: <http://www.solidarity-us.org/> > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA 95929 > > Tel. 530-898-5321 > E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu > > >
