[Peace-discuss] Is this really true?

[Chuck Minne]

I hate to say “I told you so,” but I did.

 

I just happen to think that Nader is “innocently” and secretly funded by the GOP for the sole purpose of siphoning off Dem votes. In fact, I suspect that it is one of their highest priorities. FWIW, Sherman Skolnick, a Chicago conspiracy-theorist kind of guy (I guess, for I actually know very little about him,) reported (said) several months ago that Nader was actually a sort of GOP secret operative and phony as all get out. He made some pretty convincing arguments. I do not necessarily believe that, but if it happened to be true, I would not be overly surprised; but I doubt it. Nevertheless, IMO the GOP would be idiots not to surreptitiously support Nader.

 

I will wait until election morning, and if I feel Illinois is truly “safe,” I will vote for Nader. But Kerry will have to have a 10% lead for me to consider it “safe.” I just don’t think voting for Nader is that important, unless we want to show the GOP how effective a vote-siphoner he can be.

 


Evan Past <epastreich at yahoo.com> wrote:> >
> >Today (Thursday, June 24th) the Nader campaign made
a desperate,
last-ditch
> >effort to make the Oregon ballot by teaming up with
Republicans 
eager to
> >help get Bush re-elected.
> >
> >Ralph Nader himself appeared on Lars Larson's
right-wing talk radio 
show
> >this afternoon to urge Lars' listeners to come to
his nominating
convention
> >this Saturday. Guest host Victor Bok directly told
the audience that 
they
> >should help Ralph make the ballot to siphon liberal
votes and allow
George
> >Bush to win Oregon.
> >
> >This evening, news reporters have confirmed that
calls have been 
made to
> >Republicans from right-wing anti-tax group Citizens
for a Sound 
Economy.
> >Callers said, "I am calling because we have a
chance to stop John 
Kerry
> >from winning Oregon." They went on to urge members
to come out on
Saturday
> >and sign the petition to nominate Ralph Nader.
> >
> >Additional calls were made to registered
Republicans from Oregon 
Family
> >Council. The script itself blatantly states that
without Republicans 
"we
> >don't think many people will show up" confirming
the difficulty 
Nader has
> >had in attracting 1000 supporters after his first
effort to make the
Oregon
> >ballot failed earlier this year.
> >
> >Many progressives have long argued that Ralph has
failed to 
understand
how
> >his campaign would help defeat John Kerry in
November. These 
shocking
> >developments suggest that Ralph knows all too well
his value to the
right, and worse, demonstrates his willingness to put
his own agenda ahead of the larger cause of defeating
Bush.
> >



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