[Peace-discuss] Fw: Re: Ralph Nader: Tragedy to Farce

[Tom Abram]

Nader is magnitudes less to blame for the Iraq War than the Democrats who
actually voted to authorize force and continue to fund the occupation.
Claiming his participation in the electoral process as a non-corporate party
candidate to be a farce is nothing less than political bigotry.  I will be
voting for the Green's candidate, Cynthia McKinney, but I still support
Nader's right to run, attain ballot access, and enter the debates.  I wish
others would have the same respect for an open democracy.

Tom

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
>
>    A kinder gentler view of Nader than my own...
>  --Jenifer
>
> --- On *Sun, 9/7/08, Helene Feiner * wrote:
>
>  Hi all,
>
> I'm so upset with Nader. This presidential election monkey wrenching
> has sure changed my opinion of him. I agree that our system needs to be
> changed but not by essentially throwing support to the Republicans.
> This reporter echoes how I feel about him.
>
> By James Fallows
> Ralph Nader: tragedy to farce
>
> 24 Feb 2008 11:00 am
>
> I have liked and admired Ralph Nader so much. I first worked for him
> when I was in my teens (and he was in his 30s). Under his auspices,
> encouragement, and relentless pressure, I'd written two books for his
> organization by the time I was 23 -- if only I'd been able to keep up
> that pace! Or that sales success, since one of them -- Who Runs
> Congress, turned out in eight weeks, with Mark Green and David Zwick
> --- eventually sold in the millions.
>
> Nader was funny, warm, brilliant-seeming, and, yes, caring. He visited
> my wife in the hospital after our first child was born. For years after
> that, he never failed to ask about both of our kids (or my wife)
> whenever I talked with him. I say all this as an indication of why
> Ralph Nader has so many people who actually are loyal to him -- and who
> wish they didn't have to face the reality about the choices he has made
> over the last eight years.
>
> That he stayed in the race in 2000 was tragedy. (See: Invasion of Iraq,
> 2003, and subsequent occupation.) That he came back in 2004 was
> unfortunate; his entry in 2008 is farce. Farce because it suggests
> detachment from political reality (the differences between the
> Republican and Democratic nominees are so faint that we can say, What
> the hell!) and, worse, narcissism. The fact that it won't make any
> difference in the outcome actually is sad.
>
> I will always like and respect Ralph Nader and will always admire the
> wonderful things he has done. But I wish to God that he had not made
> this decision, or will reverse it soon. (And, I am sorry that saying
> this will make me an enemy in his eyes.) He is a better man than his
> recent decisions indicate.
>
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>
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