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33736 Reich on mediocrity of middle ground -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >You want to change the bounds of acceptable discouse in elections? Change >them before the elections even start. I don't know any Nader enthusiast who'd disagree, or who doesn't plan to keep agitating after the election. Doug

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Date:	Mon Oct 30 10:07:55 PST 2000

33737 Reich on mediocrity of middle ground -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Gordon Fitch" <gcf at panix.com> >To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> > > >>Reich's analysis seems incorrect to me. The application of >>more sophisticated technology should enable one to do more >>with less. If the aim were to get voters excited about the >>election and the candidates, advanced marketing techniques >>could be expected to use fairly modest resources to cr ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 30 08:51:53 PST 2000

33738 Nader transcript -- rank: 1000

There's a transcript of a long interview with Ralph by Sam Donaldson for This Week at <http://abcnews.go.com/onair/thisweek/transcripts/tw001029_nader_trans.html>. He addresses the Roe v Wade issue, which desperate Gore apologists are rendering as "Ralph doesn't care/understand about abortion." Doug

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Date:	Mon Oct 30 07:00:44 PST 2000

33739 Reich on mediocrity of middle ground -- rank: 1000

Observer (London) - October 29, 2000 The Mediocrity Of The Middle Ground by Robert B. Reich With only a bit over a week to go, Al Gore and George W. Bush are still neck and neck in the polls. This is the closest race since the Kennedy-Nixon election of 1960. But unlike that race, this one is something of a bore. Most Americans aren't very interested in who's to be the next leader of the world's most powerful nation. In 1960, most adult Americans turned out to vote. This time around, it's predict ...

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Date:	Mon Oct 30 06:35:40 PST 2000

33740 apologies -- rank: 1000

Sorry to see all those "out of office" replies from NZ plaguing the list. I unsub'd the offending address, so they should stop now. Doug

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Date:	Mon Oct 30 06:28:41 PST 2000

33741 Leo vs. the 'Yellow Peril' -- rank: 1000

LeoCasey at aol.com wrote: >Why in the world would I care what your latest insult is? If you really didn't care, you wouldn't respond at such length, and with such nuclear-powered self-righteousness. Doug

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Date:	Sat Oct 28 12:38:43 PDT 2000

33742 GOP Group To Air Pro-Nader TV Ads -- rank: 1000

LeoCasey at aol.com wrote: >GOP Group To Air Pro-Nader TV Ads hey, just like they picked up Willie Horton from Gore in '88! Doug

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Date:	Sat Oct 28 12:40:03 PDT 2000

33743 Nader: end aid to Israel -- rank: 1000

NADER'S GREEN PARTY CALLS FOR HALT OF AID TO ISRAEL GADFLY CHARGES GORE, BUSH "TAKING SIDES" FOR ISRAEL By NACHA CATTAN THE FORWARD - 27 October: Ralph Nader's Green Party called this week for a suspension of United States aid to Israel and blamed the Jewish state for the current violence in the Middle East. The statement paralleled a series of recent declarations by Mr. Nader, in which the third-party presidential candidate reportedly accused Vice President Gore of being "cowardl ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sat Oct 28 12:07:50 PDT 2000

33744 bye-bye Al? -- rank: 1000

************************************************ The Gallup Poll: Presidential Election NewsAlert ************************************************ The latest presidential poll results are now on www.gallup.com Results for Oct 24-26, 2000 ** Bush: 52% Gore: 39% Buchanan: 1% Nader: 4% Don't Know: 4% ** among Likely Voters For a complete analysis of current presidential poll standings, go to: http://www.gallup.alerts.com/alerts/ClickThrough?Address=dhenwood@panix.com&SiteName=gallup&Cr ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 27 16:35:04 PDT 2000

33745 MSFT hack -- rank: 1000

TheStandard.com - October 27, 2000 Microsoft Hack: Let the Flogging Begin Let's hope Microsoft's spinmeisters got a good night's sleep, because today is going to be a busy day. Breaking news from the Wall Street Journal that hackers have probably been romping through Microsoft's stash of source code for three months has to gall the company, not to mention the easily miffed Bill Gates. After all, stolen code is one thing. The public ridicule that's sure to ensue is another. According to the Journ ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 27 11:53:28 PDT 2000

33746 Nader's voters -- rank: 1000

[Nader's votes are mainly coming from the unaffiliated, it seems.] <http://www.gallup.com/Poll/releases/pr001026c.asp> GALLUP NEWS SERVICE - October 26, 2000 The Nader Factor on a National Basis Independents and liberals slightly more likely than others to vote for Green Party candidate PRINCETON, NJ -- Green Party candidate Ralph Nader is the third-party candidate drawing the most attention from the news media this year, although, on a national basis, Nader is consistently drawing between ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 27 11:39:16 PDT 2000

33747 Fwd: Nader/Gore Vote Swapping -- rank: 1000

[from my college class listserv - identifying marks removed] If you thought you'd seen everything, check this out! http://www.voteexchange.org/ is a site that matches Gore voters in non-swing states with Nader voters in swing states. You simply post your email address and your position: "Gore voter in Virginia willing to trade with Nader voter in a swing state" (or vice versa), and wait for a response. The goal is to elect Gore while still allowing the Greens to pursue their goal of ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 27 11:26:45 PDT 2000

33748 NYT gets snippy -- rank: 1000

In the snippy mode, this from Eric Alterman in this week's Nation: The Nation - November 13, 2000 ERIC ALTERMAN Not One Vote! Bernie Sanders is right. Ralph Nader is "one of the heroes of contemporary American society." How sad, therefore, that he is helping to undo so much of his life's work in a misguided fit of political pique and ideological purity. The Nation's election editorial is wrong in its recommendation of "strategic voting" in this election. Ralph Nader's campaig ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 27 11:24:53 PDT 2000

33749 It's Heating Up -- rank: 1000

Tom Lehman wrote: >Really, Leo. In New York state what's your best guess on the percent of >unionized teachers who are registered Republicans, registered Democrats or >registered Independents/other? Here's the exit poll history on the voting patterns of "union households" (22% of the 1998 electorate). In presidential years, it refers to the presidential vote; in off years, to the House vote. Doug ---- D R 3rd party 1972 50 47 1976 59 39 ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 27 10:09:04 PDT 2000

33750 KPFT producer loses show for protesting -- rank: 1000

Subject: KPFT Fires Producer Who Protested for "DN!" Sent: 9/4/1945 3:11 PM Received: 10/26/2000 3:42 PM From: Andrea, ma at igc.org October 26, 2000 Pacifica Management Gives KPFT Producer The Boot KPFT management has fired George Reiter, producer of a new show called Thresholds, because he participated in yesterday's protest to support "Democracy Now!" Hundreds of Pacifica listeners and staff participated in similar protests yesterday--including staff a ...

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Date:	Fri Oct 27 09:49:31 PDT 2000