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2116 [lbo-talk] Hunter S. Thompson: Kerry's my man -- rank: 447

... accuracy of his political instincts, went on to denounce Ralph Nader as "a worthless Judas Goat with no moral compass." "I ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Sun Oct 24 12:10:43 PDT 2004

2117 Disaster in France-What Must Be Done Now -- rank: 447

... s an Emma Goldman quote. When I look at the Nader/Gore debacle, I see a lot of DNC type people whining about Nader, and left wing people that I like and who are ... Donahue, Barbara Ehrenreich, Studs Terkel, plus various labor leaders) supporting Nader. I feel like I'm in good company. There's ... casting the deciding de facto vote for Bush voting for Nader, you would vote for Nader. Another is you'd vote for Gore in that case, since Bush is worse than Gore is worse than Nader. Or you can buy into the strategy of the neol

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Author:	Lance Murdoch
Date:	Tue Apr 23 03:13:50 PDT 2002

2118 election demographics -- rank: 447

... national numbers apply to FLA, then the 1.6% for Nader does do it after removing the 30% new voters and ... of whose voters would support Gore over Bush, etc.). > Yes, Nader made the difference in Florida. > Barkley: You are making a ... logical argument to a brick wall. The current numbers have Nader with approximately 96,000 votes in Florida, and the gap ... at somewhere around 1600. If, after you factor out those Nader voters who would vote for noone else and and the ... pick up a net gain of about 1 in 2 Nader voters ie, you could divide the Nader vote by half, and that is the additional plus ...

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Author:	LeoCasey at aol.com
Date:	Wed Nov 8 12:01:57 PST 2000

2119 WSWS vs WSJ -- rank: 447

An mid-60's bio of Nader at the downtown S.F. library has a bibliography. (Which the items I'm mentioning, see the _Ralph Nader Reader_ from Four Walls Eight Windows_ (?) ommitted in their biblio!) Nader wrote a number of pieces for The Freeman, in the ... back in October, the TNR editorial that drew attention to Nader's pieces there. But, in typical Marty Peretz fashion insinuated, Nader was an anti-semite. And another piece by David Brooks ... which had some interview excerpts (think the title was, "Ralph Nader, Conservative?") were Ralph ventilates on mass culture like that ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Tue Apr 3 21:44:35 PDT 2001

2120 I Feel Better than James Brown -- rank: 447

... opinion in the country is not moving to the right. Nader plus Gore beat Bush; even Gore alone beat Bush. The ... firmly the property of the non-Democratic Party left. 3. Nader rallies confirm the arrival of a new, multi-issue, progressive youth movement. 4. Certainly the Nader turnout was disappointingly low. A (thin) silver lining is the lack of matching funds frees Nader and the Greens from interlopers. In this regard, incidentally, I ...

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Author:	Max Sawicky
Date:	Wed Nov 8 11:32:42 PST 2000

2121 It's Heating Up -- rank: 447

New York City teachers I know best, and here teachers are well above the citywide proportions of Democratic registration in a city which is about 3/4 Democratic. My best guess is that this generally holds true throughout the state in that teachers will be a number of steps more to ...

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Author:	LeoCasey at aol.com
Date:	Fri Oct 27 08:02:57 PDT 2000

2122 [lbo-talk] Re: Powerless Religious Right? -- rank: 447

C'mon Doug, you are AGAINST Nader because in truth you are FOR the Democrats, like the ... than honest about it. There's plenty to criticize about Nader, as apposed to being _against_ Nader. There's a qualitative difference between criticism and opposition. -Brad Mayer > Chuck0 wrote: > >> Nader's campaign is an example of "politics as theater." It ... as effectively since the corporate-controlled Democrats have been fighting Nader tooth-and-nail (which shows in Kerry's falling poll ... out that most people on this list would be supporting Nader's campaign if this was 2000. His campaign then ...

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Author:	Bradley Mayer
Date:	Thu Sep 16 09:58:35 PDT 2004

2123 election demographics -- rank: 447

One other point about Nader votes or non-votes: The returns seem to indicate that the Gore "A vote for Nader is a vote for Bush" tactics worked rather well. Nader got 6%, for example, in two safely Democratic states (Massachusetts and Rhode Island), where Nader voters knew they weren't going to swing the election, while Nader did poorly in many leaning-Democratic "borderline" states. The fact ... Florida tends to obscure this. In fact, this probably cost Nader his 5%. Should he start whining about how Gore ...

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Author:	Gregory Geboski
Date:	Fri Nov 10 08:13:00 PST 2000

2124 [lbo-talk] Re: Powerless Religious Right? -- rank: 447

Bradley Mayer wrote: >C'mon Doug, you are AGAINST Nader because in truth you are FOR the >Democrats, like the ... 1996 and again in 2000, this mighty page endorsed Ralph Nader for president. Not this time. Nader risks inheriting the mantle of Harold Stassen, though he's ... endorsements came with heavy reservations that are worth recalling here. Nader has a long history of operating alone, scornful of coalitions ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Thu Sep 16 10:37:41 PDT 2004

2125 [lbo-talk] Booing Manning Marable -- rank: 447

... came to the end saying that he'd voted for Nader last time but would >vote for Kerry this time because ... just as easily said >"And therefore I am voting for Nader again," with just as much logic. > >I talked to him ... have the right to narrow their choices by saying that >Nader should not run." Manning said: "Well, we don't really ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Mar 15 09:26:37 PST 2004

2126 [lbo-talk] cruise update: the Ralph angle -- rank: 447

Doug Henwood wrote: > Man, is Ralph Nader odd up close. His funereal demeanor almost never > lifts except ...

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Author:	Chuck
Date:	Sat Aug 4 16:23:53 PDT 2007

2127 Completely-Clueless-as-to-the-Point-of-the-Exercise-Depatrment -- rank: 447

... Washington Post. Here's an interesting story they missed. Ralph Nader has written to the CEO's of six separate corporations ... Clueless-as-to-the-Point-of-the-Exercise-Depatrment: > > "Ralph Nader called the Washington Post and complained that Al Gore has been calling Nader's celebrity endorsers and trying to get them to change their minds. > > "Nader didn't reveal the names of those who told him ... didn't want publicity. But the list of well-known Nader endorsers includes Susan Sarandon, Bonnie Raitt, Phil Donahue, Eddie Vedder ... and Willie Nelson. Paul Newman also has donated money to Nader. > > "Nader told the Post he wouldn't try to ...

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Author:	Tom Lehman
Date:	Thu Jul 13 13:03:24 PDT 2000

2128 (no subject) -- rank: 447

... or not, the constant whining about how poor, innocent >> Ralph Nader is being smeared, coming as it does after >> weeks of ...

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Author:	J. Barkley Rosser, Jr.
Date:	Sat Nov 4 14:14:15 PST 2000

2129 left-right (Coniff) -- rank: 447

< http://www.intellectualcapital.com/issues/issue364/item9048.asp> Fighting the Power: Should the Left Join the Right? by Ruth Conniff Thursday, April 13, 2000 If you want to see the nadir of progressive politics, just watch "West Wing," NBC's weekly drama about a kinder, better, less scandal-soaked Clinton ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Fri Apr 14 09:47:07 PDT 2000

2130 [lbo-talk] Camejo-Huffington deal? -- rank: 447

... confirmed is in the planning stages - as consumer advocate Ralph Nader sat by Camejo's side to endorse him in the race. Nader - widely criticized by Democrats as a spoiler for drawing liberal ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Aug 13 09:10:46 PDT 2003