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301 Health Care Reform (was Re: Nader Goes Buchananite (Re: [lbo-talk] Vote Nader/Camejo 2004! -- rank: 611

I will address Nathan's praise of Kerry below but I want to reiterate the point I made earlier that the Democrats have consistently "blown" healthcare. There are huge majorities of people that want to change the health care system. The policies and platforms of the Democratic Party do not mirror ...

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Author:	Jim Westrich
Date:	Fri Jun 25 12:10:23 PDT 2004

302 [lbo-talk] Socialists and Nader/Camejo 2004 (Tariq Ali endorses Kerry, denounces Nader) -- rank: 611

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:46:31 -0500, Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu> wrote: > If you knew anything about the politics of Anthony Arnove in particular > or the ISO in general... Oh for heaven's sake. http://www.isreview.org/issues/19/19.shtml A "new economy"? Doug ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Sun Oct 31 11:01:50 PST 2004

303 Fwd: Re: Nader Petition: Academics, Intellectuals, Artists and Writers -- rank: 611

... utopia1 at attglobal.net] ACADEMICS, INTELLECTUALS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS FOR NADER We have given serious attention to the arguments that we ... con, and have concluded that we will vote for Ralph Nader for President and Winona LaDuke for Vice President. In addition ... big-business alliance that funds the presidential debates and excludes Nader. Without Nader, the debates will be nothing but paid corporate advertisements. This ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Wed Sep 13 10:04:57 PDT 2000

304 [lbo-talk] Deny Them the Majority -- rank: 611

... US Elections 2004 Of course, it is best if Ralph Nader, receiving the Green Party endorsement and getting on the ballots ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Nov 4 07:28:47 PST 2004

305 [lbo-talk] Republicans for Nader -- rank: 611

... D.C. - Oregon CSE members are working to get Ralph >Nader on the November ballot! While this sounds completely >backwards-- Ralph Nader opposes nearly every issue CSE fights for-- >but there's ... of political candidates, but Oregon >CSE members feel that having Nader on the ballot helps illuminate >the strong similarities between the uber-liberal Nader and John >Kerry. That's why they've been making ... calls to their friends to sign >a petition to get Nader on the ballot, using a phone script that >reads: > >"Hi ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Jun 28 19:41:01 PDT 2004

306 [lbo-talk] Paul Felton: Open Letter to Progressive Democrats -- rank: 611

... March 30, 2004 Dear Progressive Democrat: I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 and I'm proud of it. You voted for Nader and you regret it (or, you voted for Gore, even though you liked Nader better). Ever since then, you participated in a vigorous campaign to convince Nader and the Green Party not to run in 2004. It ... voice from entering the campaign. However, I intend to support Nader and/or the Green Party candidate (and I have not given up hope that Nader will be the Green Party candidate). I hope you ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Fri Apr 2 10:45:24 PST 2004

307 Naderites Craft "Fix It or Nix It" Campaign -- rank: 611

Earlier today (Thusday) Doug wrote: >Do you mean this as a critique of the >Naderites whom you otherwise >defend? Because they're very comfortable >with rhetoric about national >sovereignty, very happy to take money (quietly) from right-wing >union-hating magnates like Roger Milliken, >and quite eager to enter >coalitions with ...

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Author:	Michael Pugliese
Date:	Fri Dec 31 01:03:21 PST 1999

308 Failed Nader Voting promises -- rank: 611

Cockburn made the argument. Moore made the argument. Everyone on this list who made the argument raise your hand. As for "all the Naderites"...please. And as you know very well the core Naderite argument was never that "there's no difference". The core Naderite argument was that both parties are ...

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Author:	Michael McIntyre
Date:	Wed May 29 07:19:22 PDT 2002

309 [lbo-talk] activists & Nader -- rank: 611

... much sooner than June 23-28, 2004 and nominated Ralph Nader for its presidential candidate, Nader would have already accepted the nomination. The only reason why Nader is now running a campaign is that "it is not ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Mon Mar 22 08:19:41 PST 2004

310 Failed Nader Voting promises -- rank: 611

... Pollitt's response. Don't rewrite history. Folks can defend Nader, but when they retroactively run away from the arguments made ... not the one playing with the straw men. Folks promoting Nader made all sorts of arguments for Nader (it will shift politics to the left, it will shift ... single argument has not been borne out by events, so Nader-defenders just pretend they never made those arguments in the ...

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Author:	Nathan Newman
Date:	Wed May 29 06:38:44 PDT 2002

311 In defense of Nader -- rank: 611

I think that the attack on Ralph Nader is ill-founded. Nader has worked on an incredible array of issues, ranging from ... dispersion of a person. I think that the challenge to Nader would be healthy for the Green Party, but I would not think that a vote for Nader would constitute a lesser of two evils approach. A vote for Nader or any of the other leftish candidates would be taken ... as in New Mexico, it might have some effect. What Nader can do very well is to articulate many of ...

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Author:	Michael Perelman
Date:	Fri Jan 21 09:23:30 PST 2000

312 Nader Goes Buchananite (Re: [lbo-talk] Vote Nader/Camejo 2004! -- rank: 611

----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> Nathan Newman wrote: >-Expanded health care? What the fuck happened to universal health care? > >It got defeated. -C'mon, Nathan. Defend Kerry all you like, but show some fidelity to -the facts. Clinton's health care proposal was a doomed disaster ...

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Author:	Nathan Newman
Date:	Thu Jun 24 12:07:31 PDT 2004

313 [lbo-talk] Nader-Kerry meeting "may be in the works," maybe -- rank: 611

Kerry Says Nader Meeting May Be 'In the Works' WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House ... Monday a meeting may be "in the works" with Ralph Nader (news - web sites), whose own bid as an independent is ... who in the past have been inclined to support Ralph Nader," the Massachusetts senator told reporters. "I'm not going to ... we've got to beat George Bush." Some Democrats blamed Nader's third-party White House run in 2000 for helping ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Mon Apr 5 17:12:27 PDT 2004

314 Nader v. Perot (was Re: [lbo-talk] in Geras' black and ... -- rank: 611

snitilicious wrote: > Ralph Nader received one percent of the black vote, > considerably less than ... four percent Ross Perot > received in 1996. > > (Pretty fascinating, btw, Nader can't even pull in as > much as Ross Perot ... two sound very similar, and put major emphasis, on trade. Nader's prudishness aside, both have a desire to dodge most social issues. But whereas Nader makes an anti-corporate pitch, Perot wanted to run the government like a corporation. Nader never breaks 5%, but Perot did it twice. What does that say about Nader's anti-corporate message and its reception? Of course, ...

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Author:	Shane Taylor
Date:	Thu Apr 29 10:56:36 PDT 2004

315 [lbo-talk] Nader among Arab, Black, & Latino Voters -- rank: 611

... some liberal crumbs, this >will be a huge public service. Nader shouldn't withdraw from the battleground states unless and until ... states. >Even if I'm wrong, I know very few Nader supporters who will >actually vote for him. I totally support ... Michigan, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, will actually vote for Ralph Nader -- probably in a higher proportion than they did (13.5 ...

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Author:	Yoshie Furuhashi
Date:	Thu Mar 11 01:30:22 PST 2004