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Nader Go Home
RECEIVED Tue., Feb. 24, 2004
Dear Editor,
Ralph Nader endorsed George W. Bush for president last Sunday. In an interview on Meet the Press, Naderloper announced his intent to run for president as an Independent and took up most of the positions already adopted by both of the leading Democratic candidates. Damn you Russert for giving this unwitting egomaniacal Republican shill such a high visibility platform. Naderloper was bitter about the criticisms he has weathered from the Nation magazine, the Green Party, and virtually every person or organization that has ever backed him in the past. When all your friends turn against you in unison, you should listen. The best news here is that Naderloper has burned so many bridges with people who could have helped him get on ballots around the country that he will have much less of an effect this time than he did last time. America is unified in the "Anybody but Bush" mentality. Whether motivated by anger over 2001 (me), disappointment over degrading of civil liberties and immigration (Republicans), everything else he does (Democrats), or the exporting of jobs (everybody), Americans will not be so easily distracted this time around. Naderloper keeps ranting that Democrats ignore Green/Liberal positions on some issues. With the appointment of George W. Bush in 2001, all that has transpired since then and the candidacy of Howard Dean, Democrats have already moved further left than they have been in years. Not only that, the perceived center of the political spectrum has been shifted left by radical right's actions over the last three years. We don't need a Naderloper to run this time. We have a left leaning Democratic Party already. At best Naderloper will pass unnoticed this time. At worst, Naderloper is repeating the same behavior and expecting a different result. Insanity is not presidential. Go home Ralph!
Ralph Nader endorsed George W. Bush for president last Sunday. In an interview on Meet the Press, Naderloper announced his intent to run for president as an Independent and took up most of the positions already adopted by both of the leading Democratic candidates. Damn you Russert for giving this unwitting egomaniacal Republican shill such a high visibility platform. Naderloper was bitter about the criticisms he has weathered from the Nation magazine, the Green Party, and virtually every person or organization that has ever backed him in the past. When all your friends turn against you in unison, you should listen. The best news here is that Naderloper has burned so many bridges with people who could have helped him get on ballots around the country that he will have much less of an effect this time than he did last time. America is unified in the "Anybody but Bush" mentality. Whether motivated by anger over 2001 (me), disappointment over degrading of civil liberties and immigration (Republicans), everything else he does (Democrats), or the exporting of jobs (everybody), Americans will not be so easily distracted this time around. Naderloper keeps ranting that Democrats ignore Green/Liberal positions on some issues. With the appointment of George W. Bush in 2001, all that has transpired since then and the candidacy of Howard Dean, Democrats have already moved further left than they have been in years. Not only that, the perceived center of the political spectrum has been shifted left by radical right's actions over the last three years. We don't need a Naderloper to run this time. We have a left leaning Democratic Party already. At best Naderloper will pass unnoticed this time. At worst, Naderloper is repeating the same behavior and expecting a different result. Insanity is not presidential. Go home Ralph!
John McJunkin
