[Am-info] MY ANNOUNCEMENT -- REJECTING NADER

[Erick Andrews]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:23:28 -0500, Gene Gaines wrote:

>Erick, John,
>
>Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and (in my view)
>those that take the time to vote are entitled to voice
>their opinion.  That is healthy and good.

You bet it is.  Even in a limited democracy, I believe.

>What Nader did in the last presidential election served
>to harm those that work with him and support his causes.
>That is not healthy, and amounts to selling our your
>friends.

Well, that's healthy, too, but remember others may think
otherwise whether we agree with each other, them, or not.

>So.  Nader is going to work outside the existing political
>system and be elected?  Not in the coming election, and
>my guess not in the next 12 years.  So, why run?

My argument would be toward a claim of empowerment
of the middle class and I'm sure that that will warrant cause
for our existing political system.  That's not a mandate of support 
for Mr Nader, by the way.  Even if I had BillyG's money, 
I know I'd feel the same way.

Mr Nader's bid for top slot seems very dodgy, but whatever his
agenda, he has the right, and we have the obligation to get him
to articulate it.  That's where democracy lives.  Perhaps we should
move on to forums more political?

>I don't like bomb throwers whether no matter which "side"
>they help or hurt.

I hope you don't think I was a bomb thrower.  That would only
lead to stasis of the argument, and that was not my intent.

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All the best,
Erick