Re: RAT Fwd: ZNet Update / Arrestees in Philly, Action Urgently

[Jonathan Westerberg <jwesterberg@earthlink.net>]

but what about at least establishing the fact that the green party can make
a presence...to, at the very least, open doors for the future?  it's the
dot.com business plan- screw the profit, work the product into the
mainstream so it becomes normalized.

> From: Mike Shapiro <shap@csi.com>
> Reply-To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:47:57 -0700
> To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
> Subject: Re: RAT Fwd: ZNet Update / Arrestees in Philly, Action Urgently
> 
> Getting Nader and the Reform Party candidate(s) in on debates sounds grand and
> even potentially productive/informative, by all means sign the petitions.
> 
> As far as the general election goes, though, I think you've gotta bottom line
> it: democrats vs. republicans.  The democrats may manifest as Gore and co.,
> admittedly conservative by my measure, but along with them come a range of
> cabinet ministers, staffers, and most importantly judicial appointees, to say
> nothing of potential coattail action.  Imagine those same positions filled by
> Bush and his Iron Triangle.  There IS a difference.
> 
> Albert Gore is not my hero (did you see his HAIR on the front of the NYTimes
> today?? It lent a lot of credence to recent rat postings attacking him), and I
> have misgivings about ol' Tipper and perhaps Mr. Lieberman as well...but a
> vote
> for Nader is a vote for Bush, plain and simple, and I fear for our one nation,
> under the republicans, much moreso than under the dem's.
> 
> 
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