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Re: RAT At least do no harm
Gotta agree here. As long as we take previous advice and vote *for*
someone, it's not a wasted vote.
>From: The Independent Eye <bards@independenteye.org>
>Reply-To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>Subject: Re: RAT At least do no harm
>Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 21:51:08 +0100
>
> >Nader would be worse than Jimmy
> >Carter...
>
>That's possible. On the other hand, Reagan got quite a bit done without
>having the foggiest idea where he was. Difference was that Carter
>surrounded himself with people like himself who didn't know anything north
>of Atlanta. Reagan, at least, had brains enough to know he was stupid, and
>compensated. Would Nader know enough to know how much he didn't know, and
>get people around him who did? Maybe. Over the years, he's managed to
>make one helluva impact in terms of concrete changes, without the
>advantages of the White House apparatus.
>
>In any case, a vote for Nader is not a vote for the next president. It's
>pressure on both parties to move in the direction of the Greens. It's a
>vote toward a progressive alternative that, indeed, may take years to
>manifest. When Henry Wallace led his abortive third-party campaign in
>1948, he was clobbered. Yet he made a strong enough showing that virtually
>all his proposals became law within the next four years.
>
>My own belief is that if the polls start showing Nader as a serious force,
>he'll generate enough media attention that he'll draw votes not only from
>Gore but from Bush as well, and votes from people who wouldn't be caught
>dead voting for either - Bush is working hard to claim the center, and
>that's full of people who would respond to Nader's policies, if the message
>can get out.
>
>That's just my thinking at the moment, for what it's worth.
>
>Peace & joy-
>Conrad
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>at <http://www.independenteye.org>.
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