Re: RAT Bush buys Nader TV Ad

[Allison Narver <anarver@yahoo.com>]

I believe at this point that your "true alternative"
is sending Mr. George W. Bush directly into the White
House.  
Sorry, had to say it again.
--- Laura Winton <fluffysingler@prodigy.net> wrote:
> Thanks for coming up with a reliable source.  Using
> Nader in an ad is still not quite the same thing as
> Bush buying ads for Nader.
> 
> More power to you voting for Gore if that's your
> candidate of choice.  I have nothing against anyone
> who is voting for him in good conscience.  I'm not
> gung ho on Nader per se.  I just personally want to
> put my vote and energies toward building a true
> alternative.  
> 
> Laura Winton
> fluffysingler@prodigy.net
> www.karawane.org
> 
> "Those poor kids.  So young.  So nauseous."
> --Krusty the Klown Telethon for Motion Sickness
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: BTE1@aol.com 
>   To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com 
>   Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 7:54 PM
>   Subject: RAT Bush buys Nader TV Ad
> 
> 
>   Check it out:
> 
>   In today's Wall Street Journal, Monday October 30.
>  Page A32, in Nicholas 
>   Kulish's column "The Home Stretch":
> 
>   TOOTH AND NAIL:  Political advertising continued
> to toughen up as the 
>   Republican Leadership Council unveiled an ad
> featuring Ralph Nader 
>   criticizing Al Gore, without even mentioning
> George W. Bush.  The spot will 
>   air in Washington, Oregon, and Wisconsin, where
> Nader voters could swing the 
>   electoral vote to Mr. Bush.
> 
>   *****
>   I guess this is not one of those internet rumors. 
> It is not just scare 
>   tactics.  Bush forces create a Nader ad, use it to
> attack Gore, and never 
>   once mention Bush.  Please folks, remember how
> ruthless the Republicans are, 
>   and have been.  Lynn Cheney, wife of the VP
> candidate, served as the chair of 
>   the National Endowment for the Humanities under
> the other George Bush, from 
>   which position she tried to eliminate the agency. 
> Think about Jesse Helms, 
>   Strom Thurmond, Trent Lott, Phil Gramm, Dick Armey
> and all the rest of that 
>   bunch, and think how much fun they'll have with a
> Republican in the White 
>   House again.  Think about Jerry Falwell and James
> Dobson and Donald Wildmon 
>   and Ralph Reed, and just guess who they want to
> see elected President.
> 
>   I like Ralph Nader, and I agree with much of what
> he stands for, but I'm 
>   terrified of George W. Bush, who will be another
> friendly communicator, 
>   another Reagan-like mouth-piece for the worst
> forces in America, the worst of 
>   corporate power, the forces of intolerance and
> hatred and bigotry.  I live in 
>   Pennsylvania, and I'm voting for Al Gore.  He's
> not as entertaining as Bill 
>   Clinton has been, but he's our only chance right
> now to keep the Republicans 
>   at bay.
>   -- Jerry Stropnicky
> 


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