My yankee friends all gotta check out this video message to Ralph Nader, if you haven't seen it yet.
That said, i do agree with both Ralph and Cynthia McKinney that the more progressive candidates there are out there, the better. Obama does not exactly fall in that category now, and as far as i can tell he's not getting any closer to it. It's a sad statement that Anonymous and whomever else worked on this humorous little film are still hanging their heads in shame over what happened in 2000; as far as i'm concerned, that W Bush ascended to the office was largely the result of Gore not standing up forcefully for a complete recount. The point about voting strategically is valid, sure enough. But americans are too willing to settle for a two-person debate, while at the same time being far too diverse in nature to be fully - evenly remotely adequately - represented by one. So i wish Ralph well in getting out a different message, and respect him for even putting energy into electoral politics again when people who should support him speaking up in whatever context he so chooses are instead encouraging him to lie down and jump onto a bandwagon which may or may not be able to fuel itself if Pennsylvania Ave is indeed where it's headed.
That said, i do agree with both Ralph and Cynthia McKinney that the more progressive candidates there are out there, the better. Obama does not exactly fall in that category now, and as far as i can tell he's not getting any closer to it. It's a sad statement that Anonymous and whomever else worked on this humorous little film are still hanging their heads in shame over what happened in 2000; as far as i'm concerned, that W Bush ascended to the office was largely the result of Gore not standing up forcefully for a complete recount. The point about voting strategically is valid, sure enough. But americans are too willing to settle for a two-person debate, while at the same time being far too diverse in nature to be fully - evenly remotely adequately - represented by one. So i wish Ralph well in getting out a different message, and respect him for even putting energy into electoral politics again when people who should support him speaking up in whatever context he so chooses are instead encouraging him to lie down and jump onto a bandwagon which may or may not be able to fuel itself if Pennsylvania Ave is indeed where it's headed.
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