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| Nader Chooses A Running Mate | |||
| 2004-06-21 | |||
| Wotta surprise... By SAM HANANEL, Associated Press Writer Independent Wonder who the other The announcement came in advance of the Green Party convention beginning Wednesday in Milwaukee. Nader, who ran as the Green Party candidate in 2000, is not seeking the party’s nomination but he has pursued an endorsement from the third party. Doesn’t matter much. When I think of Nader, I think Green Party.
Um, anything about national defense? (crickets) One Green Party leader said a Nader-Camejo ticket would have a very strong chance of winning the party’s endorsement. "This is an opportunity for Nader to Sounds like they want some concessions from Ralphie Boy for their endorsement. Wonder if he’s going to bite Nader also has been endorsed by the national Reform Party, which gives him access to the ballot in at least seven states, including the battlegrounds of Florida and Michigan.
Nader garnered nearly 3 percent of the vote in 2000, when he was viewed by many as having cost Democrat Al Gore the White House by taking votes in the deciding state of Florida. And for that you’ll kinda, sorta, be a patriot in my eyes, Mr. Nader! But he chose not to run under the party banner this election year. Camejo received more than 212,000 votes as the Green Party candidate for California governor during the 2003 recall drive that led to the ouster of Democratic Gov. Gray Davis and the election of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nearly 400,000 people voted for Camejo in 2002 when Davis was re-elected. Nader was polling about 6 percent nationally, according to a recent Associated Press poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs. The consumer advocate has raised just under $1 million and spent nearly all of it, starting June with about $73,000 in the bank and just under $25,000 in debts, according to the latest reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Defeat Kerry by supporting Nader. Works for me. The Green Party has ballot access for a presidential candidate in Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin and Washington, D.C. He’s halfway there; I think he started on like 6 or 7 ballots a few months ago. Karl Rove needs to help with the remaining state ballots. Camejo ran for president as the Socialist Workers Party in 1976. There’s another surprise, a dyed in the wool Marxist. As a gubernatorial candidate in California, Camejo supported abortion rights, gun licensing, universal health care and a moratorium on the death penalty. An environmental activist, Camejo has been a director of EarthShare, a coalition of more than 40 major environmental groups. In his campaign for governor, he supported greater use of alternative fuel technology and issuing a bond for clean air, parks and water conservation programs. He also called for phasing out nuclear power plants and for a ban on all oil drilling along the California coast.
The Dean crowd ought to love that lineup... | |||
| Posted by:Raj |
| #7 This is great. Over half of the Kerry voters are voting "Against Bush" instead of "For Kerry", so this gives them an outlet, and can possibly take 3-5% of the "I hate Bush" vote. Take that out and it drops Kerry by 1-2% across the board - which is enough to throw Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania to Bush and basically gives Bush the Electoral college win. Plus it brings California into play. Which forces Kerry to spend his money playing Defense there against the Governator. Say what you want, but Nader would not be out there were there not a constituency for him. And those are the ones who are too far left for the Democrats. Much like Perot ensured the election of Clinton twice - this shoe is now on the Dems foot and they are screaming bloody blue murder. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-06-21 11:23:16 PM |
| #6 dont be dis on nader! |
| Posted by: Anonymous5316 2004-06-21 7:17:47 PM |
| #5 In the meantime, encourage all of your liberal loonie friends to vote for Nader. Encourage them to send money to Nader. You might want to be sneaky about it though...say things like, "Nader is a real threat to George Bush! If he can get support and funds in his war chest, Bush will be shaking like a leaf on a bush!" Go Nader! |
| Posted by: B 2004-06-21 7:10:30 PM |
| #4 If he lives to be 130 he'll be a Republican. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-06-21 6:42:32 PM |
| #3 Peter Camejo was also the Trotskyite "Socialist Workers" Party nominee in 1972 at age 37. I guess he "toned it down" a bit. . . . |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-21 3:32:35 PM |
| #2 Camejo was entertaining in his very sincerely-held moonbat beliefs - artfully argued in our CA Gubernatorial recall debates. He'll provide some fun in the fall |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-06-21 3:21:47 PM |
| #1 Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader selected longtime Green Party activist Peter Camejo to be his running mate . . . . . . thereby bringing bitter disappointment to dzens of op-ed writers whose nearly-complete 800-word essays on the possibility of a Nader-McCain ticket will go unpublished. |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-06-21 3:14:51 PM |