Ted Rall does not have my unconditional love. And if he ran for president as an independent in this race, I'd give him the same treatment I've given Nader in this Journal. And, in fact, I have not always been kind to Rall in this Journal either.
But Rall, knowing that large swaths of the progressive agenda are at stake, as the conservative agenda seeks to return us to "separate but equal" education, back alley abortions and turn of the century sweatshops, would not run, and has condemned Nader for doing so.
If Nader wants to raise awareness about his issues, let him write, and cartoon, and buy PSA's or whatever. But dividing the opposition vote does nothing to save the environment or protect the consumer or any of those other things Nader says he's about, and everything to undermine them.
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Re: So, Rall is good for an exchange of ideas...
Date: 2004-03-04 12:55 pm (UTC)But Rall, knowing that large swaths of the progressive agenda are at stake, as the conservative agenda seeks to return us to "separate but equal" education, back alley abortions and turn of the century sweatshops, would not run, and has condemned Nader for doing so.
If Nader wants to raise awareness about his issues, let him write, and cartoon, and buy PSA's or whatever. But dividing the opposition vote does nothing to save the environment or protect the consumer or any of those other things Nader says he's about, and everything to undermine them.