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7/20 Nader relinquishes whatever is left of his principles:
http://www.freep.com/news/politics/nader20_20040720.htm
(Detroit Free Press article)
\_ How is that? You mean like the communist party USA endorsing Kerry
because they hate Bush so much? Or other parties which are
ideologically opposed to Dems or Pubs getting out of the race in the
hopes that one or the other will win?
\_ Oh, bitch, please. Don't try to sneak in a cute name for the
Repubs. They do not get those kinds of snaps.
\_ It's been suggested that Perot was trying to throw the election
for Clinton, maybe Nader is throwing it for Bush?
\_ As unlikely as this conspiracy theory is, it's getting harder
to argue against it with every new level of GOP support for
Nader that his organization just accepts. If he is standing on
principle (since he is certainly not trying to get elected) why
dilute his supposed righteousness in this way?
\- er doesnt something have to be covert or hidden to be
a conspiracy? --psb
\_ I won't be baited. There's no reason to respond to your
freeper links or even read them. --Nader'04
\_ freep != freerepublic
\_ http://www.freep.com is the Detroit Free Press website. |
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| www.freep.com/news/politics/nader20_20040720.htm GOP collects most signatures for candidate July 20, 2004 BY CHRIS CHRISTOFF FREE PRESS LANSING BUREAU CHIEF Ralph Nader won't turn down a Republican helping hand to get on Michigan's presidential ballot. Nader decided Monday to accept a ballot spot as an independent candidate, thanks to the 43,000 petition signatures the state GOP collected on his behalf. A spokesman said the Nader campaign is keeping its options open, while it pursues the Reform Party's nomination for the state ballot. Michigan Democrats hope to thwart Nader by combing the Republicans' nominating petitions for enough invalid signatures to disqualify Nader. He needs at least 30,000 valid signatures to win a ballot designation as an independent. Democrats pleaded with Nader to withdraw as an independent by the deadline Monday. Republicans acknowledge that putting Nader on the ballot would help President George W Bush by siphoning votes from Democratic challenger John Kerry. Michigan Democratic Party spokesman Jason Moon said the scrutiny of petitions already has turned up questionable signatures. "We're looking at every petition and every line, every city, every signature and date," Moon said. Democrats also will file a federal election complaint, charging that the Republican Party's petition drive for Nader amounts to an excessive campaign contribution. Democrats say the time Republican staffers spent collecting signatures amounts to more than the $5,000 maximum that state parties can donate to candidates. The Republican Party said its workers volunteered their time. Kevin Zeese, spokesman for the Nader campaign, said it has no choice but to accept an independent ballot slot, while it hopes to obtain the endorsement of the Reform Party. However, the Reform Party in Michigan is fractured into two competing camps, each claiming legitimacy. Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land has told the factions she won't recognize either until they resolve their dispute. One faction will hold its state convention this weekend, where Nader hopes to win a nomination. "We don't want to put all our eggs in the fragile Reform Party position," Zeese said. "We want a fallback position, the independent ballot line." Zeese denied that the Nader campaign is accepting aid from the Republican Party while it criticizes Bush and the GOP. "We criticize both parties, though we're focused primarily on the incumbent," Zeese said. "But the Democratic Party is forcing us to challenge them. "They're afraid many of their members will agree with Ralph Nader, that we should pull out of Iraq, that we should repeal the Patriot Act, that we should make up our own minds about Israel, that people should be paid a livable wage." |
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