Reply #29: At the time... [View All]

[LeahMira]

Nader going out there proclaiming there is no difference between republicans and democrats is a pretty friggin irresponsible thing to tout.

At the time Nader was saying that, there didn't seem to be much difference. I wish that Mr. Gore had not worried so much about his "image" as it seemed to me that he did. He seemed to be most concerned about distancing himself from President Clinton and he forgot to separate President Clinton's personal life from his policies and accomplishments. It seemed to many that the differences between the two candidates in 2000 was more a difference of degree than a difference of direction.

Of course hindsight is 20/20. Who could have imagined that the country would be attacked, and that after that attack the pResident would choose use that horror as a reason to gratuitously invade a nation that had nothing to do with the attack?

Whatever... Nader is not running for President in 2004 (at least not as far as I know!), and Democrats have the opportunity to pull in Green voters behind a candidate that we all can support. Democrats also have the opportunity to look at the "Green Values" list and think about how those values can work into the message that we put out to the nation.

Defeating Bush is important and essential if the nation is to survive, IMO. But that's just the first part of the task. The rest of the task is to actually save the nation from destroying itself. I don't think that's done by going slower in the same direction. I think it's done by turning around.