 | October 16, 2008 |
 Donate $3 to Nader/Gonzalez now. Why? Well, on three key issues last night -- energy, health insurance, corporate crime -- Obama stood with the corporations against the interests of the American people. Compare Nader to Obama. Last night, McCain challenged Obama. Tell me one time you have stood up to the leaders of your party, McCain said. Obama couldn't name one time when he stood up to the corporations that control his party. So, instead he named a couple of times when he stood with the corporations. And against the interests of the American people. I voted for tort reform, Obama said. Wow! Brave of you Barack. You stood with the National Association of Manufacturers against injured people. I support clean coal technology, Obama said. Wow Barack, you stood with the polluting coal industry against people who suffer the consequences. When McCain accused Obama of supporting a single payer, Canadian style national health insurance system, Obama said he didn't. And he doesn't. Despite the fact that a majority of doctors, nurses and the American people want it. On national health insurance, Obama stands with the insurance industry and against the American people who are demanding single payer. Over 5,000 U.S. physicians have signed an open letter calling on the candidates for president and Congress "to stand up for the health of the American people and implement a nonprofit, single-payer national health insurance system." (Here's the ad that ran in the New Yorker magazine.)  Obama says no. McCain says no. Nader/Gonzalez says yes. Yes to single payer. Yes to solar and no to coal. Yes to protecting the American people from corporate recklessness and crime, no to tort deform. So, donate $3 to the candidacy that is not on the debate stage. But that is right on the issues. Nader/Gonzalez. Today, while Obama fronts for his corporate donors, Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzalez and the Nader Team will be on Wall Street protesting corporate America's sustained orgy of excess and reckless behavior. Nader/Gonzalez continues to stand with the people. Against the corporate criminals and their candidates in the two major parties.
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
The Nader/Gonzales campaign on the final presidential debate of the 2008 election
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the fact that so many people are praising McCain for his performance in the third debate proves that he and Palin have lowered people's expectations down to nothing (don't forget, the VP debates were a tie!)
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree with this contention. But it takes two to tango, as the saying goes. Those who are going to vote for McCain/Palin tend to be bottom feeders (take that, Bill Bastone), the terminally racist and fearful, and the rest of the "oogah-boogah" folks out there who would buy that proverbial bridge in Brooklyn.
ReplyDeleteLet's be frank: the Nader campaign is the only contender without any ties to Wall Street, meaning the financial and business sectors. Unfortunately, Obama has thrown in his lot with them. The fact that he doesn't support a single payer health care system is unacceptable.
McCain fell into the trap of living in the past, while candidate Obama gave the impression of going forward. Obama is likely to do more for the public than McCain would, but not much more. That said, events are probably going to push their hands whether they want it or not. Considering their pledges towards inaction on prosecuting Wall Street white collar criminals, the recession will deepen into something much worse and the political repercussions will engulf them and force them down a course of reform. That's the cycle in our politics, and you can't beat history.