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well i'm assuming he's human and has limited resources. flailing wildly in the national arena as nader has chosen to do is not necessarily the best place to devote those limited resources.

 

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Raoul Duke: No, it doesn't, and I'm sorry if I misrepresented anything else you may currently be working on.

Yet holding the Presidency as the golden prize shows a misunderstanding of the system you're so intent on changing. Can a President Nader get a two-party congress to propose any change to the voting system in this nation? Can a President Nader withstand his term with sufficient dignity to bolster his party?

Look, I'm not trying to claim that everything is fine and peachy, but if you seriously want to change the system then you've got to do better than the Presidency pipedream... and I'll say it again, the far-right are doing a far better job at getting what they want.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

well i'm assuming he's human and has limited resources. flailing wildly in the national arena as nader has chosen to do is not necessarily the best place to devote those limited resources.

If it weren't for people like Nader making a fuss on the national stage, there'd be a lot less attention/mindshare for third parties and independents everywhere.

http://www.votenader.org/why_ralph/index.php?cid=3

What has Ralph done to build the Green Party?

As the New York State Greens wrote recently:

"Ralph Nader has done more to grow the Green Party than any other individual in this country. He has run as our presidential candidate twice, and has helped the Green Party tremendously in raising funds in between campaigns. He has supported numerous local Green Party candidates, and has attracted media attention that the Green Party would not have received otherwise. Green Party enrollment surged after both of his presidential bids..."

Specifically, during the election, Ralph helped:

* local Greens start 450 new local Green chapters,
* achieve ballot lines for several states,
* support state and local candidates;
* make the party grow from an association of states to a national party;
* recruit and share lists of tens of thousands of volunteers; and
* start 900 chapters on college campuses, all resulting in the largest vote for a progressive candidacy in 75 years.