Ralph Nader launches exploratory website
A Nader run would be pretty weak, in general. (Where is he on illegal immigration?) It would hurt Clinton some; but I don’t think it would scratch Obama.
Boston.com: Ralph Nader, the consumer activist whom many Democrats blame for costing them the White House in 2000, launched an exploratory committee website today.
The site asks “Which side are you on?” and features a litany of criticisms of corporate America.
In 2000, Democrat Al Gore won the popular vote but was edged out in the Electoral College by Republican George W. Bush after the US Supreme Court stopped a recount in Florida.
Nader, the Green Party candidate, won about 2.8 million votes nationwide, or nearly 3 percent of the vote. But his vote in close, key states helped swing the election to Bush.
January 31st, 2008 at 11:00 am
Ralph Nader on Immigration
Q. What is your stance on numeric caps for legal immigration and/or quotas for specific countries for immigration, and whether there should be amnesties for illegal immigrants?
A. The first stage for our immigration policy is stop supporting oligarchs, dictatorships, authoritarian regimes that drive people to leave their native lands out of economic desperation or political repression. Lots of people from Mexico and Central America would now be in those countries, not in this country, if they had a decent chance in a democratic society to have an adequate standard of living. We cannot have open borders. That’s a totally absurd proposition. It would depress wages here enormously, and tens of millions of people from all levels, including scientists and workers, would be pouring into this country. One way is to provide work permits for people who come in and do work for short periods of time that Americans don’t want to do instead of criminalizing the border.
Source: John Ellis, The Fresno (CA) Bee Oct 22, 2000
Guest workers OK, with labor standards
Q. Do you support a guest worker program?
A. Yes, under work permits, so everything is above board. So they are not exploited. Right now, employers have the best of both worlds. They exploit workers, they make huge profits, and they escape prosecution. Farm labor, whether American or unlawful immigrants, don’t have the protection under labor laws that industrial workers have. The idea is to bring all farm labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Source: John Ellis, The Fresno (CA) Bee Oct 22, 2000
January 31st, 2008 at 11:10 am
I encourage everyone to boycott this blog until the admins correct the filter problem that blocks every other post I write.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Chris,
I would agree, but you may not know due to the post being held ‘awaiting moderation’
January 31st, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Who would a Nader run hurt most?
January 31st, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Answer to #4 — nobody unless he combines with McKinney and Bloomberg to take from the dems.
January 31st, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I just disabled a program that helps us block comment spam (from porn sites and what not).
Hopefully it will help. Thanks (as always) for your patience.