Pragmatism drives Naderites to Kerry

[mzmolly]

ANOVER, N.H. --

" generation of Ralph Nader supporters will come of age Nov. 2 at Dartmouth College, and they're planning to vote for John F. Kerry.

In their cloth sandals, worn jeans, and "Support Fair Trade" sweatshirts, 15 members of the Dartmouth Greens gathered here Monday night for their weekly discussion of social justice and politics. The conversation veered from the economic abuse of sweatshop laborers to the physical abuse of Iraqi prisoners and whether a protest action of papering the campus with photos of abused Iraqis -- with the caption, "Is this the occupation you wanted?" -- would exploit the victims further.

While none of the 15 particularly like Kerry -- "wavering," "craggy," "passable," and "tree-stumpy" were among their descriptions of him -- this intensely antiwar group has almost unanimously decided to forsake Nader, a man they see as an idol, to help Kerry win New Hampshire, a key battleground state.

Al Gore lost here in 2000 by 7,200 votes, and many Democrats blamed Nader, who drew 22,000 votes. It is this psychology of defeat, a fear of throwing the election to Bush, that will steer Naderites, as well as many undecided voters, to Kerry's side, campaign officials say."

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/135/nation/Pragmatism_drives_N_H_Naderites_to_Kerry+.shtml

:toast:
To progressives everywhere working together to DEFEAT George Boosh!

[mzmolly]

1. Guess I should have posted my original divisive article.

;)

Oh well, liv-n-learn ...

[Zero Gravitas]

2. Good for them

and I hope many more Naderites finally get a clue and help us get rid of Bush. Once Bush is gone they can go back to attacking the Democratic party as much as they want. :)

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Yeah, lots of us will vote against Bush via Kerry

but we're still working for the day that we can vote for who we want and have it count FOR that person and for that person alone. Gotta nix this stupid spoiler effect.

[sangh0]

4. You can vote for whomever you want to

Just write it in.

[mzmolly]

5. You have my appreciation and respect for that. Thanks!

:hi: