Nader is literally the cover model for Rightwingers

[geek tragedy]

http://www.amconmag.com/2004_06_21/cover.html

[lovedems]

1. Is he trying to coin a new political term?

The progressive conservative? Nader's desperation is written all over his face.

[geek tragedy]

2. From an interview with Pat Buchanan

<snip>
PB: Should they be entitled to get driver’s licenses?

RN: Yes, in order to reduce hazards on the highway. If you have people who are driving illegally, there are going to be more crashes, and more people are going to be killed.

PB: The Democrats have picked up on Bush’s amnesty idea and have proposed an amnesty for illegals who have been in the country for five years and who have shown that they have jobs and can support themselves. Would you support the Democratic proposal?

RN: This is very difficult because you are giving a green light to cross the border illegally. I don’t like the idea of legalization because then the question is how do you prevent the next wave and the next? I like the idea of giving workers and children—they are working, they are having their taxes withheld, they are performing a valuable service, even though they are illegally here—of giving them the same benefits of any other workers. If that produces enough outrage to raise the immigration issue to a high level of visibility for public debate, that would be a good thing.

PB: The U.S. population now—primarily due to immigrants and their children coming in—is estimated to grow to over 400 million by mid-century. Would that have an adverse impact on the environment?

RN: We don’t have the absorptive capacity for that many people. Over 32 million came in, in the ’90s, which is the highest in American history
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People have been making this argument since the 1850's. Nice to see a good progressive like Nader repeating it.

[cprise]

3. Meanwhile they are ripping out lawns in the west to conserve water

...and dustbowl conditions are appearing in the midwest.

Political/population pressure should remain on those regions that are producing far more people than their land can support.

And in case you forgot, this country is not very productive anymore. This is the land of chronic trade deficits. Too much emphasis on turning a blind-eye to the migration of UNskilled labor into OUR country.

There has been a racist element to immigration controls, just as eugenics promoted birth control in a racist manner. But IMO, racism itself is the problem here, and that needs to be addressed.