Die-Hards Fight for Nader's Candidacy

[Freddie Stubbs]

By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer

INDIANAPOLIS - It's not easy to be a fan of presidential candidate Ralph Nader (news - web sites) these days. Just ask Dallas Stoner. The 27-year-old college student is a Nader die-hard — representing that small but persistent blip of supporters who are standing tall against Republicans who dismiss Nader's candidacy and Democrats who fear that Nader supporters will foil John Kerry (news - web sites)'s run for the White House.

"Would you like to sign a petition to help get Ralph Nader on the Indiana presidential ballot?" Stoner, armed with clipboard and pens, regularly asks his peers at festivals, concerts and on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, a year-round commuter school better known as IUPUI.

The responses? "They either say, 'No' or they say 'Yes' — or they say, 'Hell no, get out of my face,'" says Stoner, an environmental public affairs major at IUPUI who's also Nader's statewide coordinator in Indiana.

Stoner knows that Nader is the longest of long shots, especially in Indiana, a state not known for its support of environmental causes — and where Nader didn't even make it onto the ballot in 2000. Facing a June 30 deadline, he and his staff have collected only about a third of the nearly 30,000 required signatures to win a Nader a place this time.

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[bluestateguy]

1. I encourage Nader to spend lots of time in Indiana

Just stay the hell out of Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Arizona, Arkansas, Maine, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Missouri, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia and Tennessee.

Maybe if this guy spent a little more time studying, rather than wasting his time on a candidate who won't be president he wouldn't still be a 27 year old college student.

[JohnnyFianna1]

2. Lmao ( a 27 year old college student), while that is funny you don't know

his circumstances and while I don't support Nader's Candidacy I don't think making fun of his supporters will help anyone.

[sangh0]

6. Making fun of Nader supporters sure helps me

.

[Claire Beth]

3. you can bet the gopers will be sure

that he is on in EVERY state.

[Old and In the Way]

4. Dallas Stoner.....great name.

Appropos, actually. Torch another one Dallas......

[tandot]

5. "torch another one Dallas" - SNARF

thanks, Old and In the Way...that was a good one