Passing this along... Ted >From: Jonah Nadir Omowale > Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2000 2:08 AM > To: brc-news@lists.tao.ca > Subject: [BRC-NEWS] Lesser of Two Evils vs. Greatest Common Good > > October 27, 2000 > > The Lesser of Two Evils or The Greatest Common Good > > By Jonah Nadir Omowale <eclipseamerica@netscape.net> > > Why all of a sudden is there all this attention on Ralph > Nader? Until a few days ago, the media and both major > parties have made every effort to not just ignore his > campaign, but to block his message from being heard. Even > going so far as to bar him from attending the debates, > much less participating. Now, because it looks like Gore's > blunders during those debates and throughout this campaign > are catching up to him, he and the media that backs him are > attacking Ralph Nader. > > But, check it out: They aren't addressing the issues that > inspired Nader to run in the first place. They don't speak > about the corporate financing of government or the prison > industrial complex. They aren't mentioning the war on drugs > or abolition of the death penalty. Gore hasn't made any > attempt to argue with Nader's positions on universal health > care or raising the minimum wage. Al Gore is playing on your > fear of George W. Bush. > > The media still isn't talking about Ralph Nader's stance on > the issues. They are just telling you that "a vote for Nader > is a vote for Bush." Ralph Nader was blocked from the debates > that would have given Al Gore a forum to refute Nader's charges > that he and Bush are the same. Gore has refused to address > those concerns and the people who have raised them. > > Al Gore chose to ignore Ralph Nader and to run his race > against George W. Bush. He has essentially conceded defeat > in that battle so he must now pick on someone who has one > tenth of his standing in the polls. Mr. Gore and the > conservative leanings of the Democratic party created this > atmosphere by ignoring the progressives within their own > organization and ignoring the issues of the common American. > > Now they are drowning in their own arrogance. > > If Al Gore were really concerned about the people of the > Green Party and about the issues they have raised he would > debate Ralph Nader. He didn't do it before, but he has a > week and a half. Put up or shut up. Earn your constituents' > votes by addressing their concerns, not by playing on their > unfounded fears. > > Those Nader supporters who are asking Ralph to drop out > of the race are the biggest cowards of all. If you choose > to protest, you must be willing to march from beginning > to end. Now it's like "Oh, we were just trying to get your > attention, Al. Ralph, ignore your principles and what you > have fought for all these years and endorse the lesser of > two evils." > > I have joined this crusade because I believe in taking a > stand and fighting for the greatest common good. I don't > believe for one minute that George Bush will make matters > any worse for the millions of Americans who are poor and > hungry and have no health care or are locked in prison > because of medical conditions like addiction, because he > doesn't care enough about them to pay it the attention. I > don't believe that Al Gore has the guts to make it better > because those people don't contribute to his campaign. I > will not back down or change my stance because Al Gore and > the Democratic party have proven that they don't care about > the concerns of real Americans enough to truly address the > issues. They use scare tactics and smoke screens to divert > attention from the truth. Al Gore is more beholden to the > corporations than George W. Bush is. Bush is a corporation. > Gore, on the other hand owes them his political life. > > Read up on the issues. Here are the links I have forwarded > countless times during the campaign: > > http://www.blackelectorate.com/archives/071700.asp > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/elections/nader071100.htm > > These are things that affect real American citizens. They > affect the company you own and the corporation you work for. > This is about your life and the lives of your children both > born and unborn. Know and understand the truth and vote not > for the lesser of two evils but for the greatest common good. > > Copyright (c) 2000 Jonah Nadir Omowale. 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