Nader & Litmus Tests

[Max Sawicky]

. . . > As for Sawicky's earlier comments on card-check - I
think it would make a very interesting test. Someone should
ask Nader, would you agree to unionization of Public Citizen
if a majority of its employees wanted it? I think that's a
pretty good indication of someone's convictions on unions.
I'm surprised that a representative of the Economic Policy
Institute, which is so pro-labor, wouldn't see this as a
rather important litmus test. Would Jeff Faux would have the
same reaction as Nader if presented with a unionization
drive, Sawicky?
> TShorrock

I don't speak for Faux.  He will support Gore, more than
likely.
He did not oppose unionization at EPI.  The union meets at
the institute, frequently running over our appointed time,
with
no nagging from management.  Contract negotiations are
not exactly a walk in the park, but that's of little
relevance here.

Your response is not very responsive to my response to you.
I said Nader's inner essence is not as much at issue as you
make out.  It is where important social forces are in
relation
to RN that matters.  I noted my view that the RN candidacy
has some major problems, and you reduce the argument
to binary issues, albeit important ones.  Even litmus tests
have shadings.

Left politics is not properly a search for virtuous leaders.

mbs