Nader

[Seth Ackerman]

Doug Henwood wrote:

> Does he? Is he really interested in building a Green Party. At the 
> A16 demo in Washington, he mentioned neither the party nor his 
> candidacy. In '96, he spurned much of the party's platform. Will this 
> really develop the GP as an organization, or is it just another 
> personality vehicle, a la Jesse Jackson?
> 
	It's not a personality vehicle because Nader doesn't have a
personality. Nor does he seem to want one or care about one. (Neither is it
to build a Green Party. But to me that's not terrible, since a non-Labor
party doesn't stand much of a chance anyway.) What it is is a PR campaign:
an effort to force the media and the voters to take a serious look at
everything the GOP/Dems can normally get away with ignoring. That's a good
thing.

	Seth