----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 12:35 PM Subject: GORE OPS TARGET NADER'S SEX LIFE; MOVE CALLED 'DESPERATE'
> XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED NOV 01, 2000 17:01:39 ET XXXXX
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> GORE OPS TARGET NADER'S SEX LIFE; MOVE CALLED 'DESPERATE'
>
> **Exclusive**
>
> Campaign 2000 took an aggressive turn this week after Gore campaign
> operatives began questioning Green Party presidential candidate Ralph
> Nader's sex life, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
>
> "Look, he's never been married," one Gore operative whispered to
> stunned reporters earlier this week. "Who is going to be sleeping in
> his bed at the White House if he's elected president? I'm interested.
> Aren't you?"
>
> The whispering campaign comes as Nader, 66, appears to be taking
> support away from Democratic hopeful Al Gore in key states.
>
> "This is the last act of a desperate campaign!" a Nader insider said
> late Wednesday. "If this does not open the eyes of the American
> people, nothing will. These people will do anything to keep power."
>
> A senior Gore official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity,
> blasted the whispering campaign. "If anyone is caught doing this,
> they will be fired immediately!" the official told the DRUDGE REPORT
> from Tennessee. "Who's ever doing this should knock it off -- and
> knock it off now!"
>
> The SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE advanced questions about Nader's private
> life after California state Assemblywoman Carole Migden raised the
> issue in an interview.
>
> "Of course, I don't necessarily have that information, and I
> certainly don't want to say anything libelous or unreasonable,"
> Migden said in an interview with CALIFORNIA TRIANGLE magazine. "All
> I'm saying is that we believe he has strong ties to the community --
> and has for years -- and hasn't been forthright about it."
>
> Nader told the CHRONICLE that he was appalled that an elected
> official like Migden would even bring up the subject.
>
> "I've spoken out on gay and lesbian issues way in advance of Al
> Gore," he said, adding that -- unlike his Democratic opponent -- he
> supports both civil marriages and eliminating the "don't ask, don't
> tell" policy for gays in the military. "But the answer to her
> inference is no."
> Developing...