[lbo-talk] Nader Brings Clarity to An Issue That Troubles Many Democrats

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>[lbo-talk] Nader falls for Kerry charm
>Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com, Thu May 20 06:30:57 PDT 2004
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>New York Times - May 20, 2004
>Kerry Woos Nader, Who Deems Him 'Very Presidential'
>By DAVID M. HALBFINGER
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>"He [Kerry] said something like, `We all have to do what we have to 
>do,' and he's not challenging anybody's right," Mr. Nader said. "In 
>that sense he's way ahead of his advisers."
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>Mr. Nader then said he was alluding not just to Mr. Kerry's aides 
>but to a new allied Democratic group, announced on Wednesday, called 
>the National Progress Fund, whose stated purpose is to entice Mr. 
>Nader's supporters into the party by promising to help push many of 
>their issues throughout the campaign.

That's an admission on the part of the Kerry camp that Nader bashing 
not only hasn't worked but has probably been counter-productive, 
pushing Nader supporters further away from the Democratic Party. 
They obviously have to switch gears.

About the same Nader-Kerry meeting, the Washington Post has this to say:

"Democratic strategist James Carville told reporters at a Christian 
Science Monitor breakfast yesterday that Nader brings clarity to an 
issue that troubles many Democrats. 'Nader has a simple thing he's 
saying: bring the troops home,' he said. 'It's easy to understand'" 
(Dan Balz and Jim VandeHei, "Kerry, Nader Meet and Go Separate Ways," 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41036-2004May19.html>).

That's the crux of the issue.
-- 
Yoshie

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