Why vote for Nader? Reason II – A vote for Nader challenges the two-party monopoly of the limited (retarded?) American political system The American political system, at least at the federal level, is nothing more than a puppet show on a merry-go-round. The corporations put on the show. The puppet on the left hand is Gore; Bush is on the right hand. The merry-go-round, as designed, goes nowhere. Devoted lifelong Democrats are somehow enamored by this process and are putting party loyalty over political ideology. The horrible place Democrats imagine a Bush presidency taking us... guess what? We're already there! We've been there since the first Reagan term. Thanks to that president's de-regulation frenzy, today our political system and our lives are firmly dominated by corporate interests. It is the corporations who are resistant to nationalizing healthcare, not the American citizenry. It is the corporate interests fighting against clean air and water legislation, not the public. It's also the corporate-minded folk who want to abandon our public schools in favor of tax-supported private schools rather than fix our ailing institutions. Democrat Al Gore is a centrist. Translated, this means he wishes to keep things as they are at present. This isn't leadership, it's facilitation. Since Gore's campaign is funded mostly by the corporations and he has voted in their favor throughout his political career, who do you believe Gore will be working hardest for as President? You can pretend there is a difference between Bush and Gore if you like but both of these guys will do what the CEOs and wealthy tell them to do with little, if any, resistance. The U.S. cannot withstand another presidential term of this behavior from our executive branch. Both Democrats and Republicans have shown us again and again how incapable they are of biting the hand that feeds them. We as citizens are the only entity who can break this cycle by refusing to vote for either of these puppet parties and voting instead for the Green Party and Ralph Nader. Ralph Nader stepped off the two-party merry-go-round decades ago and now millions of Americans in post WTO-Seattle are doing likewise. The American public recently wised up to corporate power and now marches in the street against it. Nader has made an entire career out of watch dogging this corporate power. In a nation that has not enjoyed the social benefits of a progressive reform since the days of Martin Luther King and Civil Rights, I remind you that Nader is the only progressive voice in the 2000 campaign. Nader would nationalize the healthcare system! Nothing that big or beneficial to the down trodden has happened in America in over 35 years! And, no, the current stock market boom does not count as a momentous political occasion as it only benefits a small minority of Americans (and won't last forever). Granted, this election a third party will not gain control of the White House, but if enough people support the Greens in 2000, this new party will achieve federal recognition and all the benefits thereof for election 2004, inlcuding government matching funds. Your Green vote now is not a wasted vote. It goes a long way in building a better future with more political choices for you, the voter. Cowardly Democrats will keep trying to shame and scare people into remaining on the two-party merry-go-round. I disagree... the sooner you jump off this pointless ride, the sooner we can build a better nation.
Visit www.votenader.org for info on the Nader/LaDuke campaign. Next: Why vote for Nader? Reason III – The Democrats abandoned progressivism and don't deserve your vote.
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