Sunday, August 29, 2004
A Washington Post article profiles Nader's new friends. For once, I'm not talking about the Republicans, but the Reform Party. Of the Reform Party's chairman, the Post writes:
Nader spokesman Kevin Zeese is a bit blasé about all this,
As bad as defending the Klan? McAuliffe should pursue legal action.
There's also this little priceless observation:
Amazing - Ralph Nader is seemingly the only politician that can receive support from others and not have it rub off on him. Contrast this to the "corporate support of Kerry entails he's a puppet" line that Naderites spout. It must be nice to make so many exceptions for oneself.
There is an unfortunate truth not really mentioned here: Nader's affiliation with the Reform Party is made possible by his historic friendly ties with Pat Buchanan. Whereas most liberals find Buchanan a toxic, contemptible bigot, Nader has a genuine rapport with the man. A strange and inconvenient fact about a man pretending to be at the vanguard of a new progressive era.
- A wealthy perennial candidate, O'Hara has run unsuccessfully for various offices as a Democrat, Republican, Reform Party member and Independent. He once ran for governor against his father. During a 2002 campaign, O'Hara argued for the dissolution of the FBI, the CIA and the U.S. Department of Education to the Hattiesburg American newspaper. He also assisted with the legal defense of Sam Bowers, a former Ku Klux Klan leader convicted in 1998 of ordering the murder a civil rights worker in the 1960s
Nader spokesman Kevin Zeese is a bit blasé about all this,
- Zeese decline to comment on O'Hara, except to say: "Look at [Democratic National Committee Chairman] Terry McAuliffe and his corporate ties. I am sure he has more skeletons."
As bad as defending the Klan? McAuliffe should pursue legal action.
There's also this little priceless observation:
- Zeese acknowledges disagreements [with the Reform Party] on some topics, such as immigration and health care. "But remember, they're endorsing us." he said. "We're not endorsing them."
Amazing - Ralph Nader is seemingly the only politician that can receive support from others and not have it rub off on him. Contrast this to the "corporate support of Kerry entails he's a puppet" line that Naderites spout. It must be nice to make so many exceptions for oneself.
There is an unfortunate truth not really mentioned here: Nader's affiliation with the Reform Party is made possible by his historic friendly ties with Pat Buchanan. Whereas most liberals find Buchanan a toxic, contemptible bigot, Nader has a genuine rapport with the man. A strange and inconvenient fact about a man pretending to be at the vanguard of a new progressive era.
