HomeNader 2008 Blog East Coast Corporate Liberal Posted by The Nader Team on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 02:46:00 PM http://www.votenader.org/blog/2008/04/16/east-coast-corporate-liberal/ Earlier this week, a poll showed Ralph Nader at ten percent in Michigan. ( On television one poll was 26% in Detroit)
According to a Fox News poll, one out of seven voters nationwide would seriously consider voting for Nader. Support for the Nader/Gonzalez platform of subordinating corporations to the will of the people is growing. And yet, the corporate liberal media continues to give the cold shoulder to Nader/Gonzalez. Case in point - New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. Last month, Krugman was looking for a presidential candidacy to take on Wall Street. He ran down the list and found Senators McCain, Obama and Clinton lacking. But he ignored Nader/Gonzalez. Last week, Krugman justifiably took on the ethanol industry. He pointed out that producing a gallon of ethanol from corn uses most of the energy the gallon contains. And he made the salient point that "land used to grow biofuel feedstock is land not available to grow food - so subsidies to biofuels are a major factor in the food crisis." "You might put it this way - people are starving in Africa so that American politicians can court votes in farm states," Krugman writes. But then, in typical East Coast corporate liberal fashion, Krugman wrote: "Oh, and in case you're wondering, all the remaining presidential contenders are terrible on this issue." Excuse me? From the beginning, Nader has been opposed to the subsidized ethanol industry as inefficient, environmentally damaging, inflationary, and as the primary fuel sustaining the corporate welfare kings. A rudimentary news search turns up a September 17, 2004 Des Moines Register article reporting that Nader took on the ethanol industry while he was campaigning in Iowa. And as recently as yesterday, Nader was in Illinois telling students that corn ethanol is devouring huge acreage, shortening the supply of wheat, soy and other food, and resulting in the increased prices being seen in the U.S. and abroad. "Historically, food prices have been a source of consumer revolt," Nader said yesterday in Illinois. "It has toppled governments in other countries." But being dissed by the corporate liberal media is nothing new - and it is predictable. After all, the Nader/Gonzalez platform would subordinate corporate power to the will of the people. That's not exactly conducive to the corporate liberal platform of subordinating the will of the people to corporate power. Here's what we need from you today as we move forward. As we mentioned yesterday, we are very close to securing federal matching funds. But to secure matching funds, we must first collect $5,000 in matchable donations in each of at least 20 states. We've crunched the numbers, and thanks to you, we're almost there. But we need your help today to put us over the top. Wherever you may be, we need your help now. But especially if you live in six states: Wisconsin, North Carolina, Missouri, Georgia, Nevada and Colorado. If you live in any of these six states please donate now as much as you can. If you have any family or friends who live in those six states please email them ask them to contribute. This is a people-powered campaign and we're moving up in the polls thanks to your continued support. So, please, be as generous as you possibly can be. Give whatever you can now - to help push us over the top. Together, we can make a difference. Onward The Nader Team PS: We invite your comments to the blog. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: By submitting your comments you acknowledge that Nader for President 2008 has the right to reproduce, broadcast and publicize those comments or any part thereof in any manner whatsoever. Please note that due to the volume of comments we receive, not all comments will be published and it may take several hours for your comments to be reviewed, and those that are published will not be edited. But all will be carefully read, considered and appreciated. Your comment will be visible to you (and only you) after you post it, at which point it is queued for consideration and no longer visible. Please refrain from submitting your comments multiple times. Close Forgot password? Please put in your email: Send me my password! Close message This blog postAll blog postsSubscribe to this blog post's comments through... RSS Feed Subscribe to this blog's comments through... RSS Feed Follow the discussion Login CommentsSort by: Date Rating Last Activity Close Login to an existing account Email: Password: Use OpenID! Forgot login? Login Close Login with your OpenID OpenID URL: Back Login Dashboard | Edit profile | Logout Logged in as 0Vote upVote down Doug Rogers I have a lot of respect for Krugman for speaking vital truths during the darkest days of the Bush administration. But lately he has earned a degree of skepticism for some of his dubious takes on the presidential race. Chief among these is his contention that Hillary Clinton's healthcare package is somehow superior to Barack Obama's and therefore we should just forget about her total capitulation on the Iraq war. Both Obama and Clinton advocate giving taxpayer money to the health insurance industry just as the republicans did with their Medicare Drug benefit. Krugman for all his relative independence on the Times editorial staff is still too constricted by convention to truly advocate for what he is telling us. He knows that single-payer healthcare is the only viable solution. He knows that the military budget is out of control and that corporate crime is rampant. But he conveniently pretends that there is no alternative but to wring our hands and vote for Hillary Clinton. We need more commentators who are willing to tell the truth about the Democrats with as much conviction as they told the truth about the Bush administration. Post reply » 22 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down gerald berke Nader is right. One way or the other, his platform items have to make it into our government. And we need a third party. Unfortunately, Nader is not committed to the third party issue: he blooms only around presidential election time. Not like Howard Dean, who having been pushed aside, pushed back and pressed the Democrats to go for 50 states. IF the Dems had NOT put Dean in a position to make a difference, he would have been that third party... he said he would do that and he is a man to be believed. I want Nader to head a third party. I want to see the Nader party have congressmen, senators, judges, grassroots. There needs to be a party. Meantime, Nader has the right answers on the issue. Period. Post reply » 22 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Wayne Schofield Gentlemen, Why is it that Washington officials care more about HGH in professional baseball than they do the cost of gas and home heating oil. Shouldn't Washington be regulating the costs somehow? Billions of dollars in record profits are being racked up by the oil companies and yet, Washington stands idol on this issue. They called Microsoft a monopoly and challenged it...why not the oil companies? Also, are they that oblivious to the fact that farmers are now into corn, but wheat crops are down.....prices go up and nobody cares? Seek out the definition of "Depression" and I believe you will agree that if we keep heading in this direction we are all going to be very depressed! You have had my vote in the past and you will get it going forward......we need 3 parties to represent in the elections. Good luck and thanks for your efforts! Regards, Wayne Proud Registered Independent - NH Post reply » 22 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! +1Vote upVote down Erwin Schmitt ● 1p his is what I wrote to Mr. Krugman, New York Times on the article about etahnol out of Corn... : Dear Sir: What seems to be the reason for NOT mentioning ALL Candidates that are running for president and for taking them serious??? What is going on nowadays looks to me more and more as almost a fascist behavior: ...just shut off all that are in the way of the political Idea of the few Key Keepers wherever the Power is accumulated. Eventually "they" will politically enforce their will on the citizens...." (..it was called Gleichschaltung some 60 years ago...). We as politically mature individuals should do everything possible to include and to pamper in our democracy each and any germ that seems to be shooting up on the political horizon (there just might be a reason for it, no?) Include Ralph Nader and what he stands for. Thank You! Sincerely Erwin Schmitt, politically awake.. North Carolina Post reply » 22 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Andrew I support you all the way Nader Team! But please don't quote Fox News polls. We should never even acknowledge Rupert and his gang of miscreants. Post reply » 20 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! +1Vote upVote down Richard Dubin ● 1p Where are our political commentators and pundits who are able to think outside the box? Our two party system has become a duopoly with little measurable difference on the really important issues. Granted McCain would see us in Iraq for decades while the two Democratic contenders say they would have us withdraw some time or other, yet continued to vote for every funding bill that came before them. If one continues to believe that the slavation of our nation relies on electing democrats to ffice thenone is simply continuing the status quo. It seems that the name Ralph Nader has become as Pavlov's bell, guarranteed to cause a kneejerk or salivary reaction and the uttering of buzzwords like the detestable "spoiler". Yet, when the speeches of Mr. Nader and his platform are displayed they invariably align themselves very well with the visions of those same detractors. Hard to understand, really and truly. I am proud to say that I have voted for Ralph Nader in two elections now and will do so again in November. How else to show the aforementioned "duopoly party" that I am fed up with platitudes and talk that results in no action? Post reply » 20 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down William Mc Devitt I have been a long time Nader supporter. I learned about him In Grade School in 1971. I Have followed his career, admired his accomplishments, and voted for him on more than one occasion. Though he is right on the money for ending the stranglehold the Democratic-Republican Party has on the US political scene, he doesn’t seem to know how to do it. Thirty-thousand.org Has shown me the way to better government. More representation for more people. Nader needs to pony up to this before He'll have my support again. Post reply » 19 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Paul Samaras I think we ought to tell Paul Krugman at NY Times what we think about Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez everybody. Let's send him a couple of emails each and just let him know that there is a candicate out there that has addressed the issues he writes about in his columns. No need to be too aggressive; let's just let him know about our campaign. With a little persistence, we can make a big difference in the mass media. - Paul, Redondo Beach CA P.S. I hope everybody has their Nader yard signs up. I put mine up last week. Post reply » 19 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Mark Cullen Would it be possible to stop using buzzwords every paragraph? I think you can treat your readers with a little more respet, after all we are considering your platform. That's worth something, right? Post reply » 19 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down elena Why on earth wouldn't you want to seriously consider Nader/Gonzales? Are you happy with the economy, the war, drugs in the water, tainted products fom outsourced corporations? I don't hear any other candidate talking about impeachment. I see the corporate media choosing our presidential candidates against our own best interests and I'm sickened. Some Dems. think I should be happy to "fall in line" behind their candidate because he's a change. I don't see change and I sure don't see enough of a difference. Just because one appears to be the lesser of two evils doesn't mean I should throw my vote away- the lesser of two evils is still evil! Post reply » 19 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down One Person One Vote Way to go! Nothing is more convincing than facts; the clear fact is that Nader campaign represents the interest of the great majority of Americans in this country... Step by Step! Post reply » 19 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Stratus Blue Mr. Nader's stands on issues are clearly in the greater interests of We The People. Mr. Nader's run will not be ignored this time. Post reply » 17 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! Thread active 17 hours agoCollapse thread Expand thread 0Vote upVote down Karin Anybody who lives in NYC wanna come help me picket the NY Times? BTW, I know you are incredibly busy, but is there anything we can do to get this list expanded? I'm so frustrated by this that I'm considering focusing on Gravel's candidacy instead...Capital punishment is set to resume in Georgia and California. The Patriot Act has been completely forgotten in the MSM. B. Obama was asked about poverty during the Faith Forum and suggested offering people parenting classes rather than even consider mentioning a Living Wage. Our gov't still chemically terrorizes Latin American farmers and children in a totally corrupt "drug war." We throw people in jail for growing/smoking a natural (and not totally unhealthy) herb...etc., etc. Anybody else want to see this list expanded? Post reply » 17 hours ago This comment has 1 hidden reply. Show it! Thread active 16 hours agoCollapse thread Expand thread 0Vote upVote down Betsy Right on Ralph!! I will send you some money. I will never Vote Obama. Hold a yard sale for Nader this weekend!! And donate the profits to votenader.org on Sunday Night. Post reply » 16 hours ago This comment has 1 hidden reply. Show it! 0Vote upVote down Mountaineer These media types invalidate any precautionary information they share; to ignore Ralph Nader even as a possibility shows true disregard for any resolve of these problems. It's seemingly more important to be blasé and vague "Who will stand up and fight this injustice, isn't there anyone?" I didn't realize being part of the "in-crowd" was more important than the lives of three-hundred million Americans, and countries effected elsewhere around the world. Post reply » 16 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Mark McArthur I think this platform is the solution to the mess in which we find ourselves as a country. Do you know that we, America, have more than 700 military bases in more than 130 countries? How long can we afford to fund this type of 'empire-ish' action? Corporations are reporting record profits but new companies are not rushing into the market place. New companies entering the market place are the life blood of a properly functioning capitalist economy. However, rather than giving tax money to Phoenix Motor Cars, an American start-up company producing electric vehicles, our federal government bails out GM or Ford. Why? What new technology have they introduced lately? This platform address these issues and more in ways that will bring about true solutions that offer long term stability for our economy and our country's future. Realistically though Nader 08 is not going to win the White House. I wish it were different, but realistically even 25% of the vote in November would be overwhelming success never before seen by a 3rd party candidate, even Perot. That sad truth let out of the bag, this is my question for you; What can be done to make the Nader Platform not just something for November of 2008 but something that will be able to continue to build into the future? Like say a long-term, major 3rd party? Just because we don't win the White House in 2008 doesn't mean the platform should end. This must only be the beginning. Regardless of the outcome in November we need to continue to build steam and win some seats in the 2010 elections. Then, who knows what can happen in 2012? Post reply » 16 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Thomas Oh trust me. I live in GA and am giving every meager cent I can. I'm pullin' for ya! Post reply » 15 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Patrick R. Coughlin This is but one example of the issues that has a profoundly negative impact on all of our lives, and about which all pertinent information is available, yet fails to turn up the volume on the voice of protest. Ralph Nader is encouraging us to rouse ourselves to action, to stand with him and reclaim the power that is inherently ours as the people of The United States Of America. If you are opposed to the ethanol industry, there is only one presidential candidate to support, and that is Nader/Gonzales. Sincerely, Patrick R. Coughlin, Chicago Il P.S. I heard Ralph Nader speak tonight at the Apollo Theater in Chicago. Taking questions from the audience, this little boy asked Ralph what renewable energy sources he would focus on as president. Ralph went on to speak about his opposition to the ethanol industry and the future of solar power, getting a good laugh from the audience as he gave the reasons why the fossil fuel companies hate the sun. Clearly, there's hope here. Post reply » 15 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down James D. Keister If you can, Listen to the BBC on your local NPR radio stations to know the effects Bio-fuels are having on third world countries. My girlfriend is from the Phillipines, and she is reading newspapers from home and they're very worried about shortages of rice and other foods they use to recieve from other countries, like Vietnam, they use to sell rice to the Phillipines, not this year. This is a good example of why we really need to stop acting so stupid, and come together on things like food, and fuel sources. I feel like the souls of this Earth are still little children, with the minds around the age of 5 or even younger. My God poeple, wake up before it's too late, I can walk to the store instead of driving 1/4 mile to buy milk, how about the rest of you ? By the way the girlfriend is voting in her first Presidental election, and I am very proud of way she is listening to all of the cantidates to make up her own mind. Support Ron Paul, Vote Ralh Nader ! Post reply » 14 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Thomas Seeger This is incredible news-there is finally a progressive candidate in the realm of relevancy in this year's presidential election. I am relieved for Ralph Nader, who has truly been a warrior for the progressive cause. Perhaps now he is getting some long-deserved appreciation. Post reply » 14 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down robert beal Krugman is an economist, i.e., pseudoscientist, and as such his credo is that of growth, i.e., ever increasing consumption. While he spins progressive-sounding political-economic critiques, he is, like virtually all liberals, incapable of envisioning (a precedent to engineering), say, an end to poverty or the creation of millions of affordable rent-to-buy homes or . . . Post reply » 14 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Cesar chavez Why are you silent on the borders ? Illegal immigration has destroyed the wage base. It has bankrupted the state of California in welfare, medical, schools,prisons,roads, you name it city, county, state services... Will you take the NumbersUSA.com pledge to oppose Amnesty ? Cesaer Chavez wanted the border closed. He fought Mexican "scabs" his entire career. Si say puede' los angeles, mexico Post reply » 13 hours ago This comment has 0 hidden replies. Show them! 0Vote upVote down Regina Good Point Ralph! And yes, it is infuriating that the media blatantly ignores you ! -- Bill Moyars Just did a show on the skyrocketing prices of food. The show also covered Farm land owners' receiving gov't subsidies through false "disaster" claims -- and its all "legitimized" because governmental agencies are promoting and encouraging the pilforing of monies set aside for flooding and true disasters! It makes me sick ...no ethics...no accountability...no conscience! They actually mentioned someone that owned land and received $40,000.00 but didn't even have any disaster. Tonight was the Debate between Hillary C and Obama. What a Crock! Mostly pathetic, petty digs and attempt to "character assassinate" one another . It's offensive to me that the media carries on with this - as though this is what the American people want to have clarified? Almost seemed like a Fox News/Entertainment Tonight - Production? And my final point was they didn't address this issue either. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
