[Needtoknow] Mainstream Medea's dirty tricks.

[John Walsh]

Hello all,
There seems to be some discussion of Medea Benjamin's performance at
the rally in Boston last weekend.  I found it pathetic.  She mentioned
Nancy Pelosi, but never touched on the complicity of the Dem party
from beginning to end of this war.  And she is of course on the board
of "Progressive" Dems of America.  (At this point a progressive Dem is
kind of like a virgin gigolo.)

Have we forgotten what Medea and others did to the ONLY antiwar
candidate in 2004, Ralph Nader?
Below is a slice of an interview with Ralph right after the 2004
elections.  You can read the whole thing at
http://www.counterpunch.org/merlin12162004.html
One key word is "apology."
john walsh
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MC: What's next on your plate in the coming months? I wanted to
briefly ask you also what your relationship is like with people such
as Jeff Cohen or Medea Benjamin, who among some other self-described
"progressives," signed a letter against your candidacy in the
so-called swing states.

RN: I think they have an apology to make to the Nader-Camejo campaign.
It wasn't just their opposition. They spread lies. They endorsed lies
about our being bankrolled by the Republicans. It was completely
false. A hundred times more Republican money from donors went into the
Democratic coffers. That's what I do not forgive them for. I think
that involves Michael Moore, and Norman Solomon, and Jeff Cohen, and
Medea Benjamin especially, as well as a number of others. If they want
to open communications, they need to preface it by apology. It's one
thing opposing us even though we had the agenda they believed in --
that's ridiculous enough -- but what's unforgivable was to lend their
credibility to those lies that the Democratic Party and the Democratic
National Committee disseminated all over the country to cover up their
own dirty tricks against our right to be on the ballot.

Right now, what we're doing is winding down the campaign. The
Democrats' assault cost us a million dollars, so we're in debt, and
we're trying to invite people to help reduce the debt on
votenader.org, so we can ramp up on the anti-war issue and on the
corporate crime enforcement issue and much other work that needs to be
done in a mobilized way from the grassroots all the way to Washington.

MC: Ralph Nader, I want to thank you for this interview.

RN: Thank you again, and thank Counterpunch.