[statecom-discuss] [adcom] Nader seeks Green Party nomination

[Daniel Melnechuk]

Dear Merelice,

By saying it is a fear, you do a disservice to persons concerned that  
Nader is going for an endorsement of our party. The use of the word  
fear has the implications that people are irrational.

It is a concern about building the party, both locally and  
nationally, and what will happen at the national convention. GP rules  
state that they will only nominate a candidate, not endorse one for  
president. So Nader should have no problem saying that he is seeking  
the nomination. Yet if you read the transcript there is something  
very telling:


> AMY GOODMAN: Ralph Nader, if you run, would you run as an  
> independent or would you run for the Green Party nomination?
>
> RALPH NADER: Well, if I run ... and we are testing the waters  
> now ... I would certainly go for the ballot lines with the Green  
> Party. I would go for ...
>
> AMY GOODMAN: So you would go against Cynthia McKinney?
>
> RALPH NADER: We'll go for ... well, that remains to be seen. It's a  
> little early right now. But we'll go independent in states where  
> there aren't any parties. We'll look for progressive small parties  
> at the state level. You have to do that just to get on state  
> ballots, where there are very obstructive rules. And my campaign  
> manager, Theresa Amato, in '04 is finishing a very detailed book on  
> this major civil liberties issue of obstructing candidates' rights,  
> without which voter rights aren't worth very much. When you have 90  
> percent of the House districts one party ...


Nader's "that remains to be seen" in response to going against  
Cynthia McKinney is a clear indication that Nader has not decided if  
he is seeking the nomination of the Green party or not. Nader wants  
to get on the ballot any way he can as he states himself. By saying  
it remains to be seen, he is saying that he may be running as an  
independent since he can't be on a ballot in November against  
McKinney if Nader gets the nomination instead of McKinney. What else  
can he mean by that?

Peace,
Dan




On Feb 1, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Merelice wrote:

> So, can we at least conclude that Nader will NOT seek GRP endorsement
> instead of nomination -- which is one fear that keeps coming up within
> the GRP? That much seems clear.
>
> Merelice
>
> On 2/1/08, Jamie O'Keefe <jokeefe at jamesokeefe.org> wrote:
>> Would that were the case, but sadly the full transcript of that  
>> part of the
>>  conversation is less clear.  See below.
>>
>>  He does not say that he would go for the nomination.  He said he  
>> would
>>  certainly go with the ballot lines of the Green Party and then  
>> goes on to
>>  say that it remains to be seen whether he would oppose Cynthia  
>> McKinney and
>>  then says:
>>
>>    "But we'll go independent in states where there aren't any  
>> parties. We'll
>>
>> look for progressive small parties at the state level."
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