The Nader Factor

TolkiEinstein writes "The NY Times is running an article on The Nader Factor that details the threat level old Ralph represents to John Kerry. Nader has made it on the ballots of 30 states, and polls show he could influence the outcome of 9 states where the race is a dead heat. While Nader argues that he isn't a spoiler, a Zogby poll suggests that if he weren't on the ballot, 41 percent of his supporters would go to Kerry and 15 percent to Bush. Ironically, this is why some of the prime movers in getting him on the ballot have been Republicans. As per the article, Terry McAuliffe - the democratic party chairman - says he should 'end the charade' of a campaign being kept afloat by 'corporate backers.' Could it be that in this way Nader is beholden to corporate interests? For shame, Ralph."

Comments

Re:Running to the Right requires undemanding voter

[Lord Kano]

Yes, just killing babies to harvest stem cells would be wrong, but the fact of the matter is we're killing embryos anyway in abortion, so why not turn that loss into another's gain who might otherwise die?

I've heard this before. My response is if I see someone get murdered in the street, his wallet isn't doing him any good; why shouldn't I take it to improve my life? Because you can't extract good from evil.

People can opt to have their organs donated; why can a mother not opt to donate her embryos or fetus's for such purposes?

In what other case is someone allowed to determine what happens to the remains of their victim?

Unlike slavery, there does not seem to be a loss unless the research was done in a highly unethical manner with little thought to the lives of those involved.

How many TVs are made in the US? Some, but very few. Why are we losing heavy industry and manufacturing jobs? Because we can't compete with slave labor. That doesn't mean that we should start using prison inmates to drive our economy.

I do not advocate cloning people, nor cloning for purposes of harvesting, but rather to use what we already have and not merely throw it away.

Oddly enough, I'm in favor of human cloning. I don't understand the opposition to it.

If you totally disagree with abortion of any form, then most likely you will totally disagree with what I've just said but otherwise, I see no reason to close down this avenue of technology as it can be persued in an ethical manner.

Abortion is murder. You can't get any good out of it. I understand that you may disagree, but people like me are what drive the conservative agenda.

LK