Write Nader Now

[ThomWV]

We have until tomorrow morning to convince Ralph Nader. Please write a short E-Mail to Mr. Nader telling him how you feel about the possibility of him running in the 2004 election.


[e-mail]

I hope this doesn't break the rule excluding posts that name a candidate, but then Nader isn't a candidate YET.

[onebigbadwulf]

1. Write in support or against?

Cuz right now, unless Edward's anounces a Dean or Kucinich on his ticket, I'm in favor of it.

[ThomWV]

2. That Choice Is Yours

When I wrote I asked him not to run. You may feel differently.

[warrior1]

4. what I said.

Our country doesn't need to be divided anymore. We need the Green party and Democrats to come together and get rid of the bush cartel that has been ruining our country and the world.

Please Mr. Nader, don't do it. Help unite our parties.


respectfully
xxxxxxx

[Media_Lies_Daily]

10. Feel free to waste your vote and enable the NeoCons for four more yrs.

[saigon68]

13. Kick

[BeatleBoot]

3. Did it this morning!

Don't run Ralphie!

My wife and kids can't afford four more years of Bush.

[Mari333]

5. I told him my kid was in Iraq and we want him home

and if he runs, 4 more years of Bush could kill our kid.
If he ignores that, then hes a total asshole.

[onebigbadwulf]

6. Why would you blame him?

The two dem candidates left were both in favor of the war. The iraq situation is now irrelevant to bush winning.


If you want to blame someone, blame the people who abandoned Dean - the clearly best choice for this country.

[Mari333]

9. I didnt blame Nader..I just dont want him to run

or put a wrench in the works to allow bu$h PNAC agenda to continue to flourish..
if Bu$sh stays in, it will.
thats the bottom line.
its life and death now, we get Kerry in, we hold his goddamned feet to the fire.
anyone but bu$h.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

11. I blame Nader for siphoning off enough votes from Gore to allow...

...the NeoCons enough latitude to launch their bloodless coup in December 2000.

Nader is DIRECTLY to blame for his role in that coup, and anyone that votes for him in 2004 is blind to the events of 2000.

[patricia92243]

7. I already did - keep it short - few read those long dissertations

[Deja Q]

8. All right, I'll write asking him to step in.

Okay, the subject line is outright sarcasm, but I'm sick and tired of all these fricking nader posts.

He is utterly irrelevant.

The fact election 2002 saw a big plummet for the green party proves it.

A REAL concern for 2004 is the NB_ crowd; so insanely loyal to the candidate who dropped out that they will prefer to vote for him/her instead of voting for the nominated candidate.

Consider that, please.

And if adminds can lock out messages pertaining to candidates who'd previously dropped out but still get mentioned, this one should be no different.

[osaMABUSh]

12. Here's my letter - SEND NADER an email today!

I am a fan of Ralph Nader and appreciate everything he's done over the years.

Please don't negate much of your work by running and giving Bush another four years to destroy this country. You may not agree with the Democrats but there is no way you can chance letting Bush get in again.

Your gains from running do not offset the damage caused if Bush is 're-elected'

For the sake of our country do not run! Join Howard Dean, Wes Clark and the rest and support the cause to remove Bush from office. Use your voice to support the grassroots to take our country back from the radical right.

The future of our country is at stake.

[foreigncorrespondent]

14. My letter.

(Sorry it might be messed up, but I am pretty emotional tonight, and it is pretty late for me, but I gave it my best shot.)

From: XXXXXXXX
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Please don't run.

Dear, Mr Nader,

I heard that you announced on Meet the Press this morning that you will be running for the presidency in November. I am begging you, I am pleading with you to please reconsider your choice.

I understand your position of wanting to run for president of the United States. I understand that you feel none of the candiates running would meet your expectations for your country, but I need for you to understand my position on asking you to put off running again until 2008.

You see, Mr Nader, the last time I saw my partner it was at the airport September last year. I had to put her on a plane heading back home. It was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I wanted so badly to tell her not to go, just to stay, but I knew I couldn't. I know I can't put her into that kind of position. The kind of position where she would have to choose between her family (mother and sister. Her father passed away many years ago now) or me (her lover of almost four years.)

Her mother is an elderly lady. She has a few medical problems, and unfortunately (for me) my partner is the only one who is able to be with her and take care of the things her mum needs doing. This of course makes life hard for us. You see, Mr Nader, we are a lesbian couple. Worse still, we were born at opposite ends of the earth. She is a United States citizen, and I am an Australian citizen. I could sponsor her to come here, but my partner needs to be there for her mother. If I made her choose and she chose me, and then somethig happened to her mother, it would destroy our relationship. Because of the discriminating immigration laws the United States has, my partner cannot sponsor me for immigration.

If Bush* and his band of thugs get back in for another four years, not only do I risk never seeing my partner again, but we risk a federal marriage amendment as well. An amendment that would deem my partner, and every single other lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered citizen of the United States, second class.

I can't not go through life without my partner. She means more to me than any words could ever explain. Hell I am crying as I write this to you. She is my everything, Mr Nader, and without her, my life is worthless. And that, sir, is something I am learning more and more with each passing day. Because each passing day, I don't have her physically in my life.

I know, you will receive a lot of emails asking you for the sake of the country don't run, and I am sorry my reasons are purely selfish, but you see, Mr Nader, my partner and I have spent the last two of our aniversaries apart. Next month will be the third one, which we are likely spend apart. During the last two years, we have only been lucky enough to spend all of 56 days together. This is largely due to the fact that we can't afford the plane tickets, because thanks to Bush* and his brilliant idea of outsourcing American jobs, my partner can't get employment. An annonymous benefactor paid for the last two trips my partner has spent over here in Australia, but we can't continue relying on other people to pay for it.

Please, Mr Nader, reconsider your running this year, and choose to run in four years time. If you do this, my partner and I will actually have a chance of things improving for us under a democratic run government. Please, Mr Nader, please help us by not running.

Yours sincerely,

XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX

Melbourne Australia