Nader's former media adviser says Nader shouldn't run this time

[Freddie Stubbs]

FREDERIC J. FROMMER

Associated Press


WASHINGTON - The man behind the irreverent political advertising for Jesse Ventura and Ralph Nader says that Ventura is serious about running for president in 2008, and that Nader should abandon his 2004 bid.

Bill Hillsman, also known for his media work on behalf of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., made the comments in an interview in connection with his new book, "Run the Other Way: Fixing the Two-Party System, One Campaign at a Time."

Hillsman helped produce commercials for Nader's 2000 campaign, including a parody of a Monster.com ad where children are shown talking about their career aspirations by saying things like, "When I grow up, I want to file all day."

In the Hillsman parody, a girl says, "I want to vote for the lesser of two evils." The ad mocked Democrats' complaint that Nader was acting as a spoiler in the race, costing Democratic candidate Al Gore votes.

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[NMDemDist2]

1. yup him and about 20 million other people

most of the folks giving ralph $$ are repubs--what does that tell ya?

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. It tells us the system is seriously broken.

[ieoeja]

2. I want him to run.

About half the Republicans I know say they are not going to vote because they hate Bush so much. The other half say as much as they hate Bush, they hate Kerry so much more, they feel they have to vote for Bush.

None of them hate Nader, however. I am hoping to persuade some of the anybody-but-Kerry Republicans to vote for Nader.

Also, I very much want to see Nader get a larger percent of the vote this election with Kerry destroying Bush anyway just to minimalize Nader supporters.

:evilgrin: