The Salt Lake Tribune has an article today remarking on Ralph Nader’s campaign stop in Salt Lake City last night, where the independent presidential candidate made his pitch to a crowd of local supporters:
Nader, who is running for president for a fifth time, this time as an independent, criticized Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain, as being a continuation of the status quo.
“McCain and Obama are clearly, overwhelmingly corporate candidates,” Nader said.
“With Obama, prepare to be severely disappointed,” Nader said, criticizing the candidate’s support for nuclear power and credit card companies. “Again and again, he bends to corporate power instead of lifting up popular power. Prepare to be disappointed.”
Nader heaped criticism on the health care industry. He said that, based on a study by the Institute of Medicine, 18,000 Americans die every year because they lack health insurance – six times the toll from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
“Do they get buried with honors? Does anybody trumpet ‘Taps’ for them?” he asked. “Once we have a low expectation of the political system and what it should deliver, [the corporation's] work is done.”
Nader was welcomed on-stage by Rocky Anderson, former mayor of Salt Lake City. According to the article, today the two “will meet at the state Capitol to call for the impeachment of President Bush, then file paperwork to add Nader’s name to the ballot in Utah.”
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1 donald raymond lake // Aug 1, 2008 at 5:01 pm
AND IN CALIFORNIA:
FYI
Phil
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Philippe Sawyer, Member
State and County Central Committees
Peace and Freedom Party of California
—–Original Message—–
From: Toby A.A. Heaps [mailto:toby@votenader.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 4:28 PM
To: Kevin Akin
Cc: Hansu; Phil Sawyer; ctwebervoters@att.net; Jason Kafoury; Mike
Richardson
Subject: Memo from Nader National Ballot Access Coordinator on Building
National Presence for the Peace and Freedom Party
Hi Kevin
Please see slightly amended memo (for 15) and below text (for everyone).
Cheers,
Toby
Subject: Memo from Nader National Ballot Access Coordinator on Building
National Presence for the Peace and Freedom Party
Michael Richardson, National Ballot Access Coordinator, Nader for President
2008, has spoken with C.T. Weber, and offered to on a pro-bono basis to help
the Peace and Freedom Party qualify in an additional 8-9 states in time for
the mid-term elections in 2010–all of which would not require large
expenditures of resources for the Party to organize.
As a note of assurance, Michael Richardson and any other Nader people that
may assist with this effort, will work with the existing core of the Peace
and Freedom Party so that Peace and Freedom Parties set up in other states
will be organically connected with the present Peace and Freedom Party, in
line with the resolution passed at the last State Central Committee meeting.
Full Details of the Memo can be obtained from Kevin Akin or ctweber.
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