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	<title>Comments on: Ralph Nader voices support for national ballot initiatives</title>
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		<title>By: Ross Levin</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66835</link>
		<dc:creator>Ross Levin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And the National Initiative campaign believes that it can be passed through a direct vote from the people, which is being held right now at http://www.ni4d.org - I don&#039;t know how that would hold up in court, but if they had over sixty million people vote for it (their goal), then there would be too much support for it for politicians to not act on it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And the National Initiative campaign believes that it can be passed through a direct vote from the people, which is being held right now at <a href="http://www.ni4d.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.ni4d.org</a> &#8211; I don&#8217;t know how that would hold up in court, but if they had over sixty million people vote for it (their goal), then there would be too much support for it for politicians to not act on it.</p>
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		<title>By: Ross Levin</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66834</link>
		<dc:creator>Ross Levin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 18:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually they hate Nader because they think he spoiled the election for Gore in 2000.  That&#039;s pretty much it, as far as I can tell.

And anyone who generalizes that much about Daily Kos doesn&#039;t understand what it is - it&#039;s thousands upon thousands of people posting their own blogs on the same website, basically.  Markos Moulistas and the other front page bloggers make up maybe, maybe 5% of the content on the website.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually they hate Nader because they think he spoiled the election for Gore in 2000.  That&#8217;s pretty much it, as far as I can tell.</p>
<p>And anyone who generalizes that much about Daily Kos doesn&#8217;t understand what it is &#8211; it&#8217;s thousands upon thousands of people posting their own blogs on the same website, basically.  Markos Moulistas and the other front page bloggers make up maybe, maybe 5% of the content on the website.</p>
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		<title>By: Other Mr. T.</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66797</link>
		<dc:creator>Other Mr. T.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 14:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>DailyKos fans, you are about a notch stupider than Rush Limbaugh fans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DailyKos fans, you are about a notch stupider than Rush Limbaugh fans.</p>
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		<title>By: Other Mr. T.</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66796</link>
		<dc:creator>Other Mr. T.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 14:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BTW, Would this need to be a sponsored bill and then a majority of war-profiteering porkbitches in congress would need to vote against their own interests (actually sharing direct political power with the &#039;little people&#039; , is that right !?) to pass this into law ?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW, Would this need to be a sponsored bill and then a majority of war-profiteering porkbitches in congress would need to vote against their own interests (actually sharing direct political power with the &#8216;little people&#8217; , is that right !?) to pass this into law ?</p>
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		<title>By: Dave Schwab</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66768</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave Schwab</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 10:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They hate Nader most of all because he was right about everything.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They hate Nader most of all because he was right about everything.</p>
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		<title>By: Ross Levin</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66679</link>
		<dc:creator>Ross Levin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey, those Dailykos articles are by me!  But thanks for reading them.  Campaign finance reform is how you control that - the National Initiative includes strict campaign finance rules.

Dailykos isn&#039;t all bad.  It&#039;s a community blog, meaning that 95% (at least) of the content is produced by the users.  A lot of them are stupid, groupthink Democrats, but there are a good amount of third party people and most of the people there don&#039;t hate third parties at all.  Although Nader is extremely hated there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey, those Dailykos articles are by me!  But thanks for reading them.  Campaign finance reform is how you control that &#8211; the National Initiative includes strict campaign finance rules.</p>
<p>Dailykos isn&#8217;t all bad.  It&#8217;s a community blog, meaning that 95% (at least) of the content is produced by the users.  A lot of them are stupid, groupthink Democrats, but there are a good amount of third party people and most of the people there don&#8217;t hate third parties at all.  Although Nader is extremely hated there.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Cavlan</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66678</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Cavlan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 00:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow,

Ralph Nader? Must be evil. Quick, attack him. more importantly, attack his supporters. At least if you are a member of leadership for a certain political party. Well, OK TWO political parties.

As for anything from Daily KOS, well anything from these should be viewed with a grain of salt. 

Daily KOS is an unashamed, unrepentant Democratic party organization. Try and post ANYTHING related to other political parties (I refuse the term third parties now) and watch the attack and smears begin.

The Dems and Rethugs are the enemy of all of us here, IMHO.

CT, well he is just a harmless little fellow.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow,</p>
<p>Ralph Nader? Must be evil. Quick, attack him. more importantly, attack his supporters. At least if you are a member of leadership for a certain political party. Well, OK TWO political parties.</p>
<p>As for anything from Daily KOS, well anything from these should be viewed with a grain of salt. </p>
<p>Daily KOS is an unashamed, unrepentant Democratic party organization. Try and post ANYTHING related to other political parties (I refuse the term third parties now) and watch the attack and smears begin.</p>
<p>The Dems and Rethugs are the enemy of all of us here, IMHO.</p>
<p>CT, well he is just a harmless little fellow.</p>
<p>//:-)&gt;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
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		<title>By: Gary Julian</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66657</link>
		<dc:creator>Gary Julian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 22:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am unimpressed with the Daily Kos article.  It changes nothing.  MONEY controls the nation and elections.  Who is going to buy the ultra-expensive TV ads telling people to vote yes or no?  The billionaire special interest cartels that is who.

PERFECT EXAMPLE:   the 2008 election.  The two major parties backed by billions in campaign spending got 98.58% of the vote.  Nader got a huge 1/2 of 1%.  

The voters will do what the big corporate media says and big spending interests tell them to do in slick TV ads.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am unimpressed with the Daily Kos article.  It changes nothing.  MONEY controls the nation and elections.  Who is going to buy the ultra-expensive TV ads telling people to vote yes or no?  The billionaire special interest cartels that is who.</p>
<p>PERFECT EXAMPLE:   the 2008 election.  The two major parties backed by billions in campaign spending got 98.58% of the vote.  Nader got a huge 1/2 of 1%.  </p>
<p>The voters will do what the big corporate media says and big spending interests tell them to do in slick TV ads.</p>
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		<title>By: R.A. Wheeler</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66629</link>
		<dc:creator>R.A. Wheeler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 20:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nader&#039;s remarks are right on target, as usual. so please,  if you can, post a transcript (for those of us who use public access and don&#039;t carry around state-of-the-art mini recorders!) Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nader&#8217;s remarks are right on target, as usual. so please,  if you can, post a transcript (for those of us who use public access and don&#8217;t carry around state-of-the-art mini recorders!) Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Ross Levin</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66626</link>
		<dc:creator>Ross Levin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 19:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your comment about initiatives is dumb, dumb, dumb, Gary.  Please read:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/25/735351/-The-missing-part-of-the-story-of-Proposition-8

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/23/734585/-Bill-Maher-says-no-to-superheroes-and-no-to-normal-people,-so-what-does-he-want</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your comment about initiatives is dumb, dumb, dumb, Gary.  Please read:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/25/735351/-The-missing-part-of-the-story-of-Proposition-8" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/25/735351/-The-missing-part-of-the-story-of-Proposition-8</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/23/734585/-Bill-Maher-says-no-to-superheroes-and-no-to-normal-people,-so-what-does-he-want" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/23/734585/-Bill-Maher-says-no-to-superheroes-and-no-to-normal-people,-so-what-does-he-want</a></p>
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		<title>By: Gary Julian</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66600</link>
		<dc:creator>Gary Julian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 16:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A national initiative.   Dumb, dumb,dumb.

Here in California initiatives are put on the ballot by either the scum-bag politicians or by millionaire special interest groups looking to raid the treasury or gain special government protection for their group.  Good government is the last thing on any person&#039;s mind.  It is all about money.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A national initiative.   Dumb, dumb,dumb.</p>
<p>Here in California initiatives are put on the ballot by either the scum-bag politicians or by millionaire special interest groups looking to raid the treasury or gain special government protection for their group.  Good government is the last thing on any person&#8217;s mind.  It is all about money.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Milnes</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66300</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Milnes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 09:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have endorsed Gravel&#039;s ni4d.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have endorsed Gravel&#8217;s ni4d.</p>
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		<title>By: Catholic Trotskyist</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66261</link>
		<dc:creator>Catholic Trotskyist</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 06:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Finally that fascist/stalinist criminal does something useful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally that fascist/stalinist criminal does something useful.</p>
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		<title>By: Melty</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66219</link>
		<dc:creator>Melty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 02:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s one of the few things that Libs n Greens can really buddy up on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s one of the few things that Libs n Greens can really buddy up on.</p>
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		<title>By: Melty</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66217</link>
		<dc:creator>Melty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 02:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nader also endorses the national initiative for democracy on ni4d.us</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nader also endorses the national initiative for democracy on ni4d.us</p>
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		<title>By: Evan Ravitz</title>
		<link>http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/05/ralph-nader-voices-support-for-national-ballot-initiatives/comment-page-1/#comment-66177</link>
		<dc:creator>Evan Ravitz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 22:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I actually questioned Nader at his CU-Boulder speech and he said he DID endorse Gravel&#039;s project.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I actually questioned Nader at his CU-Boulder speech and he said he DID endorse Gravel&#8217;s project.</p>
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