{news} Fwd: LTE: Lieberman run nothing like Nader's

[clifford thornton]

Good luck.  Great letter but much to long.


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    Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:07:17 -0700 (PDT)
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    Subject: LTE: Lieberman run nothing like Nader's
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    Dear Editor,

    The commentary by corporate lobbyist Toby Moffitt "Lieberman Imitates Nader" misses the mark on so many points and is factually wrong.

    As one of the first people who ASKED Nader to run for President, after I founded the Green Party of Rhode Island, I can say thousands of Greens asked Nader to help run and address issues that were quite different than those of the two headed monster we Greens call "The Republi-crats". Thousands asking someone to run is quite different, than Lieberman's attempt to play the system by running after losing in a fair fight.

    Moffett incorrectly labels 2000 Nader's run as an "Independent" when he really was the Green Party nominee. This is an important point because we didn't work to collect hundreds of thousands of signatures to get Nader on as a "non party" candidate, Green ballot lines and candidates won across the country because Nader topped our ticket line.

    Moffett wrongly blames Nader's 97,000 Green Party votes in Florida as the single factor in the Bush 2000 win, and conveniently leaves out that several states were also swung by the Reform Party candidate to the Democrats and Lieberman's Democratic Leadership Council's own study said that many people would not have even voted if Nader and the Greens were not on the ballot in 2000. With almost 3 million votes in 2000, Nader's votes showed that the people want something different. 

    Moffett shamefully boasts how he worked to keep Nader off the ballot in 2004. Did anyone here work to keep Lieberman off the ballot or out of any debates like Moffitt and his Democrats did to Nader and the Greens? We Greens believe Lieberman had a fair chance to run, debate and he spend over $4 million to get his message out, but he lost. Moffit's party spent millions in law suits to challenge and keep Nader off the ballot; we Greens will not file a lawsuit to keep Lieberman out of the race, despite his loss in the primary.

    Moffett's is also wrong in the claim that the Republican Party helped with Nader's Presidential runs. Like a bad internet rumor, this claim has been discredited over and over and the Federal Election Commission records show that clearly. Shame on the Courant for printing that nonsense.

    Moffett may believe in the fairy tale that we ONLY need two parties, but Ralph Nader had nothing to do with Joe Lieberman's self centered attempt to keep his job.  Comparing Lieberman to Nader is foolish.

    Tim McKee
    Manchester, CT
    The writer is The National Committee person for the Green Party of CT and worked on Ralph Nader's Presidential Campaign








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