Gore's words now echo Naders

[CollegeDUer]

Something interesting I found:

From (http://www.thenation.com/) and (http://www.commondreams.org/views/063000-104.htm):

""They have no constituency at the grassroots. They're hollow, fossilized parties that happen to hurl millions of dollars at each other, mostly on thirty-second TV ads."

From Gore:

http://reddit.com/info/f9y9/comments

"Al Gore: US politics obsessed with 30-second TV ads, ""The person who has the most money to run the most ads usually wins""

Now that gore is no longer in establishment politics, I think he's becoming less afraid to speak his mind on the establishment as a whole. Sort of Nader-esque.

[evlbstrd]

1. Get behind a Draft Gore movement.

That's exactly the quality that makes him a desirable candidate.

[sandnsea]

2. Lots of politicians say that

I specifically remember Kerry saying GOTV doesn't mean Go On T.V. Too much money in politics is also why he sponsored Clean Campaign Legislation with Paul Wellstone ten years ago. I also don't see Al Gore saying anything about hollow fossilized parties. Nader doesn't do anything but complain, he's the fossil. It's time for doers, not whiners.

[CollegeDUer]

3. Nader has done more than gore and kerry

And he hasn't even held elected office.

[geek tragedy]

4. Nader got his way in 2000--his goal was to defeat the

Democrats.

Too bad he didn't get a cabinet position for his efforts.

[CollegeDUer]

5. Katherine Harris and Choicepoint actually defeated the Democrats

Considering that Gore won in 2000.

[geek tragedy]

6. Nader and Harris can be bunkmates in hell together. eom

[Jackpine Radical]

7. Why don't you guys just resurrect some of the DU threads from 2001

and post them again instead of re-creating the whole old fight from scratch?

[CollegeDUer]

9. The facts are not hard to get at.

Not much of a fight.

[sandnsea]

8. He's done nothing

nada zip zilch nothing

[CollegeDUer]

10. Public Citizen, et al?

[sandnsea]

13. And so?

There's a cazillion organizations out there that do what Nader professes to do. Nobody would even notice if he and his organizations were gone. Gore, on the other hand, I grieve every day at what we're missing because we don't have him in office. Kerry too. Nader? pssht, who gives a shit.

[CollegeDUer]

14. Bitter...

[sandnsea]

15. Realist

[Bluebear]

12. Nader's done plenty, alright. nt

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

11. Difference Is, I Don't Feel Like Vomiting When I See Gore.

I also don't feel the need to shout obscenities at my t.v. when he's on either.