in regards to the "amazingly lame" (i agree!) nader page.
1) nader doesn't have a campaign, according to the page it is an
exploratory committee, therefore;
2) he can't have a page like those that the candidates have, he
can't compete with him -- he would become a candidate then. to do
certain interactive things, or to run a basic blog, to assert
positions -- is all against the rules set by the FEC for an exploratory committee.
3) if nader -- whatever you or i think of him running -- if he were
to run, it's not late in the campaign season for him, an
independent (he's not a registered green, and its not late given
how late the green convention is anyway) yet either.
it is a dry page. it has to be pretty much, given the law.
and then there is the debate about nader in general. of course,
dean is no progressive and kucinich, braun and *cough* sharpton
aren't going to be the DNC darlings. but the perception (not backed
by ANY of the numbers) that nader is a 'spoiler' probably makes him
not a valid candidate... he's done shit to disspell that rumor. too
bad, 'cause he's a "progressive" who is all about efficiency and
good government -- not big government. a fuckin' dead-on civil
libertarian in many ways.
i would expect nader followers -- if he has any this time around --
to adopt an open platform for blogging and article posting and
hopefully some open community building, and make quite a site (if a
little overwhelming in terms of pure text -- rhetoric and data)
it's worth criticism, and yeah -- it IS lame -- but now there is
some context.
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