[RE-wrenches]

Fri Oct 27 12:18:51 EDT 2000

Kim,

Well said, Amen

Steve Bell
Stelle

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Bowker, Dankoff solar" <sales at dankoffsolar.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches]

> With all due respect Jeff, I am sick & tired of hearing this argument
> that it is Nader's fault if Bush wins. Guess what? In every single
> election one person wins and several other people lose. That is the
> way it goes. It is GORE's fault if Bush wins because he is selling
> the core values or progressive democrats down the river. It is GORE's
> fault that people are fed up with an administration that says one
> thing and does another. It is not Gore's fault that people do not
> trust the words of a man who claims to have taken the initiative in
> starting the internet.
>
> Voting for Gore because he is not nearly as bad as Bush is a pathetic
> way to make choices in a democracy. Maybe is Bush wins it will force
> people to face the truth of their complacent little worlds to become
> involved in this so-called democracy.
>
> Kim Bowker
> Dankoff Solar Products
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >Dear Mr. Nader:
> >
> >Since I was a youth, I have respected your work in creating a better
> >America. I have applauded and supported that work, and you have made the
> >United States a better place. However, you now stand to erase many of
your
> >most important victories, and change your legacy from someone who has
> >helped us, to someone who helped role back the clock on so many
movements.
> >Of course, I am speaking of the probability that your candidacy will
result
> >in G.W. Bush being elected president because you will take enough votes
> >away from Al Gore.
> >
> >Your campaign has been an inspiration, and your message has been heard
far
> >and wide. But now it is time to make sure that previous gains are not
lost.
> >It is time to withdraw from the race and strongly endorse Vice President
> >Gore. The stakes are too high to act in any other manner. Consider the
> >following:
> >
> >THE ENVIRONMENT
> >
> >As governor of Texas Bush has put the polluters in charge of the state's
> >environmental program with the result that Texas is now an environmental
> >disaster.  Although he doesn't dare articulate it during the campaign,
the
> >Republican agenda includes doing away with the Environmental Protection
> >Agency.  If it's not eliminated completely it will be emasculated to the
> >point where it exists in name only.
> >
> >And in service of his major contributors, the Oil and Coal conglomerates,
> >Bush and the Republicans will encourage oil exploration in
environmentally
> >sensitive areas and the burning of fossil fuels to produce electricity
etc.
> > If you think global warming is bad now, just give a Bush administration
a
> >few years to pay of its debt to these special interests. And even without
> >Global Warming, oil depletion is real. Rather than conserve and shepherd
> >our stocks, Bush will use them at even higher rates than now. This will
> >imperil our nation in just a few years, as we will quickly become even
more
> >dependent on Middle East oil.
> >
> >And whether you want to admit it or not, Mr. Nader, Al Gore has been one
of
> >the strongest advocates for environmental protection.  He recognized the
> >danger of global warming before most people had heard the term.  And he
> >almost single handedly, and against the advice of all his political
> >advisors, saved the Kyoto Accords.  But a rabid Republican Congress has
> >blocked their implementation along with almost every other environmental
> >effort put forth by the Clinton Administration.  You're correct.
> >Clinton/Gore haven't got a lot done.  But if you'd been president these
> >past eight years, neither would you.
> >
> >CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
> >
> >You warn us of the growing power and influence of the corporations on our
> >lives and our democracy yet you threaten to help defeat the only
candidate
> >with any chance of doing the one thing that will help solve this problem.
> > You know Bush and the Republicans will not support Campaign Finance
> >Reform.  But Gore has promised that he will work with John McCain in his
> >mission to bring about the reform we need.  Why on earth would you
actively
> >work to keep this from happening?
> >
> >THE SUPREME COURT
> >
> >Bush will appoint activist conservative judges who will actively seek to
> >take away a woman's right to choose.
> >
> >They will also support the corporate interests you have been so gallantly
> >fighting against by promoting "tort reform" which, as you know, is
another
> >way to disempower the average citizen and take away his or her right to
sue
> >corporations who damage them or cause death.
> >
> >And the Bush Supreme Court will be anti-environment and side with the
> >exploiters and polluters who so willingly sacrifice the public health and
> >safety on the alter of short term profit.
> >
> >THE DEFICIT AND THE MIDDLE CLASS
> >
> >While Gore intends to use the surplus to pay down the deficit, Bush plans
> >to refund a large part of it to the wealthy.  He says it's their money
and
> >they should get it back.  Well, it's their deficit as well and they
should
> >help pay it off.
> >
> >At this time the nation is almost five trillion six hundred billion
dollars
> >in the red.  That's $5,600,000,000,000.   Over the past ten years we have
> >paid over three trillion dollars in interest.  This year we will pay an
> >estimated three hundred and sixty-two billion dollars in interest.
That's
> >$362,000,000,000, Mr. Nader.  About $1,400 for every man woman and child
in
> >this country.  Do you have any idea what that amount of money could do
for
> >the environment and health care and education if it was not being wasted
on
> >interest?
> >
> >Next year we will pay even more.  And the years after that still more.
And
> >instead of paying down the deficit it will grow larger.  Why?  So Bill
> >Gates and Paul Allen and all the other multimillionaires can have their
> >much needed tax breaks.   And if Bush is elected and then inheritance tax
> >is eliminated, the middle class will be asked to make up the hundreds of
> >billions of dollars in those lost revenues as well.
> >
> >SOCIAL SECURITY
> >
> >You know Bush plans to divert hundreds of billions of dollars to Wall
> >Street.  It seems like a great scheme while the market is going up as it
> >has been for the past several years.  But what goes up also comes down.
> > While this risky scheme may put a few billion in the pockets of the
> >brokers and underwriters, it will turn Social Security into Social
> >Insecurity and endanger the retirement of many people who unfortunately
> >don't have as much money as you do.
> >
> >Mr. Nader, you have stated publicly that you would rather see Bush win
than
> >Gore.  You seem to believe that Bush will make things so bad that the
> >country will rise up.  This reminds me of the days when doctors bled
> >patients in order to cure them.  The problem was the patients often died
> >from the treatment rather than the disease.
> >
> >As someone who agrees with you on so many things and would love to see
you
> >continue your campaign to educate and enlighten us about the things for
> >which you care so much, I ask you to do the right thing.  The election is
> >too close and now is the time for you to throw your support behind Gore.
> > If you help Bush win you will have single handedly done more damage than
> >any well meaning person could possible conceive of.  Please don't let
this
> >happen.
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >Jeffery D. Wolfe
> >P.O. Box 51
> >Strafford, VT 05072
> >
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