Ralph Nader still against drug war. National Press Club remarks November 8,
2000.
http://cann.com/b1/messages/31/31650.shtml

From the Nader 2000 list mail below sent November 10, 2000:

"We believe that there are many people in both parties who agree with us that
the drug war is a colossal costly failure that has filled our jails with
non-violent crimes."

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:55:28 -0500

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From: Nader 2000 Campaign <campaign@...>

Subject: Alive and Well

To: NEWSLETTER@...

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Remarks made by RN to the National Press Club the morning after election:

The Green Party is alive and well.

This campaign has established the Greens as a viable political force. We are now
third largest party, supplanting the Reform Party as the major competition to
the Democratic and Republican parties.

We would have liked, of course, to have garnered the five percent that would
have made the party eligible for federal matching funds in the 2004 election.
That would have been a bonus. But, across the country we attracted enthusiastic
supporters who intend to remain committed to the party's progressive agenda.
The party will only grow in the coming months and years.

The Gore campaigners pulled out every stop in an attempt to peel off our voters.
They were successful in many states with reducing our total, but these voters
will be back with us in future elections.

There will be a lot of finger pointing about the poor showing of Gore. Gore had
all the advantages of an incumbent Administration, but he never generated
enthusiasm and many voters cast ballots for him out of pragmatism, not
conviction.

In the end, the Democratic party must face the fact that it is has abandoned its
progressive roots. The party has been seized by its conservative-moderate pro
corporate wing. And the leadership of that group produced a candidate and a
platform that simply did not excite the voters.

Progressives in the Democratic party must decide whether they want to remain a
captive of the Democratic Leadership Council and its love affair with the big
corporate money that fills the party's coffers or whether it wants to be a party
that represents people. Democrats now must either find their progressive roots
or watch the party wither away. If Democrats are disappointed with the returns,
they need to take a close look at their party and the empty campaign waged by
Al Gore in this campaign.

The Green Party is up and running. We invite the progressives who are shut out
of the Democratic Party to join us in a crusade to reform the campaign finance
system which leaves control of our government in the hands of the highest
bidder.

We urge Democrats and Republicans, alike, to join the Green Party in its effort
to end child poverty, to give workers a true living wage, to wipe out
restrictive labor laws like Taft-Hartley that make it difficult for workers to
organize, and in its efforts to establish an accessible, affordable health
insurance system that reaches everyone. We urge Democrats and Republicans who
are interested in the environment to join the Green Party that calls for action,
not rhetoric to preserve our earth.

Similarly, we urge people to join us who believe in full civil rights and
equality for everyone regardless of race, ethnic background, gender or sexual
orientation. We believe that there are many people in both parties who agree
with us that the drug war is a colossal costly failure that has filled our jails
with non-violent crimes. We also believe that there are millions who believe as
we do that the death penalty should be abolished and its discriminatory use
against minorities be ended now. We urge citizens to join us in effort to
provide affordable housing and in a crash effort -- Marshall Plan -- to
revitalize our inner cities

America can do better. The two major parties have abdicated their
responsibility to lead, to advocate solutions and to promote true democracy from
the city halls to Congress and the White House. We can do better.

For more information visit our website: http://votenader.org

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*Greens and the Drug War. Worldwide. LINKS. Green Party candidates, positions,
platforms, etc.. Concerning the Drug War, cannabis, marijuana, harm reduction,
etc.. Ralph Nader info, links.
http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/y/greens.htm and
*9-00. MAP/DrugNews SEARCH SHORTCUT for many press articles about RALPH NADER's
September 8, 2000 press conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he called for
legalizing cannabis/marijuana, and for harm reduction drug reform. Ralph Nader
"called for the legalization of marijuana as part of an overhaul of the nation's
'self-defeating and antiquated drug laws.' ... Legalizing marijuana, Nader said,
would allow the government to regulate and potentially tax its use like tobacco
products." -Albuquerque Journal, September 8, 2000.
http://www.mapinc.org/find?BK=nader+johnson+santa&YY1=1997


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