By Mid-Hudson News Network
NEW PALTZ — Ten years to the day that he declared his candidacy for United States president as a Green Party member, Ralph Nader had some critical words for the current president on Sunday.
“I think he’s failing pretty badly,” said Nader of President Barack Obama. “It’s not that he didn’t warn us. He said he was going to expand the war in Afghanistan and he said he wasn’t for single-payer health insurance. He gave us a lot of clues.”
Nader was the guest at a rally at the Oasis for Jonathan Tasini, a Democrat trying to unseat U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a primary this year.
After both spoke of Tasini’s candidacy, one that supports raising the minimum wage to $20 an hour and legalizing gay marriage and marijuana, Nader said Obama is failing his base, which has been disgruntled for months with their chosen candidate.
“I fault him because he’s not building his progressive, liberal base that sent him to the White House. He hasn’t met with the civic leaders, the progressive leaders who have worked their heads off for years for a better country,” Nader said. “Maybe he’ll wake up because his polls are sinking. The only way he’s going to turn that around is draw that line and say he stands for the people of this country and that the corporations are going to be our servants and not our masters. And he has to get out of these wars that are creating a quagmire for him and his party.”
Tasini, a union organizer who worked for the United Auto Workers and who already challenged Hillary Clinton for her U.S. Senate seat in New York, found a friendly, receptive audience, primary dominated by college students.
Now Tasini wants to take his populist message and try to help American workers if he can unseat Gillibrand.
“Workers have been robbed. They have been robbed of their wages, they have been robbed of their retirement, and we need to take back our country. And take away the running of the economy from the bankers, the Wall Street people and the insiders,” Tasini said. “I think people are angry more than ever before, but I think there is a great opportunity to move that in positive direction. I want to change the conversation. It’s not the government that’s the enemy, it is corporate power.”
“RP + DP = TP”
In my country, we have but one bunghole.
RP + DP = TP
“last week messed around and scored a triple double…” – Ice Cube
OK….this discussion is going into the toilet, much like the Obama administration.
Time to flush….
Don’t forget to wipe, stay off the pipe, and if a sucker starts illin’ just tell him I’m Chillin’….
a friend of a friend of a friend mailed
these so called current RfP of Penn
any one know more than I do ?????
(messing up a two vehicle parade)
Reform Party of Pennsylvania
72 Fernwood Avenue * Bartonsville, PA 18321 * (570) 629-8766
The day-to-day affairs of the Reform Party at the statewide level are conducted by the State Committee. Its membership consists of the Chairman of each County Committee and one person from each State Senate District. Officers are elected by the State Committee at its organizing meeting held in even numbered years, and serve a term of two years.
State Committee Officers
Chairman Christopher Hollenden
654 Galway Drive
Bethel Park, PA 15102 (412) 833-1803
[email protected]
Vice-Chair Jeffrey McCloskey
320 Spring Ave
Hanover, PA 17331 (717) 817-7348
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Secretary Philip Krieger
888 Lovingston Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15216 (412) 344-6386
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Treasurer Thomas Rake
44 Primrose Drive
East Stroudsburg, PA 18301 (570) 223-0764
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County Chairs
Allegheny Philip Krieger
888 Lovingston Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15216 (412) 344-6386
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Washington Kay Lusk
3502 Highland Avenue
Finleyville, PA 15332 (724) 348-9201
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State Senate District Delegates
13th District Dorothy Beck
84 Cedar Acres Dr.
Lancaster, PA 17602 [email protected]
18th District Mel Kaplan
P.O. Box 144
U.S. Route 209
Bushkill, PA 18324 (570) 656–2511
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28th District Jeffrey McCloskey
320 Spring Ave
Hanover, PA 17331 (717) 817-7348
[email protected]
37th District Bill Hollenden
654 Galway Drive
Bethel Park, PA 15102 (412) 833-1803
[email protected]
39th District Marianne Ernhart
320 S. Pennsylvania Ave
Greensburg, PA 15601 (724) 834-3925
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Committee Chairs and Other Positions
Site Committee Mel Kaplan
P.O. Box 144
U.S. Route 209
Bushkill, PA 18324 (570) 656–2511
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actually
in politics DP has pretty much the same meaning.
//:-D>———
two parties, double ahhh trouble?
Paulie
ohhhh DP
NOW I get it.
LOL
Gotta admit, I do love DP
in movies anyway.
LOLOL
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Deran
I agree with all that you have posted here. Nader was not the only one fooled into helping the Green Party. Never again, let me tell you.
Experiences are what they are though. So we learn from them and moveondotorg
so to speak
Organize, expose, carry on, build
A real, honest, unafraid alternative to the pro-war, corporate corrupted two party system
Paulie, I admit I have no frigging idea what a DP might be. I thought I was hip and cool too. LOL
I’d find Tasini much more believable if he weren’t so tied to the DP.
“DP” has another meaning to adult entertainment enthusisasts, but I’ll let those who are curious look it up themselves so as not to offend the easily offended 😛
I think Nader has learned from the past and pretty much steers clear of the GP.
Probably Nader’s single biggest fail was being taken in to supporting the GP in the first place. Had he run as a serious independent in 1996 (serious meaning like he did in ’04 and ’08), then worked to build an independent progressive party for 2000 that he was the pres nominee for, I believe US politics would look much different right now.
I’d find Tasini much more believable if he weren’t so tied to the DP.
Green Candidate Says She Will Walk for US Senate
Green Party has new U.S. Senate candidate
http://www.semissourian.com/story/1612896.html
Understand the Green Party has a strong candidate for U.S. Senate in New York, Mr. Nader should be backing that candidate.
…Here’s some interesting related reading..
The Independents Sweepstakes: Tea Party to Green Party to Reform A-Go-Go
—by James Campion, February 22, 2010
http://www.theaquarian.com/2010/02/22/the-independents-sweepstakes-tea-party-to-green-party-to-reform-a-go-go/