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Nader Picks Matt Gonzales as Running Mate

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 12:28:56 PM EST
Tags: Ralph Nader, Matt Gonzales (all tags)
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This is pretty funny. Last night I wrote a very positive post on Matt Gonzale's article about why he is not supporting Barack Obama. (Comments now closed on it, so you can continue to address it here.)

I mentioned that he was a former Democrat, public defender and the Green candidate for Mayor in San Francisco in 2003, garnering 47% of the vote against the traditional Democrat, Gavin Newsom.

He's also a change progressive who isn't buyng Obama's change meme. He detailed Obama's legislative record as U.S. Senator to explain why.

Just two days earlier, I wrote an op-ed, Will the Real Ralph Nader Please Stand Up? critical of Ralph Nader's decision to run for office.

And in the "you can't make this stuff up" category, Ralph Nader has just announced he has selected Matt Gonzales as his running mate.

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    It's safe to say (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by andrewwm on Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 12:37:00 PM EST
    that the Green Party candidates, by definition, have to say that any Democrat, either Clinton or Obama, are not real progressives.

    He must have known that Nader was considering him when he wrote the earlier piece, so it's hardly shocking that he'd be critical of Obama.

    TL Fundraiser In Progress (none / 0) (#39)
    by FoxholeAtheist on Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 08:53:16 PM EST
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    Don't mind me, I'm just tucking in here with a fund-raising suggestion:

    Let's all donate something tonight before we logout, no matter how big or small - according to our individual means.

    Heads up: I'll be posting this elsewhere tonight at TL.

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    Everyone has an agenda. (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 12:39:59 PM EST


    Shhhhhhh (none / 0) (#6)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 12:50:05 PM EST


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    You mean Gonzales? (none / 0) (#12)
    by kdog on Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 12:59:46 PM EST
    I guess he might....but can being on a ticket that is guaranteed to get all of a dozen votes (probably me, their immediate family, and 3-4 other knuckleheads:) even be considered an agenda?...lol

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    You can make it 13 votes. I didn't know (5.00 / 1) (#25)
    by LatinoVoter on Thu Feb 28, 2008 at 01:42:50 PM EST
    who this guy was but I was just reading his Wiki page and read about his "epiphany" to leave the Democratic Party. It reminded