The Political Whore

Answer: The Ecology Party! (It has 40 registered voters in the state of Florida, in case you didn’t know; there’s one in Pinellas and two in Hillsborough.)

Here’s the latest news about the man who cost us eight years of W:

ECOLOGY PARTY OF FLORIDA NOMINATES RALPH NADER, URGES OBAMA TO DEBATE

The Ecology Party of Florida is proud to announce that Ralph Nader, legendary environmental, consumer, and anti-corporate activist has accepted our ballot line and will be on  with running mate Matt Gonzalez in Florida this November. No other candidate better represents the principles the Ecology Party espouses. Mr. Nader, well known for his environmental record, was instrumental in the passage of the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, as well as in the creation of the EPA. His energy policy, spurred by an intelligently designed carbon tax, paves the way for an economy 100 per cent free of carbon and nuclear power, and his commitment to curb corporate abuses will ensure citizens’ voices are heard. A Nader administration will give our environment the priority it deserves.

Mr. Nader is just as happy to be allied with the Ecology Party. “This country needs new political energies to accomplish quickly what should have been done four decades ago. We are at the brink of an environmental crisis, which was avoidable and is now reversible. We need to support groups like the Ecology Party, who will stand up to the corporate toxicrats who seek to exploit the environment and its denizens for financial gain,”  said Ralph Nader, adding that the Ecology Party ballot line is the place for high expectation voters to be on Nov. 4, 2008.

Cara Campbell, Chair of the Ecology Party, is thrilled with Nader and has harsh words for Barack Obama. “I am honored and excited that Mr. Nader has accepted our ballot line. We’re a new and growing party and look forward to having Ralph Nader as our standard-bearer. Americans deserve to hear alternative political viewpoints and that can only be accomplished by having fair and open debates. Unfortunately, Barack Obama seems only concerned with spouting sound bites and platitudes and is unwilling to face candidates who offer real alternatives to the corporate parties.”

While John McCain has agreed to debate outside of the Commission on Presidential Debates, Obama insists on debating only within the narrow confines of the duopoly- controlled press conferences that now pass for “debates.”  When the CPD took over in 1987, the president of the League of Women Voters, the organization that had previously sponsored the debates, had this to say:
“The League of Women Voters is withdrawing its sponsorship of the presidential debates . . . because the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter. It has become clear to us that the candidates’ organizations aim to add debates to their list of campaign-trail charades devoid of substance, spontaneity and answers to tough questions. The league has no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American public.”

The LWV’s prediction has come frighteningly true. We are appalled that Barack Obama has refused to participate in real debates. The American people deserve the opportunity to hear a vigorous, no-holds barred debate with ALL candidates on enough state ballot lines to win the election. Americans are being denied exposure to vital ideas, opinions, and solutions that will not be presented at the two-party controlled sound bite meetings. The Ecology Party urges candidates and voters to support the non-partisan Citizen’s Debate Commission.

The Ecology Party was founded by environmentalists who believe the corporate controlled major parties will never adequately address burning planetary issues.

On May 4, Obama told Tim Russert on Meet the Press that he was willing to debate with “any of my opponents about what this country means, what makes it great.”

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