Nader Lights a Fire in Lawrence
You don't see Obama or McCain in Kansas much these days. The state's considered a lock for McCain, so both candidates are spending their time elsewhere.Nader (who's on the ballot in 45 states) quoted Ghandi and Eugene Debs (twice!). This reporter half expected to see Upton Sinclair jump up on the stage. Before the rally, Nader talked with reporters and got a little agitated when this one asked whether he could play spoiler on election day. “It’s a contemptuous word. I think you should ask Sen. McCain ‘are you going to spoil the race for Sen. Obama? … We all have an equal right to run for election. I think the two parties have spoiled our elections.” He said corporate America has run amok, and the government is their enabler. He noted that 9 out of 10 Americans say the nation is in decline. “Large corporations have taken over our government and are turning our government against its own people,” he said.
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