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Between The Lines/WPKN Radio ForumsProgressives Debate: Will Nader's Candidacy Shock the System Leftward or Revive Reagan-Era Politics?Moderated by Scott Harris Democrats concerned about the tight race between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush have for months been on the attack against Green Party candidate Ralph Nader, who they label as a potential spoiler in election 2000. The New York Times, which has endorsed Gore, has published a series of editorials condemning Mr. Nader's candidacy, going so far as to accuse him of "willful prankishness" and conducting a "self-indulgent crusade." In the closing weeks of the campaign, Vice President Al Gore is making the case that a vote for Nader is a vote for George W. Bush. In dozens of rallies in battleground states such as Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, Gore, his political allies and friends in the entertainment industry, have tried to win back disaffected Nader voters with the warning that casting a ballot for the Greens could usher in a Bush presidency -- endangering a woman's right to choose and federal policies on the environment, education and social security. In the final lap of this election, Republicans are sensing victory and many have bent over backwards to lavish praise on Mr. Nader. GOP allies in fact have spent over $100,000 in the final week of the campaign to buy TV ads in Washington, Wisconsin and Oregon, which feature a portion of a Nader speech attacking Gore's environmental record. Their ad of course, leaves out a section of that same speech which assails George Bush "as a big corporation running for president, disguised as a person." While some Green Party activists are defiant, stressing that a Gore defeat would provide a shock to the system that some feel is necessary to start the process of cleaning up the corruption of corporate dominated politics, other Nader supporters are advocating strategic voting -- casting a vote for the Greens only in the 40 states where the contest is already over. Once ignored by the corporate media and the major parties, Ralph Nader and his supporters may now be pivotal in deciding who will win or lose the White House Nov. 7. Between The Lines presents a debate on the merits of Nader's Green Party candidacy. Supporting Ralph Nader is Dr. Manning Marable, professor of history and political science and director of the Institute for Research in African American studies at Columbia University. Cathy Hurwit, who has endorsed Vice President Gore, is chief of staff for Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Democrat in Illinois, Hurwit worked with Citizen Action for 12 years advocating progressive policies on health care, energy and the environment.
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