2 posts tagged “ralph nader”

So yesterday Andrew and I stopped by the Roxie theater to see Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez speak, along with Cindy Sheehan and a few other progressives I hadn't heard of (the Mayor of Richmond?  really?).  We didn't sign anything, but I did find myself agreeing with a lot of what was said.  I didn't completely forget about being mad at Ralph Nader (ahem) but I just can't be mad at Matt Gonzalez... I just love that guy too much!  AND get this: he smiled at me and said "Hey" after his speech!  He was walking down the aisle toward the back of the theater, and Andrew and I were sitting on the aisle.  As he passed I was staring at him with a big dumb grin on my face, and he smiled back at me and whispered, "Hey."  YAYYYY!!!!  There was another very funny moment when Ralph Nader was introducing Matt Gonzalez and said, "I'm sure he will be Governor of California one day."  Matt Gonzalez took the mic and said, "I thought I was going to be Vice President!"  Ha.

SFGate: Former S.F. Supervisor Gonzalez to run with Nader

Matt!!! WTF?!!  My heart is broken, seriously.  Sure, in San Francisco he pushed Gavin to the left (and exposed Gavin as the machine-politics tool that he is) and came this close to being our first Green Party Mayor.  *Sigh*  .  BUT this the entire country we're dealing with here!  Why why WHY couldn't he have run for mayor again last November?  There was no viable progressive candidate and so of course Gavin breezed through with another term.  I'm still embarassed about that... I mean, Chicken fucking John.  Anyway.

Message to Ralph Nader

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So, apparently the above links are not working for whatever reason (for me, anyway).  Here's the url for the Message to Ralph Nader vid; it's definitely worth a look, if only for the phrase "Jesus-tap-dancing-Christ":

http://video.236.com/services/link/bcpid1416062017/bctid1416618310