“Obama will do anything to get elected”

Posted by Staff on October 24, 2008 |

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader comments on why liberal and progressive voters will vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in the 2008 election. ((0:32)

 

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October 24, 2008

One Response to ““Obama will do anything to get elected””

1. steve conn Says:
   October 24th, 2008 at 4:53 pm

   So will the New Yorker Magazine- read the correspondence here and the admissions by this New Yorker writer.Dear Professor Conn –

   Thanks for your letter. I did know about the Hickel connection. But the facts in my piece are still facts. Selected facts, out-of-context facts, inflammatory facts, yes — but if Obama were running a campaign like McCain’s, he’d go right ahead and use those selected, out-of-context, inflammatory facts in a negative ad.

   Sincerely, Hendrik Hertzberg

   Hendrik Hertzberg
   The New Yorker
   4 Times Square
   New York, NY 10036

   —-Original Message—–
   From: themail, TNY
   To: Hendrik_Hertzberg@newyorker.com
   Sent: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:38 am
   Subject: FW: letter to editor re: Hendrik Hertzberg, Talk of the Town, October 20, 2008
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   From: Steve Conn
   Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:22:44 +0000
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   Subject: letter to editor re: Hendrik Hertzberg, Talk of the Town, October
   20, 2008

   You praise the Obama for not using a ³true² smear about the Palins¹
   association with Alaskan secessionists. Consider the facts: The bombastic
   founder of the Alaska Independence Party, Joe Vogler, 80, was murdered by a
   burglar for non-existent gold buried in his cabin, not ³ in connection with
   an informal transaction involving plastic explosives.² Alaska¹s second
   governor, Republican Wally Hickel left his post to became Nixon¹s Secretary
   of Interior, banned offshore drilling after the Santa Barbara oil spill and
   quit his cabinet post after the Kent State Massacre. He ran and won for
   governor again, this time, on the AIP ticket. When they finally met, Hickel
   chased Vogler out of his office, ³brandishing his office stapler like a
   club.² (from the official party web site). Maybe Obama did his homework.

   Stephen Conn
   Retired Professor, University of Alaska
   1933 Sanders Court
   Point Roberts, Wa. 98281
   360-945-5006