"Where I stand is simple. The two parties are being pulled 24-hours a day by a whole variety of intense corporate interests into the maw of their lobbying power and into the maw of corporate globalization. Who's pulling on the other side? That's what our Nader-Comejo candidacy is about. If we give John Kerry a blank check, he will have no mandates. I have not met any group supporting John Kerry that's demanding anything of John Kerry. When I met him over a month ago, I said, you know, if you win, you're not going to have any mandate. He said, don't worry, I will do this and that when I'm president. Yeah, we have heard that before. That's the key here. Who is pulling in the direction of the interests of the American people? There's necessities on the Democratic party if you have 'an anybody but Bush' mentality. Anybody but Bush closes the mind immediately. There is no room for any variable, strategies, tactics, any innovation presidential campaigning, and you're signaling to the Democrats that they can take your vote for granted. When you do that, you are taken. That's particularly true of labor and minorities without which the Democrats wouldn't win any elections. They are being taken for granted. They cannot even get a living wage for 47 million full-time workers in this country. One out of every three workers makes less than $10 an hour, 25% of the workers are making in this country -- just think of that -- are making less than $8.70 an hour, gross before deductions, and before the cost of driving to work."
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