American Samizdat

Wednesday, October 20, 2004. *
Nader's Unholy Alliance with a Cult
Doug Ireland wrote a story last March about an unholy connection between Ralph Nader and a Cult leader named Fred Newman. Ireland describes Newman's cult, formally known as the New Alliance party:
This cult is the antithesis of every value Nader holds dear. A Maoist grouplet
in the ’70s, the Newmanites morphed into supporters of Pat Buchanan in the
Hitler-coddling commentator’s 2000 takeover of the Reform Party. Newman recruits and controls his followers through a brainwashing scheme baptized “social
therapy,” designed to create blind allegiance to Newman. He has frequently
dipped his rhetoric in the poisonous blood-libel of anti-Semitism, denouncing
Jews as “storm troopers of decadent capitalism.” By French-kissing the cultists
to get on the ballot, Nader has allowed himself to be used as bait to lure the
unsuspecting into the Newmanite orbit, where they risk being sucked into the
cult. That’s a betrayal of the many young people to whom Nader is still a hero.
And an acid commentary on Nader’s judgment.
Greens for Impact , an organization of "principled, pragmatic Green Party members and progressive populists dedicated to the goal of defeating George W. Bush", has issued further evidence of the Nader-Newman alliance. Though Nader's spokesman has denied Ireland's accusations, the facts speak for themselves.
posted by Nick at 1:38 PM
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