U-Ralph Nader uceba ukubhengeza kule nyanga ukuba uza kungenela na umongameli ngo-2004. Abanye bakholelwa ukuba iphulo elinjalo liyafuneka ukwenza intetho eqinileyo yezopolitiko kwilizwe lonke. Kodwa ukuba uNader uyaqhuba kulo nyaka, luhlobo luni lwenkxaso-eluhlobo lwamavolontiya, izixhobo kunye neevoti - unokulindela ngokufanelekileyo?
Iziphumo zovavanyo lwelizwe lonke, olukhutshwe ngasekupheleni kukaDisemba, zibonelela ngokujonga ngokuthe kratya kutyekelo lwangoku lwabantu abebeyinxalenye yesiseko sakhe sonyulo. Emva kokufumana iimpendulo ezimalunga ne-11,000 27 zabafundi abakuluhlu oluphambili lwee-e-mail, iphephancwadi elihambele phambili le-intanethi iAlterNet lathi: โNgoxa abangama-2000 ekhulwini kuni bavotela uNader ngowama-11, bali-2004 ekhulwini kuphela abathi beniya kumvotela ngowama-XNUMX.โ
Kulo nyaka, uNader uya kuba nethamsanqa lokufumana iivoti ze-1 yezigidi - kude ne-2000 yakhe ye-2.8 yezigidi.
Embi njengoko amanani eAlterNet engowogqatso lweNader olindelekileyo, mhlawumbi bayawubaxa umgama awayeza kubagcina ngawo abavoti ukusuka ku-2000. Uvavanyo lweza phambi kokuba uNader akhuphe esidlangalaleni ukuba uzakuba ngumtyunjwa weGreen Party ngo-2004. Ngexesha lokugqibela, omnye wabaphambili izizathu ezinikiweyo zokuxhasa uNader njengomgqatswa wobumongameli obuluhlaza yayingumnqweno wokwakha iqela elinenkqubela ngokwenene. Kulo nyaka, abaninzi abathenga ukuqiqa okunjalo banokukhetha umgqatswa womongameli weQela eliGreen kunokuba balandele iphulo elizimeleyo leNader.
Iiyure ngaphambi kokuba uNader enze esidlangalaleni isigqibo sakhe sokungafuni ukutyunjwa kweGreen Party ngo-2004, umnxibelelanisi wesizwe we-Independent Progressive Politics Network, uTed Glick, wathi kwisincoko: โKunzima kum ukubona ukuba isigqibo esinjalo sinokusebenza njani Nader.โ UGlick uqhubeke wathi: โNgubani alindele ukutsalela iphulo elizimeleyo ngaphandle kweGreens? Ndiyazi ukuba akukho zintshukumo zokushiya iQela leDemokhrasi kuyo nayiphi na ibloc yabaMnyama, iLatinos, abasebenzi, abafazi okanye nayiphi na enye indawo yokuvota. Iqela loHlaziyo liphantse laphelelwa. Ndicinga ukuba uRalph akazukuzama ukutsala inani elikhulu labagcini beRiphabhlikhi abangachaphazelekanga njengabaqokeleli bezikhalazo kunye nabakhi bemibutho. Ngubani omnye okhoyo?โ
Ukuba uqhubela phambili ngo-2004, uRalph Nader uya kungquzulana nabalingane abaninzi abaye bema ecaleni kwakhe kumadabi amaninzi - kubandakanya namaphulo akhe angaphambili kamongameli. Ngokungafaniyo nabalandeli beqela leDemokhrasi abamhlaselayo (kaninzi ngezithonga zexabiso eliphantsi) kumajelo eendaba aphambili ngo-2000, abantu abaninzi ngoku abachasayo iphulo le-Nader ngo-2004 abanyanisekanga kwiiDemokhrasi kwaye abahlehli ekujonganeni namandla equmrhu okanye umgaqo-siseko kodwa ongathandwayo. oonobangela.
Kwiminyaka esibhozo eyadlulayo, ndathetha kwinkomfa yeendaba eCalifornia ndixhasa ukusungulwa kwephulo likamongameli likaNader. Kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo, kwiindawo eziquka i-TV yesizwe kunye nonomathotholo, ndagxeka ubuninzi obumbalwa kunye nomgangatho onyelisayo weendaba ezisasazwayo kwiphulo lakhe lobumongameli lika-2000. Kulo nyaka, andinanjongo yokuxhasa uNader ukuba uyabaleka.
Ithemba lephulo leNader-in-2004 lihenda abantu abambalwa ngokwentelekiso. "Andiboni bungqina bezizathu ze-1995 kunye ne-1999 ezitsalele uNader kwipolitiki yomongameli kabini," uMicah Sifry wabhala ngoDisemba 2003. Umhlalutyi wexesha elide kunye nomhlalutyi weentshukumo zeqela lesithathu, uSifry naye ekujoliswe kuyo xa eqhuma intsomi yokuba iphulo likamongameli ngokuyimfuneko lizisa ingqwalasela kwimiba: โIthemba asilocebo. Iqela leLibertarian lityumba umgqatswa womongameli rhoqo kwiminyaka emine, kodwa loo nto ayifaki imiba yayo kwi-ajenda. "
Kunye nenkxaso encitshisiweyo ngokucacileyo yokuqhutywa kweNader kulo nyaka, umbuzo ofanayo nawo uyavela: Iphulo elinjalo lingakunceda njani ukoyisa uGeorge W. Bush?
Ngelixa uNader enokuthetha ngokuvula umphambili wesibini ngokuchasene noBush, akukho meko ibambekayo apho ukutyunjwa kweNader kwandisa amathuba okuba uBush woyiswe. Okona kulungileyo, iphulo leNader alinakuba nefuthe lokuba uBush ulahlekelwe. Kwaye inyani ihleli kukuba iphulo likamongameli nguNader-oye wayikhaba ngazwi linye imbono yokukhankasela kuphela "kumazwe akhuselekileyo" - anokunceda uBush ukuba aphumelele.
Uthanda okanye akunjalo, kwi-2004 umviwa kuphela onokusebenza njengesixhobo sonyulo lokukhupha uBush kwi-White House uya kuba ngumtyunjwa weDemokhrasi. Imfuneko yokumgxotha ifuna ukuba sakhe imbumba ebanzi ukuze sivotele uBush ukuba aphume.
Abaqhubela phambili banezizathu ezininzi zokuba nomsindo kubunkokheli beQela leDemocratic Party obungcatshe abantu bayo abaninzi ngemfazwe, inkululeko yoluntu, urhwebo, ubulungisa kwezoqoqosho kunye neminye imiba. Kodwa ngelixa ezo mvakalelo zinokuthi kwaye zifanele ziphembelele i-injini yeenguqu kwezopolitiko, umsindo akufanele ube kwivili lokuqhuba.
Okwangoku, kubantu baseMelika abanenkqubela, utshaba oluphambili liqela lemigulukudu elikhokelwa ngabantu abafana noBush, uDick Cheney kunye noKarl Rove. Kukho intetho efanelekileyo eyachazwa kwingcali yomkhosi wamandulo waseTshayina: โKumlo notshaba lwakho, musa ukwenza eyona nto ufuna ukuyenza. Yenza le nto angathanda ukuba uyenze.โ Kwaye ngoku, eyona nto ifunwa liqela lemigulukudu yaseBush-Cheney-Rove kukubumbana phambi kokuba bakhuphe eofisini.
Kwizizukulwana zabantu baseMelika, ayiyo-hyperbolic ukuthi olu lawulo lolona lubi kakhulu kubomi babo. Ngokubi njengoko ulawulo lweqela leDemocratic Party luqhubeka nokuba njalo, amaRiphabhlikhi asekunene ngoku alawulayo abaluleke kakhulu - nokuba indawo leyo yeyomkhosi phesheya okanye inkululeko yoluntu ekhaya.
Qwalasela amazwi akutsha nje kaJoel Kovel, owayesakuba ngumgqatswa weGreen Party kwilungu leSenate eNew York: โAmashumi ezigidi zabantu, kuqukwa neerhamente ezininzi, bakholelwa ukuba amadoda kaBush azama ukukrazula uMgaqo-siseko kwaye ahlengahlengise iRiphabhlikhi yaseMelika ukuze litshabalalise ithuba elincinane lohlaziyo lwedemokhrasi apho ipolitiki yolonyulo eluhlaza, kunye nokunye okuninzi, kusekelwe phezu kwayo.โ
Inqaku lika-Kovel liya kwinyani yeemeko eziza kujongana nephulo likamongameli elinikezela nayiphi na indlela eya kuba yinkqubela phambili kwi-2004, nokuba nguNader okanye nabani na. Emva kokuqaphela imigaqo-nkqubo embalwa ephunyezwe ngempindezelo ngurhulumente kaBush, uKovel wabhala: โOlu lutshintsho lomgangatho, indlela utshintsho lobungakanani obuba semgangathweni emva kwexesha, emva koko yenze ulungelelwaniso olutsha. Yingqiqo ebuthathaka kakhulu ukubonisa indlela ezimbi ngayo iiDemokhrasi, indlela ehlangene ngayo, njl., kunye nokutyeshela ukuqonda ukuba iqela elikhohlakeleyo lodidi olulawulayo, elimelwe ngabakwaBushi, lingakwazi ukukhululeka nakwiqela leRiphabhlikhi yemveli, kwaye baphume batshintshe amaziko asisiseko ngokwabo. Leyo yindlela iiriphabliki ezinokujika zibe ngoozwilakhe. Ngaba kuya kwenzeka? Kulungile, andazi; akukho mntu uyenzayo. Ngaba kunokwenzeka ngakumbi ngoku kunangaphambili? Ewe ewe, ewe, kwaye kuya kuba njalo ngakumbi ukuba uBush ungene kwakhona. "
Isicwangciso sika-2004 esigxile ekuvoteni uBush akumele sithethe ukugoba okusekhohlo kwiDemocratic Party. I-Progressives kufuneka icace malunga nokuba yintoni engalunganga kumtyunjwa weqela kunye neqonga ngelixa lisebenza kwimfuno enzima yokususa ilizwe likaMongameli Bush.
Isikhundla sokuzimela kufuneka sikhokele ubutshantliziyo bezopolitiko obuchasa ngokuqinileyo imigaqo-nkqubo ye-pro-corporate nokuba baphuma kwiRiphabhlikhi okanye kwiNdlu yeDemocratic White. Kulo nyaka, uNader unokudlala indima enkulu eyakhayo ekuhlanganiseni nasekuhlanganiseni isiseko esiqhubekayo kwiminyaka ezayo. Khawucinge ngeendibano ezinkulu ezikhokelwa nguNader ezijolise ekuthatheni umhlala phantsi uBush ngelixa kusakha amandla azimeleyo ezopolitiko ngasekhohlo.
Ulawulo lukaGeorge W. Bush lwenze ityala elinyanzelisayo lokunyanzeliswa: Akufunekanga abuyele kwi-White House kwelinye ixesha ngoJanuwari 2005. Kwaye sinoxanduva lokubona ukuba akayi.
Ngaba uRalph Nader uziqonda ngokwaneleyo iinkxalabo ezinjalo ngo-2004? Kwiminyaka emininzi, wabonisa i-savvy enkulu yeqhinga. Ngethemba, akakabi sisithulu ngeli xesha libalulekileyo embalini. Siza kufumanisa kungekudala.
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