The results of the United State's 54th quadrennial presidential election will be known tomorrow. While I'm casting my ballot for Ralph Nader, my prediction is that Vice President Al Gore will ascend to the White House. Certainly the people are with him, given the popularity of Bill Clinton. Yeah, Clinton disappointed with his signing of the NAFTA trade agreement, but overall the WJC presidency was successful, I think.
Ralph Nader would make a much better president, IMO, but a Gore presidency? I think it could work out OK. Sure, a Gore presidency will not be as beneficial to our economic well-being as a Nader presidency, but it will be loads better than a W presidency (God forbid the electorate is dumb enough to elect this mouth-breather).
Ralph Nader's campaign issues, BTW, included universal healthcare, free education, and protecting American jobs by opposing globalization. As a resolute opponent of trade agreements such as GATT and NAFTA, President Nader would push for the replacement of these bad deals with open agreements that pull-up rather than pull down environmental, labor, and consumer standards.
So-called "free trade" enriches the transnational corporations at the expense of American jobs, harming our economy. President Gore will not roll back NAFTA or pull us out of the World Trade Organization. The exodus of good paying jobs from the US to 3rd world sweatshops will contiune under President Gore.
OK, so there probably are not enough voters out there as intelligent as myself to elect candidate Nader president tomorrow. But, on the other hand, the electorate surely is not dumb enough to send the bumbler George W to the White House. Of that I am 100 percent confident.
