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A left-wing organization masquerading as an "ethics watchdog" announced yesterday that it is filing a complaint against CSE with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The so-called Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), is a small D.C. outfit that, according to their own web site, is ideological in nature and is targeting organizations on "the right."
It's been a difficult week for Ralph Nader.
It started when the Green Party, whose support Nader accepted to get onto many state ballots in 2000, refused him its nomination for 2004. Nader then denounced his former supporters as "strange."
This immediately raises a key question for the 2004 campaign: What can it mean when Ralph Nader calls you "strange"?
From Bend.com news sources
Posted: Friday, July 2, 2004 7:47 PM
Reference Code: PR-16547
July 2 - SALEM - Organizers and supporters of the initiative that would protect Oregon businesses and injured workers by abolishing SAIF filed over 130,000 petition signatures with the Secretary of State’s office Friday, far in excess of the 75,630 needed to qualify the measure for the November ballot.
Democrats want Ralph Nader to fade away. But Republicans want to do what they can to help get the independent presidential candidate on the ballot in as many states as possible -- and especially in battleground states like Wisconsin.
Nader has a similar mindset. After losing the backing of the Green Party in Milwaukee last weekend, Nader is going after anyone who will back him (including the Reform Party, which endorsed Pat Buchanan in 2000.) Starting Aug. 1, Nader has five weeks to collect 2,000 signatures to get on the Wisconsin ballot.
NBC News Transcripts
SHOW: NBC Nightly News (6:30 PM ET) - NBC
July 2, 2004 Friday
LENGTH: 391 words
HEADLINE: Effects of Ralph Nader's presidential campaign
ANCHORS: BRIAN WILLIAMS
REPORTERS: ANDREA MITCHELL
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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor:
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Introduction
The increasing burden imposed by the torts system on corporate and professional America is not, as a matter of substantive tort doctrine, a new phenomenon. We have experienced a steady and continuous expansion of liability for more than 50 years.
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Introduction
The explosion of mass tort litigation during the eighties and nineties have caused a number of companies to encounter serious financial distress. Asbestos litigation alone has caused at least 20 bankruptcies. Litigation involving medical devices (including the Dalkon Shield IUD, silicone breast implants and temporomandibular joint implants) and pharmaceuticals (DES, fen/phen) have each caused at least one bankruptcy.
Among John Kerry’s worst proposals is his plan to reverse the dividend tax cuts for top earners. It is no coincidence that, since May 2003, when President Bush signed pro-growth tax cuts into law, the economy has been growing at an annualized rate of over 5 percent. This is the fastest pace since 1984—the year not coincidentally following big tax cuts signed by then-President Ronald Reagan.