TO THE EDITOR
cidence that the American hostages in Iran
were freed within 30 minutes of Reagan’s in-
auguration.
There is also his support of the freedom
fighters known as the Contras in places such
as Nicaragua, causing mass murders in such
countries under the name of democratic free-
dom. It saddens me that so many Americans
will just look at the slick Hollywood presi-
dent that was Reagan and not dig deeper for
his legacy of lies, blood, and criminal manip-
ulation. Pay no attention to the man behind
the curtain in this country we fondly call Oz.
Brian P. Ellis
Eugene
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Time to say good-bye to Ronnie Reagan,
the “Great Communicator.” A hand-picked
B-movie mouthpiece who delegated author-
ity to people like Spencer Abrahms and
James Watt. Union buster. Supreme com-
mander of the invasion of Grenada (a real
threat to national security). Always willing to
sell TOW missiles to Iran for hostages, and
chemical weapons to Iraq. Always ready to
destabilize freely elected governments, like
the one in Nicaragua. The first manifestation
of the proto-fascism of Bushes I and II and
the neocons, who are now, as we speak,
preparing to lock down the U.S. with fright
tales about more terror attacks and the need
for national I.D. cards. Good-bye, Ronnie —
and good riddance!
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NO NADER NOW
I voted for Ralph Nader in the 2000 elec-
tion because I believed that a Bush adminis-
tration would not be substantially different
from a Gore administration. I was cata-
strophically wrong. And despite my former
protestations, Nader really did cost Gore the
election: If Nader had backed out and en-
dorsed Gore, the margin of victory would
have been wide enough to eliminate any
doubt of who won. Nader’s campaign is
going to have exactly the same effect in
2004.
I am a progressive liberal, and I have no
illusions about Kerry’s centrism — I know
that I’m not going to get everything I be-
lieve in from John Kerry. But I also know
that Kerry is vastly preferable to Bush. And
if Nader continues his campaign, we will
get four more years of Bush. It’s as simple
as that. Nader should pledge his time and
energy to reforming the Democratic Party
so that it reflects progressive values and is
less beholden to the same corporate inter-
ests that own the Republican Party. He
should urge his supporters to vote for Kerry
and then immediately begin pressuring him
to adopt more progressive policies.
If Nader continues to run, he must
do so knowing full well that he is handing
Bush four more years to wreck our country
and our planet. And if that’s acceptable to
him, then he doesn’t have a shred of in-
tegrity.
Jeremy Jacobs
Eugene