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Letter: Nader’s legacy of consumer activism wanes

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004 | 9:04 a.m.

That Ralph Nader is accepting help from Republicans and choosing to become a spoiler in the coming presidential election makes me sad for several reasons.

Here is a man who now chooses to leave a tainted legacy, instead of one that could have been more fitting. I'm one of those folks who, in the 1970s, did what a lot of people did across the country. We applied JFK's directive, to "... ask what we could do for our country."

Ralph Nader was showing us what we could do in the consumer movement. And, across the country, we were effective. We were certainly effective working with Mike O'Callaghan as governor. And now, this same man throws that all away and is determined to act as a spoiler. What a tragic way to be remembered in the history books.

I hope Democratic and independent voters remember all those Republicans who funded Nader's campaign across the country. I hope they remember who worked the system to get him on the ballot.

Please, make your vote count. Don't throw it away.

PATRICIA VAN BETTEN

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