Jill: Okay.
Rob: Why
you instead of Democratic or Republican candidates?
Jill: We
have a track record.
Rob: I'm
going to go on so you can answer it. Are
you the next Ralph Nader? People have accused him of killing the election for
Al Gore. Will you kill it for Obama? How do you answer people who are concerned
about that?
Jill: I'd
say, "What I'm really worried about it is us being killed by the political
establishment. Under Democrats and Republicans, we are accelerating in the
wrong direction and this politics of fear that tells us to be quiet has actually
delivered everything we've been afraid of. And it's really important to replace
that politics of fear with the politics of courage. We are the ones we've been
waiting for. They are not going to give it to us. Just look at their agenda.
After the disaster that it has brought us, do they have a clue that they need
to change their agenda? Not in the least. Obama, like Romney, are talking about
deregulation as if Wall Street wasn't deregulated enough and the climate wasn't
deregulated enough. They are talking deregulation. They are talking about tax
breaks largely for the wealthy and for corporations. Romney will take corporate
taxes down to 25% to 35%. Obama says,
"Oh no, that would be terrible. I'm just going to take it down to 28%." So he's
one step behind the Republicans and he will soon catch up to them.
They are both talking about dismantling social security and Medicare and
Medicaid but they won't talk about it in this election. But their policies are
very clear on this. It's a disaster going forward with either of them.
Rob: I
agree with you. I think most of my readers and listeners agree with you. But
the thing that people are nervous about or adamant about is that they have to
vote for the lesser of two evils and they can't afford to / vote for a third
party candidate.
Jill: And
what we're saying is, "Look where that strategy has taken us," because voting
for the lesser evil has delivered all of the evil we were afraid of: the
expanding war, the meltdown on Wall Street, the burning up of the climate, the
attack on our civil liberties. Everything that we were told to be quiet for and
to settle for has come to pass because progress depends on our voices. If you
absent our voices from the fight, all you have is corporate spin. So look at the
record, the record is clear. The politics of fear will get you more of
everything you're afraid of. We can win the day even if we don't win the
office.
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