I know that some of you have been waiting for me to write something up about Ralph Nader's visit this past weekend. I'm too tired to do it any real justice but it was great. We sold out our fund raising dinner and we had about 225 people come out to the Wood Theater to hear him speak. Media coverage was, as always, a mixed bag. One of the things Ralph said that stuck with me as both amusing and inspirational ... he was asked how he manages to be so persistent in fighting the good fight and he remarked that "My closet does not contain a white flag. I have looked for one before and there just isn't one in there!"

I think its safe to say that a good time was had by all and that we were all greatly energized by his visit and his speaking truth to power. Many thanks are due to this tireless champion for democracy and regular folk! If you are one of those crazy people who might actually want more information, check out the links that I've posted below.

The Glens Falls Post-Star covered it. Check out the comments! His visit made the "Most Commented Story" on their online forum. Not bad for an "irrelevant old guy", huh!?
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2008/04/27/news/local/13551380.txt

WNYT (Albany's NBC): http://wnyt.com/article/stories/S425804.shtml

Time Warner News 9: http://capitalnews9.com/Default.aspx?ArID=114971

Mountain Lake PBS from Plattsburgh is doing a half hour show. I'll send it out when it's up on their site. Glens Falls TV 8 covered the event as well.

This is a podcast of Ralph and Matt Gonzalez on WAMC's Roundtable:

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1247783

This is a wonderful Vox Pop that Brian Shields did with Ralph for WAMC. http://www.wamc.org/prog-voxpop-archive.html

Me on the Libertarian Show "Capitol Outsider" talking about Ralph, the Greens and activism.

http://capitaloutsider.org/2008/04/show-26-matt-funiciello.html

For information directly from the man himself, check out:

www.votenader.org and www.essential.org

Hudson-Mohawk Independent Media Center filmed the whole thing. Expect a DVD of the event in the near future, I'm sure. The Glens Falls Chronicle did a great advance piece but are not available on line. The Hill Country Observer will also cover it in May's edition. Watch for it.

If you're in the mood for a good laugh, check these articles out about Hillary running as an independent ("Hillary Is the New Ralph Nader").
http://uspolitics.einnews.com/article.php?nid=461158

http://www.allvoices.com/userevents/365329-ralph-nader?gclid=CL-BstvUg5MCFRGYggodjnSkFw