Matt Gonzalez on Democrats and the War

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/14/Meet_the_Candidate_Matt_Gonzalez

Independent Vice Presidential candidate Matt Gonzalez criticizes Barack Obama for not advocating an immediate troop withdrawal from Iraq.

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As president of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors, Gonzalez helped to install rank-choice voting and raise the San Francisco minimum wage.

In 2003, he ran for San Francisco mayor in a controversial election, just barely losing to Gavin Newsom - The Commonwealth Club of California

Matt Gonzalez was born in McAllen, Texas in 1965. He received a BA degree from Columbia College, Columbia University, 1987, and a JD from Stanford Law School in 1990. He worked as a deputy public defender in San Francisco from 1991-2000. In 2000 he was elected to the 11-member San Francisco Board of Supervisors, which supervises a city with a budget of $6 billion.

He is best known for having led the effort to implement Instant Run-off Voting, also known as Rank Choice Voting, in San Francisco, where it has been successfully implemented to obtain a majority outcome without the need for costly run-off elections. Matt Gonzalez is a 2008 Vice Presidential Candidate running with Ralph Nader.

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[ronnienorth]

VOTE 3rd Party!!!!!

[AnnieGetYourGang]

Go Ralph! Go Matt! Neither Obama nor McCain will end the war. The only way to stop terrorism is to stop doing it and we have been terrorizing Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa, and much of the world all of my life.

[birdbuff]

'this ticket has no charisma [...] and stop being so blank and dull [...] Let Nader sit at the table and work behind the scenes, but find some one who has personality to stand in the spotlight'

Would you happen to be kidding?... For the past few weeks Nader has been penetrating my soul with his expressive style, driven with passion and charisma!!!, and I have yet to find an American politician that could match his magnetic personality... And Gonzalez is cool too!

[authorjeff77]

the facts and ideas are great, but the problem with this ticket is that it has no charisma. Look at what your up against and stop being so blank and dull, sorry but that's what you'll have to do to win like it or not. Let Nader sit at the table and work behind the scenes, but find some one who has personality to stand in the spotlight, just like the other parties do, and you at least have a cold chance in hell!its a game learn to play it and you can win, don't learn and you will never win.

[medliberty]

Just a correction: we have over 700 military bases in 130 countries, not 40 as stated.

[mattonbass]

I was in a rehearsal studio in Burbank, CA this afternoon and bumped into a very well known recording artist. The band commented on my Nader/Gonzalez 08 shirt. "Nader... I didn't know he had a running mate?", one said. "I didn't even know he was running period!", said another. It's amazing that of the SIX different candidacies in this upcoming election, a lot of people only know about the TWO who least represent the majority of Americans. Spread the word! Nader/Gonzalez for REAL change!

[dare2thinkfreely]

Please go out and vote for the Nader/Gonzalez ticket on Nov. 4, 08. I will be at the polling station casting my vote for them.

[fishheatcats]

If the ignorant people of this country keep electing Republicans and Democrats, the terrorists they are so afraid of won't have to attack us, we'll crumble from within. "Death to America" will come not from the tribes of intolerant religious fanatics with 30 year old Soviet weapons, but from the two corporate parties who are quite successfully tricking the American people into believing their BS "change" message every 4 years. VOTE NADER!

[Tianshou88]

This and other videos with Nader make me angry because I can't turn on the Presidential debates and here a DIFFERENT side of the story, one I actually agree with. I think a lot more people would vote third party if they knew what they stood for but they're basically censored by the main parties. Nader should have been right there with McCain and Obama last week owning their faces off.

[amsterdamshuffle]

it really is sad that we have to watch this on youtube.