Ralph Nader, the consumer advocate who has been accused by Democrats of helping hand the White House to George W. Bush in 2000, has formed a committee to explore another presidential bid.
Sure to stir up a hornet’s nest, Nader launched an Internet site to recruit campaign workers, paid and unpaid, as well as to raise money for a possible White House run.
Donors who give $300 will receive three books and two DVDs, including Michael Moore’s Sicko movie about the state of health care in the United States.
He has run several times before, including in 2004 as an independent and in 2000 as the Green Party candidate. That year he was blamed by many for siphoning off votes from Al Gore and ultimately resulting in Bush securing the White House.
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Nader needs to give it up. I mean come on. He’s a five-time presidential candidate and every time hes just been shut down. I feel bad for him because all he is doing is making a joke out of himself. Someone needs to tell this 74 year old consumer advocate that Enough is Enough! what the hell is he thinking trying to run for president again?? i respect the fact that he is still trying, but seriously. Sit this one out Nader, you’ll be doing not only the democrats, but all of us a HUGE favor.
- Posted by CoreyIf Senator Obama gets nominated, I’ll be voting for Nader.
- Posted by BigMarkRalph Nader does not stand a chance in hell of being elected. As a Ralph Nader fan for many years, I hope that we will not see a repeat of 2004. Barack Obama may be the lesser of two evils, but a lesser evil is better than another 4 years of Republicans in power. Ralph, please don’t be a spoiler again.
- Posted by AlanNader’s a national treasure and a modern day Abe Lincoln or Thomas Jefferson! 100-200 years ago Nader would have been hailed as a great American thinkers and statesmen. Sadly, nowadays anything that smacks of ideas, dreams or vision is seen as hopelessly romantic. Even the mere mention of health care reform or livable wages is seen as foolish. What a pathetic nation of sheep we have become. Go Nader, you have my vote!
- Posted by MarkRalph, please give it up. You can only do more than good in the end.
- Posted by FrankHorray Ralphie is baaaacck!!!! Go get em Nadar!!
- Posted by CaliOh I cannot wait until Hillary and McCain have to face down Nader, Paul, and Bloomberg for votes in the general election.
This is the best thing that could happen to America.
CHOICE.
Now I see the loser democrats are wining all ready. Give it up.. winning is more important to you than ending our horrible foreign policy that has left countless nations destroyed, controlled, and left us in harms way. We wouldn’t want to not just end the Iraq war.. but all the wars and occupations from Germany, Japan, Korea, Afghanistan.. we would not want to fix the economy and make drastic changes that we need. No we just want to win.. thanks democrats for self perpetuating your crappy party that does nothing but bloat our government and try and look pretty while you do it. Do not get me started on the Neo Conservatives in both parties.. UGH.. you guys are pathetic..
CHOICE
I hope hundred big names run in the general election I hope their is so many choices it makes us dizzy.. I hope the candidates all get 10 percent a piece.. I hope that finnaly we would have a real election.. anyone who complains about that.. needs to move to Russia.. or perhaps China.
- Posted by ACUTSNader will run with Gore on a Green independent ticket and win the 2008 election by exposing and fighting against the corporatist Empire hiding behind this facade of ‘Vichy America’, which by November will have thrown the US into a second Great Depression and a greatly expanded war in the Middle East.
- Posted by Alan MacDonaldThe democrats do not own my vote. In fact, thanks to their anti-democratic efforts in 2004 to knock Nader off the ballot in several states, I now refuse to vote for democrats.
- Posted by Cjab[...] He’s baaaacccckkk….Nader forms presidential exploratory committee - Tales from the Trail: 2008 Hasn’t he caused enough trouble already? (tags: nader us) [...]
- Posted by Nick Anstead » links for 2008-01-31GO NADER!!! NO MORE PARTISAN HACKS!! AN ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT NOW!
- Posted by vote nader!!!!some of the negative comments on here make me disappointed to be an american.
APATHY HAS GOTTEN US TO THE STATE OF THIS UNION.
The democrats are corporate shills and are no different than republicans..
please guys… wake the hell up.
- Posted by joeMark Twain once said, “The history of our race, and each individual’s experience, are sown thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.” Democrats have given much credence to this. Nader didn’t spoil in 2000. Watch An Unreasonable Man. They prove mathematically that he couldn’t have. In fact, there is a pro-Democrat statistician from Harvard interviewed that shows the numbers and concludes that he probably even HELPED Gore.
- Posted by Tim D