Nader's In: Let the Whining of the Democrats, Liberals and Leftists Begin
Press Action
Sunday, February 24, 2008
http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/nader02242008/
Which side are you on?
The corporate criminals, the big banks, Wall Street, the credit card companies, the nuclear power industry, the war profiteers, the agribusiness giants, the health insurance industry, the polluters, the drug companies, the unionbusters, Big Oil, the corporate Democrats and corporate Republicans?
Or with people fighting back?
Apparently, many Democrats, Liberals and leftists are on the side of the former. Here’s what some folks are saying about Ralph Nader’s announcement today that he is once again running for President:
I hate Ralph Nader. I really do. I mean, here’s the thing, he has to know that he’s never going to be elected and all he’s going to do is hijack votes from the real candidate.
I have a theory that he’s actually a Republican/blackmailed by Republicans.
And you can tell me that crap about voting your conscience instead of your fears all you want, but my conscience says that we do not need another four years of Republican leadership. (Need proof? I submit George Bush.)
Yes. This may actually be my bitchiest post ever.
Good Lord, Ralph Nader is running for president again, and as far as I can tell, he’s doing it because he’s kind of gone from being a really important consumer advocate and progressive politico into a kind of crazy and angry old man. Kind of sad, really.
Seriously, I still don’t understand why this guy is allowed back in polite society (on the left, at least). We may never recover from the damage he did last time. If he got negative votes this time around it would be too many.
I agree that Americans ought to have enough creativity, gumption, and energy to enable more than a two-party system.
And Nader has a point about the Democrats: if we can’t swing a landslide this year, something’s seriously wrong.
But Jesus H. Christ, I wish he’d stick to consumer advocacy. He was good at that.
For making America and the world bear the risks and potential costs of his actions, Ralph Nader should be judged one of the most unethical politicians in America.
Yeah, kinda like your aborted run in ‘00 gave us a “shift in power” which directly led to the disaster of the past eight years.
Go away, old man, and take your hubris and stupidity with you.