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| Democrat vote fears as Nader runs again | |
| 2008-02-25 | |
| Ralph Nader formally announced yesterday that he is to make his fifth run for the White House, renewing fears that he might again take votes from the Democrats in a tight race. The consumer champion, who will turn 74 this week, rejected suggestions that he would damage the prospects of the Democratic candidate.
Nader has stood four times for the presidency since 1992. Many Democrats blame him for taking crucial votes from Al Gore in 2000, allowing George Bush to take the presidency, an assessment that Nader rejects. He stood in that campaign as the Green party candidate and took 2.7% of the vote. He stood again in 2004, as an independent, taking only 0.3%. He will offer a platform to the left of the two Democratic runners, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 How do you get to the left of Barak Obama and Hillary Clinton? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-02-25 16:42 |
| #10 Nader. Looks like someone left the shelter doors open again. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2008-02-25 14:06 |
| #9 Proof that consumer advocacy and liberal agenda have never had anything to do with factual reality but rather on perceived panic spawned by ignorance. no wonder they destroyed the schools and keep the masses stupid. |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2008-02-25 13:52 |
| #8 Why not? It's safe. In what may be the automotive industryÂ’s greatest irony, NHTSA, the federal agency created from NaderÂ’s consumer advocacy, investigated the Corvair and issued a report in 1971 clearing the carÂ’s design, two years after the car went out of production. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-02-25 12:46 |
| #7 Maybe they can raffle off one of these as a fundraiser. |
| Posted by: Mike 2008-02-25 12:37 |
| #6 NADER/MCKINNEY 2008 |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-02-25 12:03 |
| #5 The consumer champion, who will turn 74 this week That kinda mutes the 'McCain's too old' meme... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-02-25 11:51 |
| #4 I'm hoping he syphons off votes from the moonbat donks. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-02-25 11:17 |
| #3 Don't forget Cynthia McKinney is running for President on the Green Party ticket. Be sure to urge all your progressive friends give their full support and disposable income to Nader and McKinney. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-02-25 08:08 |
| #2 Ralphie isn't going to make much difference. Now all those Trunks and Independents who crossed over during the primaries to do on to the Donks what Kos promoted in Michigan to do on to the Trunks, that will come home in November. The same people who designed the Florida ballots [Donks] are the same people who designed open primaries. Which of course matters nothing to them even though they are the ones who made it happen, because its always been about POWER. They'll whine, they'll bitch, they'll call America racist [as though having to vote for someone because of the color of his skin is any different than voting against someone because of the color of his skin]. Mirror, self. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-02-25 07:59 |
| #1 Go, go, Ralph!! |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-02-25 04:10 |