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Mike

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All good Democrats must be pleased with this: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nader Announces New Bid for White House




Feb 24, 12:35 PM (ET)

By HOPE YEN

(AP)


WASHINGTON (AP) - Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and pledging to repeat a bid that will "shift the power from the few to the many."

Nader, 73, said most people are disenchanted with the Democratic and Republican parties due to a prolonged Iraq war and a shaky economy. The consumer advocate also blamed tax and other corporate-friendly policies under the Bush administration that he said have left many lower- and middle-class people in debt.

"You take that framework of people feeling locked out, shut out, marginalized and disrespected," he said. "You go from Iraq, to Palestine to Israel, from Enron to Wall Street, from Katrina to the bumbling of the Bush administration, to the complicity of the Democrats in not stopping him on the war, stopping him on the tax cuts."

"In that context, I have decided to run for president," Nader told NBC's "Meet the Press


Nader also criticized Republican candidate John McCain and Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton for failing to support full Medicare for all or cracking down on Pentagon waste and a "bloated military budget. He blamed that on corporate lobbyists and special interests, which he said dominate Washington, D.C., and pledged in his third-party campaign to accept donations only from individuals.

"The issue is do they have the moral courage, do they have the fortitude to stand up to corporate powers and get things done for the American people," Nader said. "We have to shift the power from the few to the many."

Nader also ran as a third-party candidate in 2000 and 2004, and many Democrats still accuse him of costing Al Gore the 2000 election.

Obama, responding Saturday to Nader's earlier criticisms that he lacked "substance," praised Nader as a "heroic figure."

"In many ways he is a heroic figure and I don't mean to diminish him. But I do think there is a sense now that if somebody is not hewing to the Ralph Nader agenda, then you must be lacking in some way," Obama said.

Clinton called Nader's announcement a "passing fancy" and said she hoped his candidacy wouldn't hurt the Democratic nominee.

"Obviously, it's not helpful to whomever our Democratic nominee is. But it's a free country," she told reporters as she flew to Rhode Island for campaign events.

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, speaking shortly before Nader's announcement, said Nader's past runs have shown that he usually pulls votes from the Democrat. "So naturally, Republicans would welcome his entry into the race," the former Arkansas governor said on CNN.

Nader vociferously disputes the spoiler claim, saying only Democrats are to blame for losing the race to George W. Bush. He said Sunday there could be no chance of him tipping the election to Republicans because the electorate will not vote for a "pro-war John McCain."

"If the Democrats can't landslide the Republicans this year, they ought to just wrap up, close down, emerge in a different form," Nader said.

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Associated Press writer Beth Fouhy in Providence, R.I., contributed to this report.

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On the Net:

Ralph Nader presidential campaign: http://www.votenader.org
 
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Anonymous

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Yep-- Jack Cafferty summed it up pretty good today-- Nader is an old (70+ years old) joke....0-4--- runs for President every 4 years so he can get some supporters to donate to him so he can get a paid vacation to Florida, Hawai, or Arizona- and fund his retirement....

He has little following anymore- and will have lost all the youth/college/activist volunteer base he had before if Obama is the Dem candidate...
 

Mike

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Some of the green whackos, usually Dems, will toss a vote his way.

Didn't he get like 97,000 votes in Florida during the Bush vs. Gore election?

His lawsuit against the Dems for keeping him off some ballots will probably go to court this spring. If he wins that suit he'll be on the ticket in every state.

I actually like his views on curbing the huge multinational corporations.

Some Dem advisors on CNN this morning were saying that this is the absolute worst thing that could happen for them now...........

Ain't it a shame. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

Sandhusker

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I voted for him last election - I'll vote for him again. I consider it a "protest vote" to send a message to the big parties that I'm not going to vote for the morons they nominate. We can't know about Kerry, but he probably would of been a crappy president, and I consider myself vindicated on Bush. This go-round will feature McCain vs Hillary or Obama? Geeeze. How can it get any worse?
 

kolanuraven

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I'm wondering how much the Rep. ' machine' is paying him to get in and throw off the Democratic vote!! Just like they did in the Bush-Gore race!!
 

Mike

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kolanuraven said:
I'm wondering how much the Rep. ' machine' is paying him to get in and throw off the Democratic vote!! Just like they did in the Bush-Gore race!!

Likewise I wonder how much the Dems paid Ross Perot to enter his Pres race?

Isn't that how Clinton got in? :lol: :lol:
 
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Anonymous

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Mike said:
kolanuraven said:
I'm wondering how much the Rep. ' machine' is paying him to get in and throw off the Democratic vote!! Just like they did in the Bush-Gore race!!

Likewise I wonder how much the Dems paid Ross Perot to enter his Pres race?

Isn't that how Clinton got in? :lol: :lol:

I'd gladly take old Ross right now over the choices we have :(
 
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