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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader starting up with his "both parties are the same" B.S. again [View all]cali
(114,904 posts)Ralph Nader ripped the Democratic and Republican national conventions on Wednesday for their corrosive impacts on democracy, calling them events of political pomposity and braggadocio.
The Republican and Democratic Conventions are mercifully over but their corrosive impacts on our democracy persist, began a blog post by the former presidential candidate and political activist.
Citing the conventions cost to taxpayers, the two-time Green Party nominee lamented how the two party duopoly obviously controls the honey pot in Congress, adding that the partys convention committees are private corporations that should pay for their own big political party and their many smaller social parties with plentiful food and drink.
Whats more, Both functions are now decided beforehand, setting the stage for a choreographed theatrical event of political pomposity and braggadocio.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81166.html#ixzz26NXmlYRW
sorry, on this he's right.