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OriginalGeek

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16. Is "duopoly" some new meme/talking point?

Thu Sep 13, 2012, 03:22 PM

Sep 2012

I never heard anyone say it or saw anyone write it before today and now I've seen and heard it twice. Earlier on NPR the former Dem mayor of Salt Lake City and now Justice Party candidate for president was whining about "the duopoly".

Not that I wouldn't whine too if I were in a 3rd (or 4th or 17th) party but I'm not so it's whining to me.

Seems a little too coincidental to me.

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Ralph Nader starting up with his "both parties are the same" B.S. again [View all] scheming daemons Sep 2012 OP

Did he ever stop? wryter2000 Sep 2012 #1

In 2008, ralphie the wonder moonbat a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #5

We're sorry, but that page cannot be found MNBrewer Sep 2012 #2

your link doesn't work. "Page not found" cali Sep 2012 #3

Working Link sharp_stick Sep 2012 #4

Pay attention to me... pay attention to me sharp_stick Sep 2012 #6

Go fuck yourself, Ralph. Zoeisright Sep 2012 #7

He doesn't say what you claim cali Sep 2012 #8

He's full of shit! ProSense Sep 2012 #13

Is "duopoly" some new meme/talking point? OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #16

I remember "duopoly" going back to at least 2004 NoPasaran Sep 2012 #60

Nader finds at least one difference tama Sep 2012 #17

Yeah, ProSense Sep 2012 #23

Chair won? tama Sep 2012 #71

You're in for it now... Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #26

oh well. c'est la vie. it's not like I'm not used to it. cali Sep 2012 #82

Exactly correct. 99Forever Sep 2012 #35

Thank you for thinking. Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #67

Thanks for the kind words, Jakes cali Sep 2012 #83

Space is curved. Ralph & Ayn Rand are in the same position on that. patrice Sep 2012 #9

go home Ralph. n/t Scout Sep 2012 #10

How can he say that now? treestar Sep 2012 #11

Politco is right-wing Panasonic Sep 2012 #12

Crawl back in your hole, then pull the hole in hifiguy Sep 2012 #14

Can you think of anyone more irrelevant to the body politick at the moment? Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #15

Hmm tama Sep 2012 #20

Talk about "fantasies". Not enough people give a shit about third party crapola. Third party..... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #22

More and more people tama Sep 2012 #31

"More and more people" Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #32

First they ignore you tama Sep 2012 #33

Then they become even more irrelevant as they have nothing of substance to sway voters with. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #36

Public financing PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #47

What kept them from succeeding before? Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #49

an example? red scare PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #54

Two bad examples. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #59

last post response to you PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #61

Thank you for serious answer tama Sep 2012 #51

Quick! Turn on NPR. Former Occupy activists bemoaning the pointlessness of the movement. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #37

They laughed at Columbus... SidDithers Sep 2012 #45

It's good to laugh. It's healthy. tama Sep 2012 #52

Yep--the fact that half of eligible voters don't even register is a real laff riot n/t eridani Sep 2012 #80

They're stupid. So who cares? Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #84

No, they are alienated, and don't think that anything they do in the public sphere matters eridani Sep 2012 #85

If they feel "alienated" then fuck 'em! I have a feelin' it's just as well that they stay out of... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #86

What part of what he said was wrong? I'm not seeing it MNBrewer Sep 2012 #18

Inferring that both parties are the same could not be further from the truth. Arkana Sep 2012 #34

Sorry, but YOU inferred it based on what he said MNBrewer Sep 2012 #38

You're not supposed to notice that. n/t Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #65

And partisan anger tama Sep 2012 #68

Nader and Chomsky agree on this: coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #44

Two business parties.... sounds right! MNBrewer Sep 2012 #48

+1 n/t PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #50

I agree with this. immoderate Sep 2012 #56

All the desperate corporate shilling and denials notwithstanding, woo me with science Sep 2012 #72

Who is Ralph Nader??? n/t winstars Sep 2012 #19

Exactly n/t Canuckistanian Sep 2012 #21

Yep-- a friend says "all politicians are corrupt" ailsagirl Sep 2012 #24

They are not the same, but PowerToThePeople Sep 2012 #25

Does it even need to be said?... SidDithers Sep 2012 #27

retire Ralph riverbendviewgal Sep 2012 #28

The only thing the same is Ralph Fucking Nader!! nt longship Sep 2012 #29

Nadar STFU and GO AWAY we can do it Sep 2012 #30

Nader has been a life long progressive and been effective at setting up non-profits to try and byeya Sep 2012 #39

Actually Gore fought all the way to the Supreme Court. JTFrog Sep 2012 #70

Nader is a gas bag full of himself. Cha Sep 2012 #40

Fuck Nader ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #41

Ralph is a terrorist enabler. Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #42

Um, actually Gore won the ballots in Florida, even though they were coalition_unwilling Sep 2012 #46

Easier to blame the little guy tama Sep 2012 #53

I never thought Gore should have given up. Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #55

Correct, Gore should have appealed to the the Super Duper Supreme Court NNN0LHI Sep 2012 #58

The 5 political Just-asses should have been impeached. Hubert Flottz Sep 2012 #77

same thing as Ron Paul, who is 110% Republican -- until it's no longer convenient for him nt MariaM83 Sep 2012 #43

Ralphie you were once useful, but you've turned into a total shitbird. Care Acutely Sep 2012 #57

enough already ralph flamingdem Sep 2012 #62

What a sorry motherfucker he is. tabasco Sep 2012 #63

Second verse, same as the first. nt laundry_queen Sep 2012 #64

As Democrats drift ever rightward Jakes Progress Sep 2012 #66

He being financed by Karl Rove, again, this year? Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #69

I didn't even realize he was still alive. Indpndnt Sep 2012 #73

Fuck Nader. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #74

Oh, Ralph, that is so helpful of you to point out right now, again, DLnyc Sep 2012 #75

I guess Romney agreed to pay him what he wanted. David Zephyr Sep 2012 #76

I was hoping that we could go through this election cycle without comment from his mfcorey1 Sep 2012 #78

There is one respect in which that is absolutely true eridani Sep 2012 #79

Imagine if Nader had appeared with Gore on a stage a few days before election day 2000, Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #81