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iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 11:54 PM Sep 2012

Ralph nader is a terrible person... [View all]

who has never done anything for anyone ..
except :

Instrumental in the passing of the following legislation:
National Automobile and Highway Traffic Safety Act (1965)
Clean Water Act
Clean Air Act (1970)
Co-Op Bank Bill (1978)
Law establishing Environmental Protection Agency (1970)
Consumer Product Safety Act
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Mine Health and Safety Act
Whistleblower Protection Act
Medical Devices safety
Nuclear power safety
Mobile home safety
Consumer credit disclosure law
Pension protection law
Funeral home cost disclosure law
Tire safety & grading disclosure law
Wholesome Meat Act
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act
Wholesome Poultry Product Act
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) 1970
Safe Water Drinking Act
Freedom of Information Act
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act


Founded or sponsored the following organizations:
American Antitrust Institute
Appleseed Foundation
Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest
Aviation Consumer Action Project
529 14th Street, NW Suite 923
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Tel: (202)638-4000
Fax: (202)638-0746
Buyers Up
Capitol Hill News Service Center for Concerned Engineering
Center for Auto Safety
Center for Insurance Research
Center for Justice and Democracy
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Center for the study of Responsive Law - 1969
Center for Women Policy Studies
Citizen Action Group
Citizen Advocacy Center
Citizen Utility Boards
Citizen Works
Clean Water Action Project
Clearinghouse for Professional Responsibility
Congress Project
Congress Watch
Congressional Accountability Project
Connecticut Citizen Action Group
Consumer Project on Technology
Corporate Accountability Research Group
Critical Mass Energy Project
Democracy Rising
Disability Rights Center
Equal Justice Foundation
Essential Information
FANS (Fight to Advance the Nation's Sports)
Fisherman's Clear Water Action Group
Foundation for Taxpayers and Consumer Rights
Freedom of Information Clearinghouse
Global Trade Watch
Government Purchasing Project
Health Research Group
Litigation Group
Multinational Monitor
National Citizen's Coalition for Nursing Home Reform
National Coalition for Universities in the Public Interest
National Insurance Consumer Organization
Ohio Public Interest Action Group
Organization for Competitive Markets
Professional Drivers (PROD)
Professionals for Auto Safety
Public Citizen
Pension Rights Center
Princeton Project 55
PROD - truck safety
Public Citizen's Visitor's Center
Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGS)
Resource Consumption Alliance (conserve trees) 1004
Retired Professionals Action Group
Shafeek Nader Trust for the Community Interest
Tax Reform Research Group
Telecommunications Research and Action Center
The Visitor's Center
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice


Seriously, you nader haters need to just give it a rest.
Why do you even care what he says if hes that marginal and unimportant to you?

You know, at one point here on DU.. people said if the next president didnt do something about the wars and prosecute people in the bush administration theyd be guilty of the same crimes...
just sayin'.
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Sorry, but i had to repost this in a different section of the forum .. it was 'hidden' because people simply dont like my opinion. thats not what the hide button was created for.
The person who alerted stated "Pure flame bait thread. Why this, why now?" I guess that would be true.. if the post that was directly underneath mine wasnt a thread talking about ralph nader being a piece of trash. thats why this, and now.

nowhere in this post is there anything personal, attacking, or profane. just an opinion of mine after seeing people again bashing him for a comment he made while at the same time talking about how irrelavant he is.. so why ya on here quoting him and bashing him if thats the case?

I mean, im sorry some of you dont like my opinion (one of the jurors said 'right wing enabler' as their reasoning..).. but its just an opinion! get a grip!!

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Ralph nader is a terrible person... [View all] iamthebandfanman Sep 2012 OP
I agree that Ralph has done a lot of good in the world... BUT a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #1
Agreed... DemzRock Sep 2012 #4
I had one like this... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #30
One B-I-G problem with that Monza RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #48
I did. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #50
never drove one a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #43
who told you that lie? RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #49
okay a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #63
Thanks. RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #71
When I first heard about it, I was shocked. a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #72
All Candidates take GOP money, unless you think all those Bush donors who switched sabrina 1 Sep 2012 #56
he wanted to "punish" Democrats. Will he has succeeded in making himself irrelevant that most still_one Sep 2012 #6
I'm a progressive and I don't ignore him. Fantastic Anarchist Sep 2012 #44
majority do. He does not have the following he once had, nor will he have it again /nt still_one Sep 2012 #46
have anything to actually back that assertion up? frylock Sep 2012 #57
Yes, he had no impact in 2008, and his anti-Obama crusade will still_one Sep 2012 #61
so it's your opinion that we're talking about here then frylock Sep 2012 #64
Yes, and can you show me a poll that says otherwise? still_one Sep 2012 #67
oh, gee. sorry, i don't play these freeper games.. frylock Sep 2012 #82
I do not know what you mean by freeper games, but ok. /nt still_one Sep 2012 #86
I'm not a huge Nader fan but Union Scribe Sep 2012 #2
Nader speaks truth to power and most can't deal with that reality mangermerdeRWfreaks Sep 2012 #60
Because of nader's ego, a women's right to choose, rights to privacy, social security, medicare, still_one Sep 2012 #3
Agreed. n/t DemzRock Sep 2012 #5
Thank you, thank you, thank you. October Sep 2012 #79
But he's turned in to a sour grapes asshole gopiscrap Sep 2012 #7
He's just another self absorbed multi-millionaire now. moobu2 Sep 2012 #8
Which is a hell of a lot more than politicians do. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2012 #9
I like Nader because I like his policy proposals. Wow that's crazy. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #10
The RW uses Nader ProSense Sep 2012 #15
The Democrats create a vulnerability by abandoning the left. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #17
+1 dreamnightwind Sep 2012 #18
+5000 bbgrunt Sep 2012 #19
This is like a fantasy ProSense Sep 2012 #24
Nader is just a guy. The issues matter. The man is of no significance. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #65
I'm printing 'Al Gore 2016' bumper stickers. Here is a reward for bringing up Al Gore... limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #68
+1 Vidar Sep 2012 #34
Well put... 99Forever Sep 2012 #55
Obama is a hawk. Learn to deal. spirit-soul Sep 2012 #53
Yea, but has he increased funding for library internet access? Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #76
Fuck. PPR'd already... SidDithers Sep 2012 #80
you're getting too close to the truth--watch out! bbgrunt Sep 2012 #21
Bravo..well said AnOhioan Sep 2012 #39
Agreed. MuseRider Sep 2012 #52
and boom goes the dynamite frylock Sep 2012 #58
I worked at National Airport in Washington, DC in the 1970's. SheilaT Sep 2012 #11
Damn hippie! nt tama Sep 2012 #33
Wow a list of ProSense Sep 2012 #12
"Wow a list of legislation passed by Congress. A list!!!" Capt. Obvious Sep 2012 #95
Ralph Nader: A man with great ideas, but no viability. Jamaal510 Sep 2012 #13
You do realize he didn't do ALL those things, right? Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #14
Yeah, too bad he took the wrong direction starting around 2000. pnwmom Sep 2012 #16
Yeah he has done some good and the people blaming him for 2000 should look at the Democratic Party. white_wolf Sep 2012 #20
You wouldn't be one of those who sneer at the list of the President's accomplishments? treestar Sep 2012 #22
You are right. MLK had little to do with getting the Civil Rights Act passed. Luminous Animal Sep 2012 #26
It is important to note Mopar151 Sep 2012 #23
No he didn't. His book wasn't about the Corvair.It was about how corporations suppress safety issues Luminous Animal Sep 2012 #28
I still trust my friend's opinion on the suspension issue - he's owned somewhere north of 50. Mopar151 Sep 2012 #32
Yes, the Corvair was symptomatic and it was used in 1 chapter of 8 to illustrate that symptom... Luminous Animal Sep 2012 #35
WoW! Pretty impressive list, except just like the Crypt Keeper, Ralph's never been a legislator.... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #25
Yep. There are no important people except those that legislate... Luminous Animal Sep 2012 #29
Yeah libodem Sep 2012 #27
I'll never forgive him for taking Republican money to knowingly be a spoiler in 2004. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #31
And as many have probably said, he ultimately FUCKED US ALL. The Doctor. Sep 2012 #36
Complete logic fail. redgreenandblue Sep 2012 #40
Normally, an explanation is supposed to come with such a disagreement. The Doctor. Sep 2012 #89
Strongly agree jimlup Sep 2012 #37
Gladly K & R'd. Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #38
Personally responsible for eight years of George W Bush as President longship Sep 2012 #41
Which did more to damage the country than any thing Nader is claimed to have bluestate10 Sep 2012 #66
And If he'd stick with those, fine. It's the political gadfly part that causes the anger JHB Sep 2012 #42
Whatever. Fuck Nader...nt SidDithers Sep 2012 #45
Good one! Octafish Sep 2012 #75
... SidDithers Sep 2012 #81
His acolytes were no picnic, either - like Joan Claybrook Mopar151 Sep 2012 #47
Nader and his fans aided and abetted Dick Cheney & George W. Bush & his presidency graham4anything Sep 2012 #51
He's done some great stuff, but he's still an asshole. GoneOffShore Sep 2012 #54
Actually there is a lot of similarities between Ron Paul supporters and Nader supporters.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #62
Egomaniac PatrickS Sep 2012 #59
Didn't you know? Nader was a SUPERMAN. bvar22 Sep 2012 #69
+1 CrispyQ Sep 2012 #70
and you will only get that from Obama and then Hillary 45 not from Naderepicfail graham4anything Sep 2012 #84
Hey, I said I'm voting for Obama. CrispyQ Sep 2012 #90
Other than that, what has he done for We the People lately? Octafish Sep 2012 #73
Man, did someone dig up the Boogeynader again? Taverner Sep 2012 #74
Yeah. Except for the paid Republican operative thing, he's peachy. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #77
I don't like him because of 2000. He cost us votes. All the good he did... hrmjustin Sep 2012 #78
Yeah, I know, but he dared criticize someone for something they did Kelvin Mace Sep 2012 #83
The evil that men do (2000) lives after them. frogmarch Sep 2012 #85
K and R bigwillq Sep 2012 #87
Yesterday's heroism DonCoquixote Sep 2012 #88
Well yes and he undermined most of those pieces of legislation RFKHumphreyObama Sep 2012 #91
Nader didn't steal or spoil the election. Democrats should stop taking left-wing votes for granted. limpyhobbler Sep 2012 #92
So Pres Obama is guilty of war crimes? Yes, Nader has done some good stuff. But Obama is "guilty of uppityperson Sep 2012 #93
oh... fuck- you mean to tell me HE'S RUNNING AGAIN?!?!? stlsaxman Sep 2012 #94
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