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In reply to the discussion: I think it deserves it's own thread: Gore won the election [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)48. Nader--have intellectual honesty? Not only was his 2004 campaign paid for by the GOP, he has
spouted garbage like this as recently as 2011:
Ralph Nader hearts Sarah Palin?
We decided to call the longtime left crusader about a speech Palin gave in Iowa earlier this month, one which seemed to mark the transformation of Palin from a standard-issue movement conservative to something more independent and more reformist. And Nader told us he liked what he heard.
I think shes a lot smarter than most people credit her, says Nader. Judging by her comments, she is squarely in the camp of conservative populism, opposed to corporatism and its corporate state.
There is a word for people who sell themselves like that. And he doesn't even have the "intellectual honesty" to admit that he's been for sale for a long, long time (and he's become very, very rich from the transactions, too). He's also about as LEFT as my right foot, IMO.
All I can say is
Ralph Nader hearts Sarah Palin?
We decided to call the longtime left crusader about a speech Palin gave in Iowa earlier this month, one which seemed to mark the transformation of Palin from a standard-issue movement conservative to something more independent and more reformist. And Nader told us he liked what he heard.
I think shes a lot smarter than most people credit her, says Nader. Judging by her comments, she is squarely in the camp of conservative populism, opposed to corporatism and its corporate state.
There is a word for people who sell themselves like that. And he doesn't even have the "intellectual honesty" to admit that he's been for sale for a long, long time (and he's become very, very rich from the transactions, too). He's also about as LEFT as my right foot, IMO.
All I can say is
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You're correct. It is the smarter thing to do. But in a country where first impressions
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2014
#3
True that. If the entire state had been recounted, which it later was, Gore won.
Zen Democrat
Jan 2014
#2
And that election was the only time ever that the Supreme Court chose the winner.
pacalo
Jan 2014
#43
I remember when you first posted that picture, and told a few tales-not out of school, of course-
MADem
Jan 2014
#47
Are you trying to diffuse the petty bickering that is currently ongoing elsewhere on DU? Or,
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2014
#11
I concur: we're not going to survive in present form for more than another couple of decades.
Lizzie Poppet
Jan 2014
#30
I recall being in utter disbelief that our system could become so corrupt. Now I just take it for
adirondacker
Jan 2014
#50
AND, he almost lost because HE WAS NOT PROGRESSIVE ENOUGH, not the reverse.
grahamhgreen
Jan 2014
#23
I think Nader is an asshole, and I have never once voted for a Republican--and I couldn't
MADem
Jan 2014
#41
Nope, those 100,000 folks are Panhandle Democrats who always vote Republican in state wide and
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#56
I don't understand Nader supporters constantly bringing up 100,000 Dixiecrats who voted for Shrub
Hippo_Tron
Jan 2014
#57
They think those 100,000 allow them to blame Democrats for the election theft instead of Nader
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#60
"Single progressive who had the greatest influence on throwing the election to Bush"
Hippo_Tron
Jan 2014
#59
I assume you meant to write that Nader took more than 90,000 votes, which strengthens your point.
Jim Lane
Jan 2014
#61
Overturning Florida's electoral votes would've required a Republican controlled House...
Hippo_Tron
Jan 2014
#78
What DOES matter is that Bush became President. That meaning of who "won" is important.
Jim Lane
Jan 2014
#45