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In reply to the discussion: Caroline Kennedy Says She Will Back Hillary Clinton, Warren camp says NY Post article... [View all]pnwmom
(110,171 posts)Just like you're claiming that Jeb and Hillary are the same.
You might have known that Bush and Gore weren't the same. I knew they weren't the same. But Nader helped misinform the 97,000 people who voted for him over Gore or Bush because -- who cares? -- Bush and Gore were the same -- just Tweedledee and Tweedledum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Nader_presidential_campaign,_2000
In October 2000, at the largest Super Rally[14] of his campaign, in New York City's Madison Square Garden, 15,000 people paid $20 each to attend the rally at which Nader said that Al Gore and George W. Bush were "Tweedledee and Tweedledum -they look and act the same, so it doesn't matter which you get."[1] He denounced Gore and Bush as "drab and dreary" choices, whose policies primarily reflect the influence of corporate campaign contributions. He further charged that corporate influence has blurred any meaningful distinctions between the Democratic and Republican parties.[15]
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Harry G. Levine, in his essay Ralph Nader as Mad Bomber states that Tarek Milleron, Ralph Nader's nephew and advisor, when asked why Nader wouldn't agree to avoid swing states where his chances of getting votes were less, answered, "Because we want to punish the Democrats, we want to hurt them, wound them."
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nader-assails-major-parties/
"Our two parties are basically one corporate party wearing two heads and different makeup," Nader said. "There is a difference between Tweedledum and Tweedledee, but not that much."
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"They are look alike parties," Nader said. And if his campaign causes either party to shrink, "that's exactly what we want them to do."