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Nitram

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2. Nader used to be a hero of mine.

Reply to ehrnst (Original post)

Fri Sep 30, 2016, 09:00 AM

Sep 2016

But that ended when he helped George Bush win the presidency. To say that the two parties are equivalent was proved to be total hogwash when Bush invaded Iraq, as he had planned since his first day in office. And Nader has never been able to admit he made a mistake.

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