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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader: 'Cowering' Democrats face defeat [View all]Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)But we're also willing to do what's right for the country, and that means keeping the Republicans out. The last time a Republican won, (thanks due in no small part to Mr. Nader), our country barely survived. Nader doesn't seem to care about that. All he cares about is bashing Democrats and stroking his ego. He does absolutely nothing worthwhile in between presidential elections. He just disappears and then comes out again every four years, bashes the Democrats, claims to be the only real alternative, cares nothing about what the country or the planet will suffer if he draws votes away from Democrats when he has the stupidity to run, and then goes back into hibernation.
If that's the alternative to the Democrats, then that's really no alternative at all. Nader could run for Congress, he could run for Governor, he could run for Mayor, he could march with OWS. There's a whole bunch of things Nader could do to help progressives, but he doesn't. He enjoys his role as spoiler. And that makes him just as bad as any Republican.
Downtown Hound (a.k.a VERY repentant Nader 2000 voter. Worst vote I ever made, and I will NEVER make that mistake again)