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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader On The Rise of Bernie [View all]SusanCalvin
(6,592 posts)59. I completely understand.
I was just ©¥£ed that after 2000 he didn't sit out 2004. Throwing everything into dethroning Shrub would have been a great statement.
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Nader made a huge difference in the state. He didn't just control a SINGLE vote,
pnwmom
Apr 2016
#16
Maybe also, but Nader did on one of the news stations on election night 08
sweetloukillbot
Apr 2016
#12
So it's okay to use a racist term against the first African American president if he is a sellout
sweetloukillbot
Apr 2016
#20
No, I don't think Nader is a racist, and I don't think he meant that term in a racist way. n/t
TIME TO PANIC
Apr 2016
#21
The evidence was on national TV. When confronted on it he doubled down.
sweetloukillbot
Apr 2016
#25
I find people willing to defend the use of a racist term on a Democratic site disturbing
sweetloukillbot
Apr 2016
#28
There's more than "the electoral process" at stake in a participatory democracy.
Petrushka
Apr 2016
#46
I have the greatest respect for the work Nader did. His comments in the last 5 or so years though
merrily
Apr 2016
#3
If you mean Gore, different sources say different things about whether he won the popular vote.
merrily
May 2016
#61
Because he ran for president as a spoiler, even though I don't believe he cost anyone an election.
SusanCalvin
Apr 2016
#45
I like his ideas about the "civic marathon." Ad hominems can't diminish this man's ideas.
ancianita
Apr 2016
#55