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2016 Postmortem

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YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts)
Mon May 16, 2016, 05:07 PM May 2016

Ralph Nader: Trump’s Done Some Good, Clinton’s Winning By ‘Dictatorship' [View all]

...in an interview with U.S. News, Nader expressed more positive thoughts about Trump's candidacy than Clinton's.

The liberal activist says Trump has brought some important issues to the fore.

"He's questioned the trade agreements. He's done some challenging of Wall Street – I don't know how authentic that is. He said he's against the carried interest racket, for hedge funds. He's funded himself and therefore attacked special interest money, which is very important," Nader says. "But he's lowered the level of political debate to unheard-of depths of salacious, slanderous and vacuousness, garnished with massive self-boosterism and repetition."

"And that's not good, because that brought a lot of money into the media and that's the kind of debates they're going to want to goad."

When asked what positive contributions Clinton has made to the 2016 campaign, Nader called her a "corporatist, militarist Democrat" who would have been defeated by Sanders if every state held an open primary.

"She's going to win by dictatorship. Twenty-five percent of superdelegates are cronies, mostly. They weren't elected. They were there in order to stop somebody like Bernie Sanders, who would win by the vote," he says.


http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-05-13/ralph-nader-donald-trump-has-done-some-good-hillary-clintons-winning-by-dictatorship

Mr. Nadir should really drop the pretense of giving a shit about Democrats getting elected.
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Nadir has never pretended he wanted a democrat to win any election WhiteTara May 2016 #1
Nader tells it like it is. speaktruthtopower May 2016 #2
This is a website that supports Democrats. YoungDemCA May 2016 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2016 #13
This fucking guy. JaneyVee May 2016 #3
He's NOT funding himself - he loaned the money and is getting paid back from donors wealthier than blm May 2016 #5
Fuck Ralph Paul. (n/t) OilemFirchen May 2016 #6
dear ralph and bernie, we have an open primary in NOvember when everyone can vote for sanders/nader msongs May 2016 #7
LOL! Nader has hit a new nadir. Bill USA May 2016 #8
Ralph Nader is consistently correct. Those who hate him are making a statement about themselves. CobaltBlue May 2016 #9
FFS! mcar May 2016 #10
Fuck Ralph Nader. baldguy May 2016 #11
What Nader does better than anyone else on the left PDittie May 2016 #12
As much as I dread Trump... AZ Progressive May 2016 #14
Oh, Trump is going to defend American government from big business anigbrowl May 2016 #16
I don't want those trade deals to pass AZ Progressive May 2016 #19
I await to see Trumps views on VAT for real estate. joshcryer May 2016 #20
Lovely. barrow-wight May 2016 #21
She's winning by dictatorship? NobodyHere May 2016 #15
Ralph Nader can kiss my ass. Sarandon can go to hell. nt oasis May 2016 #17
Fuck Ralph Nader. joshcryer May 2016 #18
Ralph Nadar knowingly gave us George W Bush and Dick Cheney Justice May 2016 #22
Nader is a conspiracy theorist looney tune who can go piss up a rope. RBInMaine May 2016 #23
Oh, yes... DonJohnson Jun 2016 #24
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