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Gothmog

(145,130 posts)
13. Rove funded Nader's campaign
Thu May 19, 2016, 05:24 PM
May 2016

For some funny reason, Karl Rove funded Nader in 2000 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-zuesse/ralph-nader-was-indispens_b_4235065.html

Furthermore, Karl Rove and the Republican Party knew this, and so they nurtured and crucially assisted Nader's campaigns, both in 2000 and in 2004. On 27 October 2000, the AP's Laura Meckler headlined "GOP Group To Air Pro-Nader TV Ads." She opened: "Hoping to boost Ralph Nader in states where he is threatening to hurt Al Gore, a Republican group is launching TV ads featuring Nader attacking the vice president [Mr. Gore]. ... 'Al Gore is suffering from election year delusion if he thinks his record on the environment is anything to be proud of,' Nader says [in the commercial]. An announcer interjects: 'What's Al Gore's real record?' Nader says: 'Eight years of principles betrayed and promises broken.'" Meckler's report continued: "A spokeswoman for the Green Party nominee said that his campaign had no control over what other organizations do with Nader's speeches." Bush's people - the group sponsoring this particular ad happened to be the Republican Leadership Council - knew exactly what they were doing, even though the liberal suckers who voted so carelessly for Ralph Nader obviously did not. Anyone who drives a car the way those liberal fools voted, faces charges of criminal negligence, at the very least. But this time, the entire nation crashed as a result; not merely a single car.

This is from the GOP bag of dirty tricks that worked once and Rove has been running attack ads against Clinton but not Sanders. Again the GOP knows which candidate is the weakest general election candidate
Most likely it's happening right now Cali_Democrat May 2016 #1
Bernie is now a Trump/GOP errand boy. arely staircase May 2016 #2
A ton! LondonReign2 May 2016 #12
Bernie Sanders’s Conservative Fanboys - Daily Beast Bill USA May 2016 #25
We know it is going on timmymoff May 2016 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author artislife May 2016 #7
+ 1,000,000! (n/t) Amaril May 2016 #10
No doubt, particular with the rhetoric BS is spewing today. nt eastwestdem May 2016 #4
I'm wondering the same thing Vogon_Glory May 2016 #5
They are going to try to boost the weaker candidate. That is Bernie. nt LexVegas May 2016 #6
Hell, I would if I were them. Look at it from their perspective: TwilightZone May 2016 #8
Bernie's campaign exists because the people want it to exist. Ken Burch May 2016 #9
You're missing something Vogon_Glory May 2016 #11
Totally agree with your last paragraph Txbluedog May 2016 #14
I agree with you about the right-wing mole problem. Ken Burch May 2016 #16
Rove funded Nader's campaign Gothmog May 2016 #13
Remember when Kerry received from GOP donors at a rate 10 times that of Nader? Luminous Animal May 2016 #15
For the purpose of defeating Republicans. Nader took their money to defeat Democrats arely staircase May 2016 #17
Huh? bonemachine May 2016 #23
So the GOP money men were giving Nader money to defeat Bush? arely staircase May 2016 #24
Remember when Clinton went after Bush, Cruz, and Rubio donors. QC May 2016 #18
Yes. For money to defeat Donald Trump. Nader took their money to defeat AL Gore. arely staircase May 2016 #20
Wait... bonemachine May 2016 #22
Of course but not for the reasons of beating bush, just to suppress Gore numbers but you know that uponit7771 May 2016 #28
We know about Crossroads. NCTraveler May 2016 #19
I'm confident that it's not happening. hellofromreddit May 2016 #21
Well (with side eye) uponit7771 May 2016 #26
I doubt they need to do that, Trump simply repeats everything that Bernie The_Casual_Observer May 2016 #27
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