2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What about a Sanders/Nader ticket? [View all]floyd1
(20 posts)Ralph Nader says that Bernie entering the race is "good news", but he is not completely satisfied with Bernie's platform- particularly with Bernie's general lack of clarity on attacking the military-industrial complex and Bernie's stance on the Israel/Palestine conflict. Bernie has not come out explicitly against aid to Israel and does not totally condemn the attacks against Gaza by the right-wing Likuds. Bernie justifies the attacks (in the video below) based off of Israeli propaganda (Namely the fact that Hamas does not want Israel to exist). However, Bernie has stated in a recent town-hall meeting that the attacks on hospitals and sanctuaries by Israel in the latest attack on Gazans was "horrendous".
Ralph's other critique of Bernie would be his legitimating the Democratic/Republican Party by running within it. The two party system has been a big part of Ralph's critique. Recently on Ralph's weekly radio show "Ralph Nader Hour", reporter and activist Chris Hedges said that when he asked Bernie why "would he ever want to run as a Democrat?" (Bernie being a long-time Independent), Bernie said because he "didn't want to end up like Nader", a political pariah. Nader has rarely appeared on major television since 2000 and has been unable to garner connections with leading Democrats. Let's remember that Ralph Nader has said multiple times that Bernie Sanders has never replied to any of Ralph's mail or telephone calls. Sanders is still playing the 'game': Let's hope there is a miracle and he wins it- anything is better than flip-flopper "Generalissima Hillary R. Clinton" as Ralph Nader always says!
Here are some sources to back up the above comments:
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-http://ralphnaderradiohour.com/2015/07/11/chris-hedges-dr-nicholas-ashford/
P.S.:
More likely, and more politically savvy: Sanders/Warren ticket.
Cheers!