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Nader to Run for President

DRB

unemployed bum
Oct 24, 2002
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Watchin' you. Writing it all down.
Announcing today that he will.

"After careful thought and my desire to retire our supremely selected president, I've decided to run as an independent candidate for president,"

Along with the typical rant about the two party monopoly or duopoly as he calls it (very cleaver :rolleyes), which would be more in tune to what he has been going on for years. Then this comment ""The liberal intelligentsia," Nader said, "has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests." Who in the blue hell is he talking about? Then a bunch of blah blah about impeaching Bush etc.

But to say his desire to retire Bush his odd in that he in many ways is responsible for Bush winning in 2000. He carried enough votes in Florida (and New Hampshire to a lesser degree, DAMN YOU OHIO and you odd New Hamshirites.) that would have certainly gone in the majority to Gore if he hadn't run putting Al the Boring into office quite easily.

Its as an independent not for the Green Party, which is going to make it 10x more difficult to even get on the ballots in a lot of states. Wonder if the Green Party are even going to lay a candiate out there after 2000?
 
Originally posted by DRB
Announcing today that he will.

"After careful thought and my desire to retire our supremely selected president, I've decided to run as an independent candidate for president,"
What a flounder. As you point out, his only success will be in diluting the Democratic vote. I agree with his opinions on the 2 party system, but not for this election. Nader is a one trick pony, who only raises his his head every four years. He knows he cannot be elected, but would rather let Bush in for 4 more years than put his weight behind a reasonable Democrat. He says he would like to retaire Bush, but apparently he does not mean it.
 

Damn True

Monkey Pimp
Sep 10, 2001
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Between a rock and a hard place.
If Kerry is smart he'll approach Nader and either:
a) offer to author "x" number of pieces of legislature in the first 100 days of his presidency in exchange for Nader staying out of it.
b) put him on the ticket as VP.



If Nader is in, Kerry is out.
 

N8 v2.0

Not the sharpest tool in the shed
Oct 18, 2002
11,003
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The Cleft of Venus
I support his right to run, I can't believe the Dems would let Kusinich and Sharpton debate, but condemn Nader for wanting in.... these people are so twisted.
 

LordOpie

MOTHER HEN
Oct 17, 2002
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Denver
Originally posted by Capt. Jack Sparrow
Nader's motives seem entirely selfish to me. What's he trying to do, get in the record books for Person Who Ran the Most and Lost? :angry:
ah, a competitor for Jim Kelly!

(buffalo bills reference :))