Ralph Nadar Joins The Circus Called Election 2008

Posted by on 2/24/2008

He’s baaaack! Nadar announces presidential bid. According to the AP, “Ralph Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close to big business and pledging to repeat a bid that will “shift the power from the few to the many.”

How many votes will he take from the Democrats?

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10 Comments.

  1. Robert 2/24/2008 at February 24, 2008 - 01:34 PM

    Bwa ha ha ha ha! :) ) Nader joins the race! Well good, because NO Republican or Conservative would ever vote for him, so he’ll only siphon off nutroot votes from the Democrites.

    I am still hoping Messiah and Savior Al Gore rides in on his white horse and declares. That would be sooo rich! Loyal Democrites would be torn between the African-American man of hope, the smartest woman in America and heir to the throne, and the Messiah and Savior of the planet!

  2. San Francisco Liberal 2/24/2008 at February 24, 2008 - 04:30 PM

    Ugh.

    8-|

  3. Pam 2/24/2008 at February 24, 2008 - 06:31 PM

    I honestly did not see this coming!

  4. San Francisco Liberal 2/24/2008 at February 24, 2008 - 08:05 PM

    I seriously doubt he will even come close to having the same impact he’s had in the past.

  5. Pam 2/24/2008 at February 24, 2008 - 08:12 PM

    SFL, there are alot of fools out there..I think the media is hoping he won’t have an affect, but I do think he will..it will be close enough without him in it..

  6. snowy egret 2/25/2008 at February 25, 2008 - 09:18 AM

    SFL is probibly a supporter of RALPH NERDIER since SFL is a nerd:-j

  7. Robert 2/25/2008 at February 25, 2008 - 10:11 AM

    I too doubt Nader will have much of an impact. This is way late in the game; he can’t seriously think he’s going to accomplish much beyond getting his name in the news. Maybe that’s the whole idea…after all, if you are under 50, you’ve probably scarcely heard of him. Today’s young people don’t even know what a Corvair was…If everybody forgets about Nader, they have no more use for him…

  9. call for a national crackdown on the corporate crime, fraud, and abuse that have robbed trillions of dollars from workers, investors, pension holders, taxpayers and consumers. Among the reforms that won’t be suggested are …
  10. demand that workers receive a living wage instead of a minimum wage. … repeal of the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, …forming or joining trade unions … Wal-Mart or McDonald’s levels.
  11. call for a withdrawal from the WTO and NAFTA. Renegotiated trade agreements should stick to …
  12. a call for our income tax system to be substantially revamped so that workers can keep more of their wages while we tax the things we like least, … that corporations should be required to pay their fair share;
  13. a call for a single payer health system. … a program with quality and cost controls and an emphasis on prevention.
  14. stand up to the commercial interests profiting from our current energy situation. … major new initiatives in solar energy, doubling motor vehicle fuel efficiency, … clean energy technologies. … recognition that current fossil fuels are producing not just global warming, but also cancer, respiratory diseases, and geopolitical entanglements. …ending environmental racism that leads to more contaminated water, air, and toxic dumps in poorer neighborhoods.
    reduction in the military budget that devours half the federal government’s operating expenditures at a time when there is no Soviet Union or other major state enemy …a wasteful defense weakens our country and distorts priorities at home.
  15. call for electoral reform. Both parties have shamelessly engaged in gerrymandering,
    Other electoral reforms …reducing barriers to candidates, same day registration, a voter verified paper record for electronic voting, run-off voting to insure winners receive a majority vote, binding none-of-the-above choices and most important, full public financing to guarantee clean elections.
  16. a failed war on drugs that costs nearly $50 billion annually. And the major candidates will not argue that addicts should be treated rather than imprisoned. .. repeal the “three strikes and you’re out”laws that have needlessly filled our jails or to end mandatory sentencing that hamstrings our judges.
  17. stop ignoring the diverse Israeli peace movement whose members have developed accords for a two state solution with their Palestinian and American counterparts. .. a real Washington peace show for the security of the American, Palestinian, and Israeli people.
  18. stand up to business interests that have backed changes to our civil justice system that restrict or close the courtroom to wrongfully injured and cheated individuals, but not to corporations. …campaign against fraud and injury upon innocent patients, consumers, and workers?
  • FrmrArtyOffcr 2/25/2008 at February 25, 2008 - 10:34 PM

    Nader’s another nutjob. He’s so clueless about how an economy works it’s pathetic.

    Once again another person who has NEVER had to be responsible for a bottom line. It’s amazing how people who aren’t capable of managing a company successfully thinks they’re qualified to manage the nation’s economy successfully.

  • San Francisco Liberal 2/26/2008 at February 26, 2008 - 11:39 AM

    Yeah, he won’t even make a dent this year.

    Look at the trend; 2000 was his high water mark, then 2004 he didn’t do nearly as well…thus will be said about 2008.

    I have to agree with Robert. Me thinks this is about getting his name in the news.

    Sad, for such a great man and consumer advocate to have fallen so far.