I wish I had said that.

And regarding Iraq, Bill Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Liberation_Act), perpetuated the sanctions on Iraq that killed 1/2 a million Iraqi children, and imposed the longest bombing campaign on Iraq that any country has endured since the Vietnam War. Did Gore repudiate Clinton on this score? No. Who was Gore’s running mate? Joseph Lieberman.

And the Democratic Party sure proved Nader wrong after the 2006 election when they caved to Bush and the Republicans time and again, didn’t they…

The Democratic party is a corrupt band of thugs, and its apologists are snivelling whiners.

No, you don’t get it. You don’t understand what the Greens were voting FOR in 2000. It’s very simple. With 5% showing, we would have had ballot status and matching funds for the next election. This is how movements are made, one step at a time. This was a direct challenge to the corporatist/fascist two party stranglehold.

It failed, thanks largely to the corporatist/fascist Democrats, whose affinity for democracy leaves quite a bit to be desired.

I never heard more whining than from Democrats who had to actually compete against a challenge from the Greens. They then created faux-Green “Progressive” Democratic groups, staffed by Kucinich et al, whose entire purpose is to squash third party challenges. Kucinich has shown how useless his politics are in influencing the Democrappic Party. He is simply a siphon, someone to keep the Naders/Greens/McKinneys from getting anywhere that could challenge the mountain of corruption lovingly called the Democratic Party.

Just arrest all the war criminals at the top, and figure out who’s left. That’s the government we need at this point in our history. Oh, yeah, US “leaders” can commit no war crimes. They don’t exist.

Gray, how many times do I have to tell you? You seem like a smart guy with a lot of time on your hands, why don’t you read some of my other posts and figure out that I support Barack Obama? I would only vote for Nader if Clinton gets the Dem nomination and no one else enters the race. Are you expecting Hillary and the superdelegates to thief this one?

And, at the same time, he is far less a contributor to changing America, because of his almost total inavtivizty int he last years. He, who does nothing, can do nothing wrong.
You think this qualification is good enough to vote for him? Aw, come on…

Hey, Mike, if you want more progressive politics, why don’t you invest some energy in changing things, instead of simply wasting your vote on Nader?

Hindsight is 20/20, but you still need glasses, Jane. Ralph Nader is far less a “contributor” to America’s present woes than empowered Democrats who have willingly allowed George Bush to do whatever the hell he wants. Why don’t you go bang on Pelosi’s and Reid’s doors and ask them why they won’t allow Kucinich and Conyers et al. to proceed with impeachment?

The voters soundly rejected Dennis Kucinich and John Edwards. Both support some of the same positions and were far better candidates.

Ralph should go home.

To make you happy, just because I said that you wrote a great post doesn’t mean that I agree with the contents. I liked the post because it was well written, thought out, logical, and showed excellent scholarship. To me that is more important than whether I agree with the contents or not:)

Jeff

There’s something inherently disturbing about the fact that you and I agree on this, but I’ll take the compliment as it was intended. Thanks.

Jeff

Ralph Nader is running for President again. What can he really hope to accomplish, beyond giving a safety valve to cynical progressives who would rather give the election to McCain than vote for a Democrat?…