MetaFilter posts tagged with Nader and RalphNader

A frightened man?

leibniz — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:02:26 -0800

Ralph Nader appraises Obama's first 9 months as president (guess how he feels). Warning: video starts automatically (with bizarre illustrative clips occasionally thrown in). Executive summary: * His early months in office have been "very disappointing." * Obama is "a frightened man," who won't take on corporate power. * Obama is "conflict averse" - and a "harmony ideology type," who's being taken advantage of by the sharks in Congress, of both parties. * He's "Bush-Cheney redux" when it comes to military and foreign policy, "albeit with better speeches" to the Muslim world. Given Obama's handling of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Nader wonders in amazement: "And they gave him the [Nobel] Peace Prize?"

Nader Challenges Black Box Voting

snakey — Fri, 05 Nov 2004 20:42:00 -0800

Nader Challenges Black Box Voting in NH

My Life as Ralph Nader's Flunkie

Postroad — Tue, 27 Apr 2004 08:34:24 -0800

My Life as Ralph Nader's Flunkie Ralph Nader believes an independent candidacy should "generate more understandings and support for major new directions for our country." His website says these new directions include "repeal of laws that obstruct trade union organization by millions of workers mired in poverty by wages that cannot meet their minimum family livelihoods." The site prescribes "a living wage for tens of millions of workers making under $10 an hour." But the perennial leftist candidate, whose name will appear on the presidential ballot for the third consecutive time this November, has not played by the same rules he strives to make binding for corporations and private businesses.

Nader running in 2004

XQUZYPHYR — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 09:52:56 -0800

Ralph Nader announces 2004 presidential bid. Nader revealed on Meet the Press this morning (transcript here) that he will run as an independent candidate for the 2004 presidential race. (Follow-up from here and here)

It begins.

XQUZYPHYR — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:53:26 -0800

Ralph Nader forms 2004 exploratory committee. As Josh Marshall notes, the web site appears empty but has most of its information hidden behind a blank index page, including the FAQ which, of course, addresses the... incident... in Florida.

Nader takes on the SEC, will a campaign be next?

StormBear — Tue, 04 Mar 2003 20:17:23 -0800

Nader takes on the SEC, will a campaign be next? Bit by bit, Ralph Nader does what he does best, annoying those who abuse power. This last year, he has kept with advocacy that is in parallel with smart campaign strategy and the creation of the SEC watchdog group is an example of that. The Greens are still debating him in the forums, wondering if he is still their guy. Maybe they should be asking if he's OUR guy?

raysmj — Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:40:32 -0800

Ralph repents? Or something? The man many Democrats see as just a few steps short of an evil spawn of Satan for being a 2000 election spoiler has issued statements of support for 13 non-Green candidates in tight races. These are all Democrats, including Jean Carnahan (Mo.), Tim Johnson (S.D.) and Tom Strickland (Co.). "I certainly don't want Republicans controlling Congress," Nader said. What happened to the "things have to get worse before they get better" theory? Or has the situation in D.C. indeed grown so bad that at least some Dems. are turning far enough left for Nader? (Note: He'd thrown support behind Wellstone, even though there's a Green candidate for Senate in Minn.)

Postroad — Sun, 10 Feb 2002 04:02:34 -0800

Enron? Nader is glad you asked While Democrats are readily dismissive of Nader's efforts, claiming he wrecked their chnces in the last election, the Demorats and the Republicans seemed incapable of standing up to the corporations and the largesse being handed out. Could Nader have made a difference? Or, better, can he now make a difference?

crasspastor — Tue, 08 Jan 2002 02:36:06 -0800

Nader to Gates: "It is significant that a small number of persons who run the company hold a substantial share of the stock in the company, a fact that is very unusual for such a large publicly traded corporation."

"This also raises questions about whether or not these persons, including yourself, are accumulating these staggering sums of cash to advance other agendas, rather than to advance the interest of shareholders."

Nader Nader Nader

Jart — Thu, 06 Sep 2001 07:03:19 -0800

Is Nader Right? Or is he just fooling himself? I mean, even I can tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans. Apparently, the best Ralph can ever hope for is to ruin the Democratic party. If I were a Republican, I'd be donating to the Green party right about now.

Postroad — Mon, 23 Apr 2001 06:02:05 -0800

Unrepentant Nader Is Nader a Sancho Panza, the realist, or Don Quixote, the dreamer, when he says Bush policies toward environment help ignite attention to our needs and thus good to have? Or is he just a guy who can't believe he might have been wrong?

lagado — Tue, 28 Nov 2000 20:36:46 -0800

What went wrong for Ralph? Now that the whining and accusations has died down a little, it's time to finally ask the hard question: So why did Ralph Nader do so badly?. Did his campaign drift too far left? Was Winnona LaDuke the right running mate? Did the Green party help or hurt him? What did Nader himself do to screw his own campaign.

gluechunk — Thu, 23 Nov 2000 13:58:55 -0800

Nader recommends a coin toss for Bush/Gore - sounds good to me

thirteen — Thu, 16 Nov 2000 08:57:58 -0800

I know it is cheap and easy to link to Salon, but I imagine this might make interesting conversation.
We can thank Nader and his supporters for the election mess -- and they're not even sorry.
Don't you idiots know the Democratic party owns your votes? Quit being so selfish.

acridrabbit — Thu, 09 Nov 2000 19:41:23 -0800

GORE: Mr. Nader will not be getting a Christmas card from the Gore family.

fraying — Tue, 07 Nov 2000 18:19:12 -0800

Live election night coverage from Nader HQ! Ralph Nader + weblog format = obvious metafilter post.

snakey — Fri, 03 Nov 2000 09:08:48 -0800

Nader Responds to Accusations of Hypocrisy “I will fight for the U’wa and investor accountability by backing a shareholder resolution at the next Annual General Meeting of Fidelity Investments–one of the largest shareholders in Occidental Petroleum and I urge social and environmental screens as a filter for all holdings."

tiaka — Thu, 02 Nov 2000 12:37:42 -0800

One, err... several reasons to vote nader. more inside.

rschram — Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:21:53 -0800

RLC's crypto-Nader ad in Realplayer (lo-fi)
And the Hi-fi version See this post for context.

daveadams — Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:12:21 -0800

Nader's new television ad parodies those hilarious monster.com ads with the little kids hoping they'll grow up to have crappy jobs. In the Nader ad, the kids hope they'll grow up to have the same crappy politicians, sold out to corporations, with no real change.

bkdelong — Tue, 31 Oct 2000 08:06:14 -0800

California shuts down Nader-Gore vote trading site. This is absolutely ridiculous. "William Wood, chief counsel for the office of the secretary of state, said yesterday morning that trading for anything valuable is illegal. "

dhartung — Sun, 29 Oct 2000 09:24:41 -0800

Tiny little Nader on a magcard. According to a poster at my site, he and his wife stumbled over a mysterious mag-stripe card at the mall. On this card, the number "4" and a small dot. When examined with a jeweler's loupe, it proved to be a microscopic holographic image of Ralph Nader

saralovering — Sat, 28 Oct 2000 06:38:15 -0800

nader's stock portfolio "In the financial disclosure form Nader filed on June 14, the Green Party presidential candidate revealed that he owns between $100,000 and $250,000 worth of shares in the Fidelity Magellan Fund. The fund controls 4,321,400 shares of Occidental Petroleum stock." Read on for more...

owillis — Fri, 27 Oct 2000 21:31:01 -0800

Nader/Gore Vote swap in effect 1,107 votes changed hands so far

thirteen — Wed, 25 Oct 2000 23:17:33 -0800

Has there been a negative Nader thread here yet?
"According to his former editor David Sanford, Nader is a hypochondriac who refuses dinner invitations from anyone with pets, because he thinks cats cause leukemia, and simply hates dogs."
There are even crazy quotes.