MetaFilter posts tagged with nader and politics

Nader sues Democratic Party for conspiring against democracy

finite — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:07:32 -0800

Yesterday, Ralph Nader sued the Democratic Party for conspiring to prevent him from running for president in 2004. The lawsuit alleges that defendants used “groundless and abusive litigation” to bankrupt Ralph Nader’s campaign and force him off the ballot in 18 states, and names as co-defendants the Kerry-Edwards campaign, the Service Employees International Union, private law firms, and organizations like the Ballot Project and America Coming Together that were created to promote voter turnout on behalf of the Democratic ticket. According to attorney Carl Mayer from the team that filed the suit, interviewed this morning by Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman, "what this lawsuit will do, and the importance of it is, is to set a precedent so that the two-party monopoly system that shuts out minor parties in a way that other Western democracies never do, that this will set a precedent to prevent this type of intimidation and harassment."

Nader Raiders?

monju_bosatsu — Sat, 30 Oct 2004 07:09:53 -0800

Nader finally goes off the deep end. Looks like he got his debates after all ... with action figures?!

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.

Pesky Greens

caddis — Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:20:41 -0800

Attack Nader early and often to prevent the Greens from throwing another election into the hands of the Republicans. Michael Tomasky in the American Prospect argues that Howard Dean is the man who can best profit from this technique. Will Nader give us four more years of GW? He makes a good point that the Green Party would get more results from working within the Democratic Party than from essentially attacking it like they did in 2000.

Freedom vs. Security cost benefit analysis

Birichini — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 07:32:22 -0800

Civil liberties and privacy may be priceless, but they may soon have a price tag. In this NYT article, describes efforts by the White House Office of Management and Budget to quantify the cost of enhanced security and lessened liberties. "As long as they're going to deal with monetary evaluations, I told them they should start asking about the cost of destroying democracy," said Mr. 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.

Sean Meade — Wed, 29 Nov 2000 11:49:47 -0800

I looked at the Green Party platform for the first time today, as a followup to the Nader discussion below. I like the ideas, in general, but how would we fund them? I don't like current economic policies, etc, but the money sure seems to flow. A lot of us seem to be Greens. How's it work?

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.

Mr. skullhead — Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:28:29 -0800

Whiny labor leaders and liberal Democrats blast Nader.

Kind of ironic since these are exactly the people who should have supported Nader in the first place since Clinton/Gore brought us NAFTA, elimination of many benefits for the poor, etc. etc.

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

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

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.

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.

owillis — Tue, 24 Oct 2000 18:36:38 -0800

Gore vs. Nader saved by vote swapping? Here's your political Napster...

aprilgem — Sat, 21 Oct 2000 19:24:37 -0800

Greens for Gore have a voting strategy. If you like Nader, you might want to see what they have in mind.

snakey — Mon, 09 Oct 2000 10:11:43 -0800

Nader debates Gore advisor this week They might not let him debate Gore face to face, but hey, at least this is something. Way to put the issues on the table, Ralph.

solistrato — Thu, 05 Oct 2000 07:58:32 -0800

More Hot Nader Action Coming At You. Because you cannot post enough links about Ralph Nader on Metafilter. The curious thing about this article comes at the end, with the analysis of Nader's message. Yeah, Ralph's against a lot of stuff, but what is he for? What are his plans and agendas?

snakey — Tue, 03 Oct 2000 10:46:27 -0800

Did Anybody catch Nader and Buchanan on Larry King last night? I did, and I actually found myself *agreeing* with Buchanan -- on so many issues that I surprised and shocked myself!

thirteen — Fri, 08 Sep 2000 08:45:46 -0800

The Democrats are trying to throw Ralph off the ballot in Illinois. Other states are too. What'r you gonna do about it?