Nader says debate over explosives is "marginal"

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Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader is Iowa today. In a phone interview with Radio Iowa prior to his appearance in Ames, Nader says all the talk about whether explosives are missing in Iraq is a marginal issue designed to distract voters. He says the two parties love to spar over those issues, "because then they don't have to face up to the needs of 47-million workers who work fulltime getting a wage they can live on."

http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=89DF4FF4-67EB-4BDB-B4EFCF10D290365F&dbtranslator=local.cfm


Marginal?? I think that for a president who claims to be making the world safer and is found to have not protected 3/4 million pounds of explosives which are now missing and probably in the hands of insurgents, I think it's a very important issue, not "marginal".

Nader's the marginal one, unfortunately he's in the margin of error.

[trumad]

1. Nader?

Who's he?

[Buck Rabbit]

31. An urban legend, that has been debunked. n/t

[Beetwasher]

2. There He Goes , Campaigning AGAINST Kerry, Just Like He Promised NOT TO DO

Asshole...

[bubbismith]

27. Agreed

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. Hey Nader, If some "rouge group" gets their filthy hands on this....

stuff, they WILL cause alot of trouble for us!!!

Ralph Nader is an ASSHOLE!!! :mad:

How can he say that this is NOT important. 400 TONS of EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL is missing in all parts of the world, the MIDDLE EAST!!!

My God, does Nader care about anything but himself???

:eyes:

[lightbulb]

4. Nobody's listening, old man Nader

So keep your treasonous mutterings to yo'self.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. Nader's not getting his limbs blown off

he should STFU.

[JusticeForAll]

12. Good response

Nader IS marginal.

[fujiyama]

33. Nader had a short stint

in the military. I think it's time to send him over again. After all under this admin. other older people are fighting.

Send Nader to Iraq. Stupd fucer.

[nebula]

6. I thought W was suppose to be the village idiot

Nader takes the new title, for most moronic comment made by a candidate.

[Emboldened Chimp]

7. Marginal? These explosives are probably KILLING our soldiers!

Fuck Nader and anybody who'd vote for his egotistical ass this time around.

[malatesta1137]

26. AND

the idiots who voted for him in 2000 as well, they are the reason we are in this mess in the first place. Talk about selfish elitism and lack of vision.

[maddezmom]

8. Nader SHADDUP!!!

[bowens43]

9. No one cares what Nader says......

He's a washed up bitter old fool.

[Robbie67]

40. No one cares, EXCEPT apparently people here at DU

n/t

[Cocoa]

10. Nader calling something "marginal"

that's pretty amusing.

[edbermac]

11. Look up "marginal" in the dictionary, you'll see Nader's picture...

The only thing I find remotely interesting about this is who will get fewer votes, Nader or Keyes? Ralph, you're a pimple on the ass of America...

[w13rd0]

13. nader

is marginal, and an ass

[PSU84]

14. Shut the fuck up, Ralph!

Ignorant fucking pig.

[Whoa_Nelly]

19. Absolutely, STFU, Nader!

Shut your piehole, and get back to doing other things rather than being an election spoiler!

[Zero Gravitas]

15. Screw you Nader

[aden_nak]

16. Yeah, 'cause Kerry never spends any time on the economy. Dick.

It's more like, "This discussion doesn't allow me to even get nominal airtime, thus I am going to whine about it."

[Bridget Burke]

17. "The Piranha Club" has been getting political....

This comic strip is mostly devoted to the antics of Ernie, who's got a toaster fetish, and his Uncle Ernie, member of the nefarious Piranha club. But this week has been devoted to the "Nader presidency"

http://pst.rbma.com/content/Piranha

I can't get the image to post. Risk a click!

[skypilot]

18. Nader seems to like to be dismissive.

I read once that he referred to the issues of gay rights and abortion as "gonad politics". It would be interesting to see how many issues Nader could tackle if he were president. Which will never happen.

[John Q. Citizen]

20. Personally,

I like Ralph.

But i think he's due a keylime pie in the face.

Nothing personal.

[neuvocat]

37. Maybe a few limes short of a pie.

[beniciodeltoro]

21. Many years ago I admired Nader

When did he go from consumer advocate to...
destroyer of the free world?
Is there an agenda we don't know about?

[aquart]

22. I hate that bastard. I hate him.

[Skittles]

23. same here

jobs are important but dammit so are tons of missing explosives. I wish Nader would just shut the f*** up.

[Spinzonner]

24. How many killed and maimed soldiers and Iraqi's

does it take to make it NOT marginal ?

[nolabels]

25. I am sure they would appreciate Ralph's comments on the subject

Maybe Ralph will come up with some more brilliant insights x(

[greekspeak]

28. Nader is SUB-marginal

He is part of ShrubCo somehow--exactly how I do not know. But he is a part of it.

[Tab]

32. Not so sure about part of shrubco

Ralph is very focused, doesn't care who gives him shit.

I think he has a particular set of convictions that he believes in, and I suspect that he figures that if the Republicans want to boost him to further their own agenda, that's fine with him, because it gives him the opportunity to get his message out.

I think Ralph is firmly intent on changing the system.

I regret that he doesn't recognize what has happened in the last four years and why he's a liability to America right now.

The same focus and singlemindedness that served him well in the 70s (or was it 60s?), is still there, but misaimed. Would that he be for exposing corruption in government, he could lead a charge against Bush.

Maybe he's in his own little bubble as he gets older? It can be tiring being politically involved; maybe he doesn't research stuff any more, maybe he's not paying attention.

It could be a lot of things (and jeez, don't think I support him), and I'm sure he knows he's being used by Bushco, but as long as it furthers his agenda, I don't think he cares. I'm not sure he's part of Bushco, though.

Butchaneverknow.

[Robbie67]

41. HERETIC!

O8)

[Carolab]

29. Well, good

now Kerry can tell everyone just how DELUSIONAL Ralph really is and how even HE doesn't seem to care about the criminal negligence of the Bush brigade.

[cubsfan forever]

30. Nader is a bitter old man n/t

Professor 2

[onehandle]

34. Go back to Russia, Ralph.

How many people has he driven from Liberalism? He embarrasses me.

[tabasco]

35. What happened to this guy??

Has anybody ever figured out when and why this man went to the dark side? He seems to be on the neocon payroll these days.

I suppose he doesn't give a shit about soldiers getting blown up with the stolen HE. In which case I say fuck him.

[MGKrebs]

36. HAHAHAHAHA!!

That headline is a keeper! Oh, the irony!

[saracat]

38. I guess it takes one to know one. Nader is marginal man.

The sad part is he has marginalized himself!

[robbedvoter]

39. From the "only anti-war candidate"? (war was for DISARMING Saddam)

geez, come to think of it, I don't remember him protesting war too much

[Robbie67]

42. WAR was for BushCo's ends

and the Democrats inability or unwillingness to stand up against it.

Saddam Hussein was as much of a threat as Fidel Castro is. IOW, no threat at all.

I don't remember Nader protesting the war too much either, but I DO remember that maybe 3 Democrats ever went to an anti-war rally. This is definitely reflected in the platform.

[Zynx]

43. I guess the Iraq war is marginal too...

And the economy, the environment, healthcare, and civil liberties. They're all marginal. All that matters is Ralph Nader's ego trip.

[Kadie]

44. Do you think Nader will run again next election?

I would think that everyone would be tired of him by now.

[The_Casual_Observer]

45. Ok, when was the last time Nader scored a victory over "the bad guys?"

I assume that he must have some sort of business suing corporations or something, so what was the last big one?

[ReadTomPaine]

46. If Bush manages to win this election ...

... we will see just how 'dedicated' Nader is. Just how 'bold' he is. My guess? He will disappear yet again, not lifting a finger to stop or derail a second Bush administration.

He will sit on his 'convictions' and shut his mouth, like he's done for the last four years outside of election periods. If he wants to be a real force, he should get his worthless hide on a charter plane and lead a march on Guantanamo Bay, or lead a delegation of independent journalists on a massive fact finding tour in Iraq or go on a hunger strike. But he hasn't got the guts or the vision anymore. Maybe he never did.

Theodore Geisel was a better, more effective and more dedicated progressive liberal than Nader ever was, without playing the part of a spoiler in politics, and he never worn his ego on his sleeve.

RTP

[mindfulNJ]

47. Did Nader fall on his head or something???

What the HELL has happened to him? It's sad and pathetic.:(

[progressivebydesign]

48. Matters to me, Nader, you dickhead!!! AND OUR TROOPS!!!

I guess Nader feels comfortable with his millions of dollars and his bodyguards.. but the REST of us aren't RESTING right now, thinking about 380 TONS of explosives in the hands of... ?????? Ask the families of those killed by the car bombs in Iraq, ask the Lockerbie families, if explosives like that are a BIG DEAL.

What an irrelevant dick. What does he think is SOOO much more important than Bush's deadly incompetence??