Ralph Nader calls for the impeachment of Obama while he praises libertarians.

[Cali_Democrat]

Ralph Nader's America: Impeach Obama, decriminalize drugs, libertarians & progressives unite!
By Jeff Zeleny, Jordyn Phelps, and Alexandra Dukakis

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“On Capitol Hill, I'm seeing more and more in Congress, left and right,” Nader told “The Fine Print.” “It was a vote in the House over a year ago over the NSA snooping, it almost broke through … so we're beginning to see formulations that once they click together, they're unstoppable.”

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Nader expects there is going to be a growth of left-right alliances in Congress, pointing to the war on drugs and bank regulatory efforts as areas of possibly confluence. On the war on drugs, Nader said that the United States should entirely decriminalize and move to regulate all drugs in the same way alcohol and tobacco are regulated.

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When it comes to the current president, Nader said that Obama has violated the Constitution on several occasions and should be impeached.

"Oh, most definitely," Nader said when asked if Congress should bring forward articles of impeachment against Obama. "The reason why Congress doesn't want to do it is because it's abdicated its own responsibility under the Constitution."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/ralph-naders-america-impeach-obama-decriminalize-drugs-libertarians-progressives-unite-110418813.html

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. I've said it before, and I'll say it again....Fuck the S.S. Nader, and all who sail in him!

[we can do it]

4. I'll join you fuck all of them.

[Tarheel_Dem]

13. !!!

[mcar]

29. Can't be said enough

[Tarheel_Dem]

38. Couldn't agree more.

[riqster]

2. Leopards, spots.,.

[Wolf Frankula]

3. The Left's Ann Coulter

He's about fame and fortune for Ralfie Rumplesuit, and posturing before adoring crowds of Ralfers. (Ralfers, that's my name for Rumplesuit's followers.)

Wolf

[bowens43]

5. this asshole has always been a ridiculous clown.....he needs to sit down an stfu

[Jim Lane]

53. No, he hasn't ALWAYS been a ridiculous clown. That's what's so tragic.

In his productive years he did a hell of a lot of good in this country. I was a big admirer of his.

So fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn
Which once he wore;
The glory from his gray hairs gone
For evermore!

-- John Greenleaf Whittier

[mylye2222]

6. STFU NADER please!

[OnyxCollie]

7. Tell me why domestic surveillance without a warrant isn't an impeachable offense.

I'll wait.

[Cali_Democrat]

9. I assume you're referring to the meta data collection in which a warrant was obtained?

Is metadata collection overkill? I believe it is.

Is it impeachable or even illegal?

Nope.

So you do think Obama should be impeached over it?

[pnwmom]

10. Because it was done in accordance with a law passed by Congress.n/t

[SidDithers]

12. Are you calling for Obama's impeachment?...

I'll wait.

Posting privileges before principles, I'll bet.

Sid

[Bobbie Jo]

19. Every time. nt

[JI7]

42. yes, i would not vote for Obama or other Dems if i felt that way about them

[MohRokTah]

15. Because it was done under the USA PATRIOT Act?

It was 100% legal?

Your beef is with the USA PATRIOT Act which has withstood SCOTUS scrutiny?

I'm all for repealing that abomination but really, you think following the law is an impeachable offense?

[Tarheel_Dem]

21. Since you haven't responded, I'm assuming your idiotic non-question was answered?

[msanthrope]

22. Kindly cite the specific instance of which you speak. I'll wait. nt

[Tarheel_Dem]

36. He can't, he hasn't received the latest tp's to back up the claim.

[JI7]

43. why are you on a website that supports Democrats if you feel that way about the Dem PRes and the

party that supports him ?

[Orsino]

8. Which part of the Constitution...

...permits the Chief Executive to order extra-judicial killing, indefinite detention without charge, or to accept bribes?

'Cause I think that's a case for impeachment, if there is one, and could have been brought against more presidents than Obama.

[1StrongBlackMan]

47. Accept bribes??? ...

Okay ... link to it or stfu about impeachment.

The rest of your concern is contained in the Commander in Chief role under the Congressionally passed Patriot Acts.

[Orsino]

54. I'll STFU, gladly, after someone links me...

...the diplomatic qualifications of George Tsunis.

[1StrongBlackMan]

56. So you're claiming that the diplomatic appointment ...

Was the result of bribery?

[Orsino]

57. I'm only waiting for a list of Tsunis' other qualifications.

[1StrongBlackMan]

58. In other words ...

"I made a B.S. claim that I can't back up."

[Orsino]

59. His qualifications should be easily Googleable, but somehow I can't find them.

I'm sure that one of his fans will enlighten us.

[1StrongBlackMan]

60. So tell us ...

what does his unfindable qualifications have to do with your bribery assertion?

BTW, my google seems to be working just fine.

http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/ambassador-to-norway-who-is-george-tsunis-131207?news=851850

I'm not a fan of Tsunis; but I am less of a fan of B.S.

[Orsino]

61. Defending sinecures for donors is not the hill you want to defend, I can see.

And I agree. Oh, I know that we have long been conditioned to accept a little quid pro quo, and by Citizens United standards ambassadorships for cronies are small potatoes. But it is paying for access to money and power, and it's not something that we necessarily have to tolerate or minimize, if we care.

Let's not pretend that it's something fundamentally different from what the law recognizes as bribery...no more than I would claim that Obama invented it.

[1StrongBlackMan]

63. Okay. eom

[LordGlenconner]

11. Did he do it from him multi-million dollar town home?

Ralph Nader is a charlatan.

[MohRokTah]

14. I seem to recall a DUer posting something about impeachment and how Obama should resign.

NAder apparently doesn't understand how impeachment works based upon his comments.

[conservaphobe]

16. Exhibit Z in the case of why anyone who defends Nader's honor is not our friend.

[Initech]

17. Fuck off Nader.

We didn't impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney for war crimes but we'll impeach Obama because of a bullshit, fact less, Fox News talking point about an embassy attack that refuses to die? Fuck that!

[sharp_stick]

18. Fuck Ralph Nader

and his cheer leading bunch of dickwad followers.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

20. Ralph Nader, the king of "Both Sides Do It"

Fuck you, Ralph.

[Jamaal510]

23. I have three points for Ralph "Wiggum" Nader.

One: NSA surveillance is legal, according to the courts, and it was in place long before Obama became president. Just because you don't like surveillance, that doesn't necessarily make it an impeachable offense, and plenty of other countries use forms of surveillance, as well. Why single out the U.S.?
Two: If you want the drug laws to change, help elect more people to Congress who oppose the Drug War. A President has no power to change legislation--they only sign or veto it. Furthermore, libertarians mostly want the federal drug policy to stop being enforced. They're OK with the Drug War being waged in individual states.
Three: An alliance among progressives and libertarians wouldn't last long at all. Libertarianism is the antithesis of progressivism. Libertarians oppose all government period, except for maybe the police and the military. They don't like the safety net. They want to do away with the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act. They hate gun control. They hate environmental regulations and food nutrition standards. They don't want anti-discrimination laws for businesses. They want to do away with taxes. They oppose public schooling. They oppose government-run health care. I could go on...

[freshwest]

49. Well said! Don't stop!

[The Magistrate]

24. I Have Said It Before, Sir, And Expect To Do Again: FUCK NADER!!!

[wndycty]

25. Oh brother. . .

. . .it amazes me how he just does not get it.

[greatauntoftriplets]

27. Wow! Long time no see!!

[Dawson Leery]

26. Back in 2000, Nader had 4 million in oil stocks.

One must ask how much he is worth now.

[1StrongBlackMan]

28. Posted to for later reading. eom.

[Puzzledtraveller]

30. I like Nader

could give a rats ass what anyone here thinks as I am certain many of you will feel the same about what I think.

[Tarheel_Dem]

35. Finally, we agree on something. Not a "rat's ass".

[DinahMoeHum]

31. "I don't think I've ever met a bigger asshole" - Bob Weir/Grateful Dead

regarding Ralph Nader

http://artists.refuseandresist.org/news14/news679.html

(snip)
Ralph Nader is the most arrogant and narcissistic guy I've ever met. I had a meeting with him in the early Nineties. I was jazzed going into the meeting, and I was disgusted leaving. I don't think I've ever met a bigger asshole. If he hadn't run in the last election, we wouldn't be in Iraq and thousands of people wouldn't have died needlessly.
(snip)

[Tarheel_Dem]

34. It had to be said! Thanks Bob Weir!

[OnyxCollie]

37. "[W]e wouldn't be in Iraq and thousands of people wouldn't have died needlessly."

Nader did not vote for the Iraq war. He has no more authority to send the US military into another country than you or I.

Blaming Nader for Iraq is a display of ignorance.

[Tarheel_Dem]

40. You know what else is "a display of ignorance"? Take another look at this, and answer the ensuing..

questions.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5191051

[JI7]

46. yeah, and Rush Limbaugh , Fox News and other hateful assholes have nothing to do with Teabaggers

who get violent .

[Historic NY]

32. How did nader get tied to progressives...

my BM this morning was more progressive than him.

[Rex]

55. He long ago was a really good environmentalist.

Should have never made the career switch to politician.


Now the only thing that seems attracted to Nader, is pies.

[smiley]

33. interesting article, but I'm skeptical

I'd be interested to see the exact transcript from when he said this. His quoted words in the article do not say he is calling for impeachment and could very well be taken out of context to fit a narrative.

I'm very skeptical of yahoo news.

[Cha]

39. Nader's a ratfucker.

[ellie]

41. Fuck Ralph Nader

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

44. Anyone on DU who supports Ralph Nader should be banned. This is DU!!

Where the fuck are the mods? Why aren't they enforcing the fucking rules?

[freshwest]

50. LS, not more mods, only juries and the TOS is narrow and only enforced during general elections.

But opinions are shaped and promoted 365 days a year and take their toll...

[Spider Jerusalem]

45. And?

Ralph Nader is presently irrelevant to anything. And one presumes that if he's calling for Obama's impeachment it's probably over things like drone warfare and NSA surveillance, not being a secret Kenyan terrorist or whatever craziness the extreme right want him impeached for.

And he praises libertarians for support of drug decriminalisation and opposition to NSA surveillance? So? Are civil liberties a bad thing, now?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

48. Ralph Nader is a sellout

Anyone who still believes he's a liberal please check out the following link.

http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2011/06/27/ralph-nader-turns-rightest-on-cisco/

[bluestateguy]

51. Nader is a communist fuckwit

Said it.

[pansypoo53219]

52. he is starting to sould like crazee anthrax coulter.

[Spirochete]

62. Must be an election year

That phony jackrag never tries to do anything to help. We never hear from him in between elections. He just sits with his thumb up his ass for three years, until there's a pending election. Then there he is, pissing in the soup again...