Ralph Nader isn't content with just giving us George W. Bush, now he wants to give Trump a boost

[MariaThinks]

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Source: Daily Cos

But in an interview with U.S. News, Nader expressed more positive thoughts about Trump's candidacy than Clinton's [...] “He's questioned the trade agreements. He's done some challenging of Wall Street – I don't know how authentic that is. He said he's against the carried interest racket, for hedge funds. He's funded himself and therefore attacked special interest money, which is very important”

Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/05/13/1526205/-Ralph-Nader-isn-t-content-with-just-giving-us-George-W-Bush-now-he-wants-to-give-Trump-a-boost?detail=email&link_id=1&can_id=&source=email-ralph-nader-isnt-content-with-just-giving-us-george-w-bush-now-he-wants-to-give-trump-a-boost-2&email_referrer=ralph-nader-isnt-content-with-just-giving-us-george-w-bush-now-he-wants-to-give-trump-a-boost-2&email_subject=ralph-nader-isnt-content-with-just-giving-us-george-w-bush-now-he-wants-to-give-trump-a-boost

[RufusTFirefly]

1. Booga booga! n/t

[bluestateguy]

2. Nader is a multimillionaire who got a big taxcut from George W. Bush

So it's no surprise he wanted Bush in.

[MariaThinks]

4. He's a disgusting hypocrite.

[mac56]

12. Anti- Labor too.

[bluestateguy]

17. That is also true

He won't let his workers unionize.

[billhicks76]

28. His Workers?

Everytime I see someone's profile name with the word democrat or blue state or liberal in it I feel like they are trying to convince us they are something they are NOT. Transparent irony.

[Scootaloo]

38. You too?

"LibBLueLeftCaliDem4Kerry04" posters do certainly have a telling pattern, don't they?

[maddiemom]

13. Too bad he never learned to enjoy his money, even in a normal. modest way.

Does this man even have a hobby? I stand corrected if I missed something. Also maybe he's a big contributor to charity, I don't know, he could surely help many.

[Mike Nelson]

3. Oh well...

...at least this gets the Nader name back in the news; so, he's accomplished his mission.

[maddiemom]

24. Nader and Trump are polar opposites in their respective egomanias.

Nonetheless, they are both egomaniacs and both scary in their own ways. That Trump has a better shot at being elected POTUS, is not a happy thought; but Nader would have been even scarier.

[Gene Debs]

5. More Nader bullshit? Ignore list for you.

[MariaThinks]

31. i hope you succeed in putting me on your ignore list so i don't have to hear from you

[riderinthestorm]

6. It's a myth that Nader cost Gore the election. That's been thoroughly debunked.

http://disinfo.com/2010/11/debunked-the-myth-that-ralph-nader-cost-al-gore-the-2000-election/


http://m.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/6/1260721/-The-Nader-Myth

This isn't LBN. And DailyKos isn't a news site

[Gene Debs]

14. Save your breath. Nader Blamers are no more interested in the truth than people who

bizarrely think that Hillary Clinton is a liberal.

[840high]

21. .+1

[abelenkpe]

29. +1000 nt

[tavernier]

7. My favorite part of the article

was the last sentence. Nailed it.

[maddiemom]

20. Nader's priorities have always been pretty skewed.

Originally, with "Unsafe at Any Speed," he woke a lot of people up and did some good. Thereafter he seemed to just be in search of a cause to be outraged about. Ultimately he probably caused more harm and confusion than good. His strange, monkish, humorless lifestyle was far from normal.

[WhiteTara]

35. he stopped the small car movement and kept the auto industry

on course to spew out more big cars when the world was looking for smaller, more economical ones. There could have been retooling to make the car safer, but Nadir shut the whole thing down.

[trueblue2007]

8. ralph nader is an ASSHOLE. he GAVE the election to Bush.

i think he is one of the EVIL people... intent on making the world a worse place.

[xocet]

23. Did the sarcasm tag go missing? n/t

[msongs]

9. not LBN, it is an opinion piece

[Raster]

10. All Ralph Nader, huh?

So the 200,000 registered Democrats in Florida that voted for Bush* had nothing to do with it?

And quoting the Daily Hillary? Puh-leeeze... Blue Dog, Third way Dinocrat says what?

[trudyco]

11. I don't understand

What did Nader say here that isn't true? He mentioned that he doesn't know how authentic Trump is. Nader is pointing out what the Dems will be dealing with. It's what Trump is saying and what the people hear. Trump is often to the left of Clinton. That's why Bernie polls better. Both Trump and Sanders are willing to challenge the donor class. HRC is not.

[billhicks76]

30. Ignore The Trolls

Closely examine their profile names trying to convince you they are something they are not. It's sad and funny they all use the same monikers. Little Nadar must really be a threat to some.

[BillZBubb]

15. Having someone point out where trump is less conservative than Hillary

must really, really hurt. It kind of messes up your preconceived notions. The dissonance must be painful.

[Fuddnik]

39. It's Blasphemy!!!!!!

[olddad56]

16. Nader has been irrelevant since the 70s.

[libdem4life]

18. NaderNaderNaderNaderNader ... I can't hear you ... NaderNaderNaderNader

[Trajan]

19. Some people get paid to troll forums ...

Others do it for other reasons ..

I am guessing you are NOT being paid for this tripe ...

But you are being ignored from here on out ...

[rurallib]

22. throwing Nader to trump is like throwing a drowning man an anchor

[book_worm]

25. Let Nader have Trump they deserve one another.

And anybody who votes for Trump deserves him.

[Jack Rabbit]

26. Calm down

I will write-in Swashbuckler, my cat who is currently sitting on my lap as I type, before I vote for The Donald. I will even hold my nose and vote for Hillary Clinton before I vote for Donald Trump.

While Trump is opposed to the TPP, as am I, he says he opposes it because it would be good for China. He hasn't explained how it would be good for China and I have no idea how it would be good for China. I don't think this man knows what he's talking about, which is not a comforting thought to have about a presidential candidate.

If Trump were to become president, he would be a 500 gigaton nuclear bomb. Sure, he'd destroy neoliberalism, and that, to me, sounds like a good thing. Unfortunately, he'd destroy everything else, too, starting with oceans and rain forests.

You see, Maria, the enemy of one's enemy is not necessarily one's friend. That is also an admonition I offer to any of my fellow Sandernistas entertaining the idea of voting for a lunatic like Trump.

[SomeGuyInEagan]

34. Whatever ... tell us more about Swashbuckler, though ...

Perhaps there is a Swashbuckler for President mailing list? A PAC to which I may donate?

With 2016 being the year it is, I am not discounting any legitimate candidate with six months to go to the general.

[Jack Rabbit]

37. Swashbuckler says that as long as neoliberalism is going to make working obsolete

. . . then everybody gets free tuna, a clean litter box and catnip.

[libodem]

27. Go Figure

Fuck Nader.

[paulkienitz]

32. don't underestimate Trump's appeal to leftists

The one guy I know in real life who thinks Trump is cool is to the left of me in some ways, and went to some of the same antiwar marches I did in '03. The main difference between us is that he's more paranoid and conspiracy-minded.

[fantase56]

33. Ralph's still alive????

Whatever......

[Scootaloo]

36. Another exoneration of the Bush election fraud?

Read some history, would you?

[mcar]

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