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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader: Hillary Clinton is a 'menace to the United States' [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,232 posts)48. Because this is a "partisan" Democratic forum? Could that be it? Ya think?
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AFAIK, Nader isn't a Democrat, so he's met here with the same disdain as any other non-Democrat. Hope that helps.
Winning elections is important therefore, advocating in favor of Republican nominees or in favor of third-party spoiler candidates that could split the vote and throw an election to our conservative opponents is never permitted on Democratic Underground. But that does not mean that DU members are required to always be completely supportive of Democrats. During the ups-and-downs of politics and policy-making, it is perfectly normal to have mixed feelings about the Democratic officials we worked hard to help elect. When we are not in the heat of election season, members are permitted to post strong criticism or disappointment with our Democratic elected officials, or to express ambivalence about voting for them. In Democratic primaries, members may support whomever they choose. But when general election season begins, DU members must support Democratic nominees (EXCEPT in rare cases where were a non-Democrat is most likely to defeat the conservative alternative, or where there is no possibility of splitting the liberal vote and inadvertently throwing the election to the conservative alternative). For presidential contests, election season begins when both major-party nominees become clear. For non-presidential contests, election season begins on Labor Day. Everyone here on DU needs to work together to elect more Democrats and fewer Republicans to all levels of American government. If you are bashing, trashing, undermining, or depressing turnout for our candidates during election season, we'll assume you are rooting for the other side.
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AFAIK, Nader isn't a Democrat, so he's met here with the same disdain as any other non-Democrat. Hope that helps.
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Good thing no one actually listens to this "Independent" Republican operative asshole anymore.
kysrsoze
Oct 2014
#103
Its Hugh! He has dozens of loyal followers who'll proudly follow him into irrelevance....
Rowdyboy
Oct 2014
#25
Did he, or did he not, say "there's not a dime's worth of difference" between Dems and republicans?
MH1
Oct 2014
#107
You have to be able to hold 3 things about Nader in mind all at the same time:
Jackpine Radical
Oct 2014
#29
Multiple factors contributed synergistically to produce the debacle of 2000.
Jackpine Radical
Oct 2014
#45
Nader is pissed that Democrats haven't lined up to follow him over the cliff. We elected a black...
Tarheel_Dem
Oct 2014
#49
If Nader had run in the Democratic primaries in 2000, I would have voted for him.
Jim Lane
Oct 2014
#110
He's right. The corporate agenda is a menace to the country and to democracy itself,
woo me with science
Oct 2014
#58
I would like to have seen him in debates in 96 and 2000. But they locked him out. nt
Snotcicles
Oct 2014
#98
Oh, he struck a nerve BIG time. Attack the messenger is the order of the day. Or year. Or always.
djean111
Oct 2014
#80
An awful lot of the posts here are just attacks on him and his (mis)deeds, not a refutation,
djean111
Oct 2014
#93
The things he does not like about Hillary are the things that I do not like about Hillary.
djean111
Oct 2014
#97
Don't mistake the Death Eaters inhabiting the party for democrats of yore
whatchamacallit
Oct 2014
#91
He's right, and no amount of shrieking, foaming, and spasmodic writhing will change it. n/t
whatchamacallit
Oct 2014
#87
Anyone still paying attention to Ralph Nader was already down on Hillary Clinton.
Jim Lane
Oct 2014
#108