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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader: 'Cowering' Democrats face defeat [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)That diatribe reads like a bad poem, frankly.
All I can see is that you don't like my POV, and that's fine. Where you turn into a scold is when you get into the territory where anyone who doesn't agree with YOU doesn't have a "clear mind." They also have "tantrums," and "spewing of venom" and all sorts of little "internet discussion board catch-phrases" that are designed to put people down. "Hmmmph!!! I told THEM!" In this case, you're aiming that crap at me. Boo, hoo. I'm crushed. No--not really. I just think you're being youthfully dramatic.
Ralph would not have gotten any traction without GOP funding. His stupid little supporters didn't pay his freight--the Republican Party did. His campaigns had nothing to do with Democracy--they had to do with GOP deep pockets. Too bad if you don't like that.
You can vote for whoever the hell you want. But this is DU, not the Huffington Post. I don't come here to listen to uninformed toutings on behalf of a tool of the right wing wrapped in faux progressive's clothing. I come here to spend time with like-minded people who are Democrats and other Progressives, and who support Barack Obama for re-election. I happen to agree with the provisions of the TOS--we're here to elect Democrats.
So one more time, Fuck Ralph Nader, and his millions, and his union-busting, and his mistreatment of his employees, and his stock market speculating with non-profit monies, and his tax evasion, and his insider trading, and his authoritarian, paranoid, bullshit, and most of all, his collusion with the Republican Party to the detriment of Al Gore. If you don't like that, fine--turn on your heel and go have a chat with someone who agrees with you.
If anyone's self-centered, there, pal, it ain't me. And if anyone has a case of "irrational rage," it ain't me either. I'm happy as a clam--my days are full of joy, generally speaking, and even my occasional bad days are pretty good. So I would suggest that you not project your feelings on me just because I like a spirited argument on the internet on occasion--it's not PERSONAL, you know--so you really should not go out of your way with hyperbolic and very personal "grow up" and "self-centered" language to make it so.