Nader Announces He’ll Run Again
Ralph Nader, whose messianic complex seems to know no limits, has announced he’ll run for president again.
I think we should just declare McCain the winner now.
Maybe the Republicans are paying Nader to run?
I think both Democratic candidates are so weak that McCain will be difficult to beat as it is and any votes that Nader siphons from the democratic fuel tank will be costly.
But since I don’t like any of the candidates, what do I care?
Nader makes some very important points but he obviously doesn’t have much clout with the voters as he never gets much support.
I got a good laugh when I read this passage because I found myself agreeing with Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee and Ralph Nader all at the same time:
[Hillary] Clinton called Nader’s announcement a “passing fancy” and said she hoped his candidacy wouldn’t hurt the Democratic nominee.
“Obviously, it’s not helpful to whomever our Democratic nominee is. But it’s a free country,” she told reporters as she flew to Rhode Island for campaign events.
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, speaking shortly before Nader’s announcement, said Nader’s past runs have shown that he usually pulls votes from the Democrat. “So naturally, Republicans would welcome his entry into the race,” the former Arkansas governor said on CNN.
Nader vociferously disputes the spoiler claim, saying only Democrats are to blame for losing the race to George W. Bush. He said Sunday there could be no chance of him tipping the election to Republicans because the electorate will not vote for a “pro-war John McCain.”
“If the Democrats can’t landslide the Republicans this year, they ought to just wrap up, close down, emerge in a different form,” Nader said.
I totally agree that the Democrats need to emerge in a different form. They need to get back to their roots which are in classical liberalism and laissez-faire, more akin to libertarianism than socialism.
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