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A Real Time Moment → July 30, 2004
“Obviously, we are not convincing you with any of our words, so I’m just going to say because of all your great service, and because we do really love you but we disagree with you on this, Michael [Moore] and I are going to get down on our knees and beg you not to run [for President].”
"So I asked [Ralph Nader] if he had ever considered getting married. He said that at a certain point he had to decide whether to have a family or to have a career, that he couldn’t have both. That’s the kind of person he is. He couldn’t have a wife — he’s up all night reading the Congressional Record."
Karen Croft, recalling her time as a writer who worked for Nader in the 1970s [Mother Jones]
You may not like the way it’s framed - he’s doing Important Activist Work - and not being called a selfish ball-buster (like women are) but it’s refreshing to hear a male admit that maybe a family might get in the way of his career.
(via msavignon)
"About the only way I can describe Disney World is to give it the highest compliment that you can give to anything man-made: Ralph Nader would like it."
(via cocknbull)
"Every time I see something terrible, I see it at age nineteen."
Ralph Nader & Cornel West Unveil Proposal to Challenge Obama in Primaries
The proposal, which has been endorsed by over 45 distinguished leaders, seeks to have a slate of six candidates run against President Obama, each representing a field in which Obama has never clearly staked a progressive claim or where he has drifted toward the corporatist right.
“Without debates by challengers inside the Democratic Party’s presidential primaries, the liberal/majoritarian agenda will be muted and ignored,” said Ralph Nader.
“The one-man Democratic primaries will be dull, repetitive, and draining of both voter enthusiasm and real bright lines between the two parties that excite voters,” Nader said.
A letter is being sent to a list of distinguished elected officials, civic leaders, prominent members of academia and the NGO community who represent the fields of labor, poverty, military and foreign policy, health insurance and care, the environment, financial regulation, consumer protection, and civil, political and human rights/empowerment.
“We need to put strong democratic pressure on President Obama in the name of poor and working people” said Cornel West, author and Professor at Princeton University. “His administration has tilted too much toward Wall Street, we need policies that empower Main Street.”
On paper I agree with pretty much everything Ralph Nader stands for (and he’s Lebanese, what up), but the “spoiler” controversy in 2000 definitely turned me off. And he has said things about President Obama and Hillary Clinton, in particular, that suggest he’s a tool. Is this common knowledge? I’m not too into third party candidates anyway.
(via cocknbull)
"Every time I see something terrible, I see it at age nineteen."
