Ralph Nader Running for President
February 24th, 2008The Obama cult is experiencing a Scanners moment right about now.
Via: Washington Post:
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said on Sunday that he is launching another long shot independent campaign for president of the United States.
Nader, who will turn 74 this week, announced his presidential bid on NBC’s “Meet the Press” saying that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are addressing the problems facing Americans.
Nader also ran for president in 2000 when he got about 2.7 percent of the national vote as the Green Party candidate and played a role in deciding the final presidential outcome. He also ran as an independent in 2004 and got only a tiny fraction of the vote.
Many Democrats blame Nader’s participation in the close race between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George Bush in 2000 for tipping the election in favor of Bush. They believe that but for Nader’s name on the ballot in Florida, Gore would have been the clear winner and president today instead of Bush.
Nader called Washington “corporate occupied territory” that turns the government against the interest of its own people.
“In that context I have decided to run for president,” Nader said.
I think Nader is a bit of a dick. But then again, I suppose you kind of have to be to even want to run for Pres. of the USA in the first place.
I’ll confess to having voted for Obama in the Wisconsin Primary just to piss off Hillary. And I might vote for him in the general election not because I really think he’ll change anything, it’s just that the idea of somebody with McCain’s well-known psychological problems having his finger on that little red button is…well…disturbing. I may not be a fan of Civilization, but I sure don’t want it to go out in a way that would take most of the biosphere with it!