Ralph Nader to run if Hillary wins Democratic nomination
Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader may consider jumping into the 2008 race if Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) wins the Democratic Party nomination.
According to Nader, Hillary has "no political fortitude."
"Flatters, panders, coasting, front-runner, looking for a coronation, not taking on the huge waste in the military budget as a member of the armed services commission, never going after the corporate crimes against pensions, against workers. ... She has no political fortitude.''
FOX News Poll indicates 76 percent voters said they would never vote for Nader, while 44 percent said they would never cast a vote for Clinton.
Nader made an unsuccessful bid for president as the Green Party candidate in 2000, gaining more than 2.7 percent of the national popular vote. He gained less than one-half of 1 percent during a second run in 2004.
Also, in a CNN interview with Wolf Blitzer:
“I'm committed to trying to give more voices and choices to the American people on the ballot. That means more third parties, independent candidates and to break up this two-party elected dictatorship that is becoming more and more like a dial for the same corporate dollars.”
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I say bring it on. Democrats have always accused Nader of their loss in the presidential election in 2000. A third-party is only helpful if it causes the loss of the other major party in our electoral process. Democrats will say Gore lost because of Nader (a pretty much whining excuse). Republicans would blame Perot for Bush Sr. losing to Clinton back in 1992.
Also, it is time for people to understand there are more options available besides the Democrats and Republicans. The presidential debates will be even more interesting if at least one third-party candidate can garner more than 10 percent of the opinion polls like Perot.
I do not know if Nader can do it again if he runs in 2008. But you cannot doubt that he will win votes because he is an anti-establishment candidate. If the Green and Reform parties are allied with each other for the next election, expect some fun!
Comments
Posted by: Bud
Posted on: February 25, 2007 08:51 AM
I tried to post the following on Hillary's blog, but it was censured.
Hillary Clinton,
If you are nominated, I will vote for you; however, I do have issues with you. You should know that I am a decorated Vietnam Vet who has great respect for Iraq soldiers and fellow vets who are being treated with nothing but disrespect by the Bush administration.
You voted for this unnecessary (and therefore immoral) war, and this means that you have blood on your hands; not as much as Bush does, but you still have blood on your hands, and you should acknowledge this with an apology.
Bill Clinton also has blood on his hands. The Telecommunications Act put the Media into the hands of five or six corporations. These corporations, in effect, promoted the war with Iraq because they directly benefited from the war. Do you plan to correct your husband's terrible mistake -- the Telecommunication Act?
In my view, you're not presently doing enough to end this war in Iraq or preventing another war in Iran . Please work harder -- the existence of democracy in the USA is at stake!