Ralph Nader: I just can’t support him or vote for him

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Reading on Walden Bookstore

These are some of the issues that Ralph Nader stands for according to his website:

  • Adopt single payer national health insurance,
  • Cut the huge, bloated, wasteful military budget
  • No to nuclear power, solar energy first
  • Aggressive crackdown on corporate crime
    and corporate welfare
  • Open up the Presidential debates
  • Adopt a carbon pollution tax
  • Reverse U.S. policy in the Middle East
  • Impeach Bush/Cheney
  • Repeal the Taft-Hartley anti-union law
  • Adopt a Wall Street securities speculation tax
  • Put an end to ballot access obstructionism
  • Work to end corporate personhood

Ralph Nader is the idealistic man in a non-idealistic world. Those of us that grew up in the 60’s and 70’s vividly recall that world of idealism. And yes, purely on the issues he is.

But I just can’t do it. That is, support or vote for Ralph Nader. He is dead on with every one of my issues.

And why can’t I support or vote for him (besides the fact he is not electable)?

In the year 2000, in one of the great ironies of our time, Ralph Nader, the idealist, help to elect George W. Bush to the Presidency. Subtract Nader from that campaign and Al Gore would be serving his last year in what I believe would have been a great eight years with his approval ratings at an all-time high. Al Gore would have continuing peace abroad. Al Gore would have continuing prosperity at home. Of this, I have no doubt.

I am wholeheartedly supporting, volunteering and voting for Barack Obama. He is not perfect on all my issues, but he is certainly much closer to those issues than John McCain.

I want “single-payer.” I want the bloated defense budget cut drastically. The time for solar power is here and needs federal sponsorship in a big way to really succeed. I want an end to this “dumb war” in Iraq. But I am certainly will never get these things with John McCain as President. Not even close. He will be so busy fighting his “hundred year war” in Iraq, there will be no money for anything else.

Do not support Ralph Nader and allow history to repeat itself. I wish he would fade away. He has accomplished great things in his life, but he may be remembered as the man who elected George H. Bush to the Presidency. I sense this time the voters will ignore him. But voting for Nader will only help elect McCain and what a terrible event that would be for us and the world. He might as well sign on to be John McCain’s campaign manager. Reading on Walden Bookstore.

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7 Responses to “Ralph Nader: I just can’t support him or vote for him”

  1. Lance, on February 24th, 2008 at 6:54 pm Said:

    Al Gore may yet get the Democrat nomination if anything bad shows up about Obama in the next few months (mainly if Hillary digs up something OR manufactures something that hurts Obama in order to try to get herself the nomination).

    The party bosses may resort to Al Gore, he could beat McCain easier than Clinton and probably as easy as Obama.

  2. gravel kucinich paul nader, on February 24th, 2008 at 8:57 pm Said:

    Why FEAR SMEAR?
    Obama in landslide…
    Right DNC?

    gravel kucinich paul nader
    more whistle-blowers

  3. Mike O, on February 24th, 2008 at 9:55 pm Said:

    Lance, I don’t see your scenario happening. After Hillary’s latest fit (over the flyers), I think she’s toast here in Texas (not that I’m all that good at reading Democrats these days). Obama will have a cakewalk if Texas or Ohio go his way.
    Obama vs. McCain: the VP picks will be critical. Obama’s, for his single-page resume for the job; McCain’s for his age

  4. Linda, on February 25th, 2008 at 12:02 pm Said:

    Obama may be an inspiring speaker, but he is not the peacemaker, nor change-maker that he claims to be lest he and the Democrats would be pursuing the imeachment of Bush/Cheney.

    But, it is unlikely that the Democrats want to give up the “tyranny toolbox” created by Bush and Cheney.

    Please see the following Council on Foreign Relations website titled: “Council on Foreign Relations Partners with the Saban Center at Brookings on Middle East Strategy for the Next President.” Scroll down to see the Strategy Group.

    CFR Website: http://www.cfr.org/publication/15505/

    Strobe Talbott and Sandy Berger are Hillary Clinton Advisers. Zbigniew Brzezinski is an adviser to Obama. (FYI - Cheney was a past “Director” of the CFI)

    The following Council on Foreign Relations website shows clearly that neither Iran nor Iraq are off the table: http://www.cfr.org/thinktank/tanusmes/index.html

    It is in these web pages that the true intent of all the current frontrunners is revealed. Clinton, Obama, and McCain are interventionists believing that the U.S. is responsible for keeping peace in the world through the barrel of a gun. They are all the same…so all will remain the same with them.

    My family will vote for the person that will bring the troops home immediately from the illegal occupation of Iraq. Be it Paul or Nader, or whoever….save lives, save money.

  5. Dave Nate, on February 25th, 2008 at 12:49 pm Said:

    Hmm, maybe my new strategy should be to vote for Nader, since he is a third party spoiler. Maybe if the third party candidate screws things up enough times for the major parties they will resign to fix the election process and allow for people to vote for more than one person in the general election and primaries.

    If you could vote for Obama and Nader it wouldn’t be an issue any more for democrats.

  6. Hindsight’s 20/20 « On Awesome Avenue, on February 25th, 2008 at 2:33 pm Said:

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  7. Curlyrocks, on April 24th, 2008 at 3:44 am Said:

    Ohh shut up this is just more dreaming of how great Al Gore would have been. It would have been the same shit with a far more boring speaker… The reason people should vote for ralph nader is if they belive in him thats democracy al gore didn’t cut it with some people so they voted for nader… maby if al gore haden’t been more of the same left right bullshit and had mentioned the enviroment even under clinton insted of giving amaricas natonal parks to the U.N. he could have registered with voters that he will use the office for something other than upholding the phoney right left paradime…..
    P.S i don’t support Nader either i just support democracy vote Ron Paul

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