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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRalph Nader Apologizes For His Part In Electing Bush.
Kidding. Nader is too busy rolling around naked in his piles of cash.
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)nader.
slipslidingaway
(21,210 posts)A worthwhile reminder...
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/051006.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5526731
Published on Thursday, May 11, 2006 by Consortium News
by Robert Parry
"My book, Secrecy & Privilege, opens with a scene in spring 1994 when a guest at a White House social event asks Bill Clinton why his administration didnt pursue unresolved scandals from the Reagan-Bush era, such as the Iraqgate secret support for Saddam Husseins government and clandestine arms shipments to Iran.
Clinton responds to the questions from the guest, documentary filmmaker Stuart Sender, by saying, in effect, that those historical questions had to take a back seat to Clintons domestic agenda and his desire for greater bipartisanship with the Republicans...
...Not only did Clinton inadvertently clear the way for the Bush restoration, but the Rights political ascendancy wiped away much of the Clinton legacy, including a balanced federal budget and progress on income inequality. A poorly informed American public also was easily misled on what to do about U.S. relations with Iraq and Iran.
In retrospect, Clintons tolerance of Reagan-Bush cover-ups was a lose-lose-lose the public was denied information it needed to understand dangerous complexities in the Middle East, George W. Bush built his presidential ambitions on the nations fuzzy memories of his dad, and Republicans got to enact a conservative agenda.
Clintons approach also reflected a lack of appreciation for the importance of truth in a democratic Republic. If the American people are expected to do their part in making sure democracy works, they need to be given at least a chance of being an informed electorate..."
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Even if you think it was done purely for tactical reasons, it was at least something. It was more than Nader can claim.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)nt
awake
(3,226 posts)Ralph Clinton is broke!
progressoid
(49,992 posts)Oh, never mind. That's Al Gore's money.
William769
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Well someone can't alert for the next 24 hours.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)That 'onehandle' character just needs to get over it.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)For truth.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,235 posts)flvegan
(64,409 posts)Corral the stupid, keep it in one big chunk. It's the shiny thing for the evening.
msongs
(67,420 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Oh, wait... Beck already has.
Still, I will say one thing in Nader's defense. As misguided as he was (and is!), I think it's been out of conviction rather than out of desire for personal financial reward.
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)Never mind the Democrats in the senate who voted overwhelmingly to confirm all 5 of those conservative justices.
Marr
(20,317 posts)They need to convince voters of two things:
1) Hillary Clinton is the nominee. No need to wait for the primaries.
2) Don't even think about not supporting this corporate shill in the general elections, because... Bush. Nader. Yargle blargle.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Cha
(297,323 posts)Kahuna
(27,311 posts)It's all about Ralphie all time.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)You are always here promoting him so I figure you'd know if he had.