where has nader been since 2000?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

quite frankly, i'm sick of the attacks on mr nader which claaim that he's been silent on the wrongdoings of dubya. if you want to go after ralph on the issues, fine, but don't make shit up. the bush-enabler claim would be better directed at the senate democrats who voted for the war, knowing fully that it was wrong. to claim that nader hasn't spoken out over the last four years makes you either misinformed or a liar. i understans those who attack him on some points, but i can't excuse dishonesty

I saw ralph nader speak one week after september 11th. while most of the country was in shock and bowing down to bush, he was the first major voice of dissent i heard. he warned us of some obscure thing called the patriot act that was being put together by john ashcroft at the time. he talked of depleted uranium and how it would be used again. he spoke of a likely attempt by bush to justify an invasion of iraq by invoking 9-11.

he warned us of a rightwing movement that would try to silence progressives by telling them to 'sit down, shut up, and wave the flag"

gore on the other hand, was giving his 'george w. bush is my commander in chief" speech at about the same time. the democrats in congress were busy rolling over for the chimp

then he gave this great speech in san fanciso shortly thereafter. (nader has criticized bush every step of the way since. a short look at his website democracyrising.org will prove that. he's had many, many rallies with speaker including jim hightower, janeane garofalo, michael franti, amy goodman, dennis kucinisch and more. just because the bush-loving media isn't reporting something, doesn't mean that it is isn't happening):

Nader Blasts "Bush's War" in San
Francisco Speech

Nader Blasts Bush's War at S.F. Rally
By Jonathan Nack
October 12, 2001

SAN FRANCISCO - Former Green Party Presidential candidate Ralph Nader
roundly criticized the Bush Administration's war on terrorism in a speech
before an enthusiastic paying audience of approximately 2,500 at the San
Francisco Masonic Center last night. Nader called for a democratic debate
over the Administration's policies saying, "the mindless bombing of
Afghanistan's infrastructure will not end well for Afghanistan and, I
fear, it will not end well for us." "We are entitled to ask what this war
will cost: what it will cost Afghans, what it will cost our rights and
democracy here, and what the huge shift of money into the military and
corporate bailouts will cost our domestic programs?"

Nader called for, "sobriety in these moments of impetuousness, restraint,
and to move forward under international law to apprehend the criminals."
"This is an international crime and we've got to find ways to bring these
criminals to justice."