Nader, ‘08?
January 22nd, 2008 at 04:02am Mark Noonan
From the “you’ve got to be kidding me” file:
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said on Monday he will decide soon on whether to make a another bid for the White House in 2008, eight years after playing a key role as a third party presidential candidate.
“I’ll decide in about a month,” he said in an interview broadcast on CBC Radio’s Daybreak show in Montreal.
“What I’m deciding on right now is whether we can get enough volunteers, enough financial resources to overcome the huge ballot access obstacles, which you don’t experience here in Canada, but which are the worst in the Western world in the United States,” said Nader, who will turn 74 on February 27.
I can’t imagine a mindset which thinks that Nader should run in 2008…but never underestimate the self-absorbtion of a lefty…
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Third Party
4 Comments
1. Richard Ayers | January 22nd, 2008 at 6:42 am
Heh. Why not incourage the old f**t. Every little bit helps. Surely, he would splinter off a few votes from the Dem candidate. All it takes is for old Ralph to think he can win. No problem.
2. keefer | January 22nd, 2008 at 5:47 pm
I’ll vote for the old buzzard if McCain gets the GOP nomination. That way I can say I voted. My vote won’t matter; it’ll be only one in a handful Nader receives…
3. Casper | January 22nd, 2008 at 6:19 pm
“I’ll vote for the old buzzard if McCain gets the GOP nomination. That way I can say I voted. My vote won’t matter; it’ll be only one in a handful Nader receives…”
I voted third party the year it was Clinton, Bush.
4. liberalT | January 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 pm
you know Mark the simple fact of the matter is that Ralph Nader is probably one of the most educated, qualified, and experienced candidates out there.
http://www.nader.org/index.php?/categories/4-History
certainly completely out of the league of former actors and daddy’s drunk boy that you like to vote for..