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02-24-2008, 11:00 AM | #1 |
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Mr Spoiler...Um, I mean Nader, throws his hat in the ring
Here we go again.
This circus gets better and better. "Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, speaking shortly before Nader’s announcement, said Nader’s past runs have shown that he usually pulls votes from the Democratic nominee. “So naturally, Republicans would welcome his entry into the race,” the former Arkansas governor said on CNN." |
02-24-2008, 11:19 AM | #2 |
Dog O'Nine Tails
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Dr Phil for president?
Dr. Phil for president!!! Nadar can be the vp! cindy
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02-24-2008, 12:06 PM | #3 |
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This will be as useless as '04...if Obama wins the Dem nomination.
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02-24-2008, 12:35 PM | #4 |
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I wonder what McCain promised him...? In truth, though, I think with the number of people who regret the way the 2000 election turned out, he won't have an impact.
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02-24-2008, 12:50 PM | #5 |
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Give that man a Corvair.
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02-24-2008, 12:54 PM | #6 |
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The more that I develop this alternate life here in the Philippines the less I get all pissed off and bothered about the coming election.
Knowing that Nader is running just makes me laugh at this point. |
02-24-2008, 08:37 PM | #7 |
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Nader has saved thousands of lives with his consumer advocacy over the years.
It's amazing that he's made a joke out of himself like this. |
02-25-2008, 01:54 AM | #8 |
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Who? Names, I want names.
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02-24-2008, 08:48 PM | #9 |
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I think he fancies himself being a real difference maker...and you know what? He would be a big difference maker...so big that he would never become president unless the collective conscience of this country shifted hard.
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02-24-2008, 09:52 PM | #10 |
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Run, Nader, run! Keep running every 4 years!
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02-24-2008, 09:57 PM | #11 |
“Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo”
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As long as they take votes from Hitlery, I'm good.
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Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012! |
02-24-2008, 10:28 PM | #12 |
Sir Post-A-Lot
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But Obama will win the primary. What then?
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02-25-2008, 12:22 PM | #13 |
Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya?
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Do you think someone pays him to do this? Why else would he?
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02-25-2008, 12:36 PM | #14 |
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I don't know Nader personally but his motivation might be that he has been around long enough to know that obama/hillary/mccain are all cut from the same cloth and not much will be different regardless of who wins. I don't think he has any delusions of winning, but he can certainly ask some questions that might otherwise be ignored.
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02-25-2008, 04:08 PM | #15 |
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Someone has to stand up and call the current system out on it's faults. If the worst thing that could happen is that you slightly skew the chances of one shitty candidate versus an almost identical shitty candidate, then the stakes aren't really that high, in reality. A voice of dissent is there to push topics of discussion into the forefront, to force people not to just sweep difficult issues under the rug. It's almost like people don't want to hear about certain things because they've completely given up, and figure "oh well, that's the way it is, that's the way it will always be" ...
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