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Nader web ad: Don't throw away vote

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor October 29, 2008 12:03 PM


Independent Ralph Nader is running an unusual, insurgent campaign for president.

So maybe it's not surprising that a new web ad urging people not to throw away their vote is, shall we say, different.

The long-time consumer advocate, who also ran in 2000 and 2004, is on the ballot in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

But based on national and battleground state polls, it does not appear likely he will have the same impact as eight years ago, when he won 2.7 percent of the national vote as the Green Party nominee and his vote was bigger than the victory margin for Republican George W. Bush in several states.

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My vote wont be thrown away unless ACORN gets a hold to it!

Posted by DAVID October 29, 08 12:09 PM
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so in other words don't vote for Nader :-P

Posted by DI$CO October 29, 08 12:22 PM
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Keep in mind that Nader was excluded from the presidential debates by the dominant political parties. If Nader were given a fair shot to compete, he would be polling much higher. His numbers have to be seen in this light. Nader is running a campaign of principle: clean money, and bold positions. If you haven't been to www.votenader.org yet, now's the time.

Posted by DJB October 29, 08 12:28 PM
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Careful not to confuse voter registration fraud with voter fraud, makes you sound like an ignorant Republican.

Posted by DuhChief October 29, 08 12:34 PM
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Vote for Nader and you are throwing out your vote... Perhaps if Nader wasn't running 8 years ago Gore would have won the election and we wouldn't have had to suffer under 8 years of Bush.

Posted by Rick October 29, 08 12:43 PM
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#1 David, you prove the fact that the general public is very mis-informed. Some voters make statements as fact based on what they read or hear on blogs and the radio. Who is checking their facts?
Acorn is a legitamate organization. There are always a few unscrupulous people in any organization. The Republican party has scores of documented voter abuse such as the now apologetic organizer that spent time in jail for jamming phone lines in NH and wrote a book about it because he didn't want his kids to see him as a liar. That does not mean that I think all Republicans are evil, right wing nuts, bent on blindly crippling the US economy, painting us into a defensive corner, dumbing us down, and patiently waiting for the rapture. No there are many of them out there that are nice, regular folks that just don't have time to do the homework.

Posted by A.J. Yanakakis October 29, 08 12:52 PM
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The Republican Party owes Ralph Nader a tremendous debt! But for him, think what might have happened in 2000 and how different the world might be today. Go Ralph!

Posted by Sarcasm intended October 29, 08 12:59 PM
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Nader wasn't invited because he couldn't get a minimum amount of support in Polls. Nader can't get support in the polls because he's seen as having robbed the Dems of the presidency in '00 and the fact that his continuous, pointless, runs at the presidency smack of egotism.

Posted by Brendan October 29, 08 12:59 PM
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In other words, if we were all so mentally musclebound as the Legend In His Own Mind himself, it would be crystal clear to us that Raplh Nader is the fount of all political wisdom, and we would elect him President by acclamation.

I love reading comments by True Believers such as DJB. They are so comically naive, like those of a person, long ago, in college, who told me that "if everyone in the world would just accept Jesus, we would have instant world peace".

Posted by Jon October 29, 08 01:41 PM
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Nader is absolutely bizarre. He is just so knowledgeable in foreign afairs and working with groups with opposite views (right). He is just so self-righteous and self-centered. It's time to go Ralph!

Posted by JoeD October 29, 08 01:54 PM
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I'd love to see Obama offer Nader the Attorney General's job, though it won't happen. I love the guy, though I'd never vote for him in these times as the stakes are just too high. We absolutely cannot afford another 4 years of neocon rule. Unless we're suicidal that is.

Posted by lefty October 29, 08 03:10 PM
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People are so ignorant. The Debates are controlled in collusion by the Democrat/Republican party. They hate democracy so they make it impossible for anyone else to compete against them (a 15% threshold, in a three way race...ridiculous!) The CPD is their private corporation used to manipulate the debates to be devoid of substance and candidates. If the rules were the same under the League of Women Voters, Nader would have been allowed to debate. I am disgusted by hapless democrats who can do nothing better than scapegoat Nader, when their corrupted in-bed-with-Republican ANTI-Democratic party can do nothing except take impeachment off the table, vote for war spending, FISA, turning down (ringing death knell on) public financing, and vote for a Wall STreet Bail out -- highway theivery of the American people and our children. Democrats absolutely disgust me, now. They have no conscience or anger when it comes to their own party's malfesance and outright enabling of Bush, but instead buy into all kinds of party propaganda and disinformation.


Posted by mamabear October 29, 08 03:50 PM
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duopoly as Cindy Sheehan calls them the Twins Party MOB McCain Obama Bush criminal bailout team.

Nader 08

Posted by Tom October 29, 08 05:11 PM
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