What’s the difference between a Democrat and Republican? Hint: It ends with a ‘job’
Monday, October 06, 2008 at 1:55 pm
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In an interview with C-SPAN that aired last night, presidential candidate Ralph Nader details what he says is the real change America needs: Control of a country by many instead of the few; an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; more accountability for Obama and the Democrats and their supposed “progressive” agenda that’s been molded by corporate power; real consumer rights; and citizens who spend less time on Facebook and more time staying engaged, informed, and empowered.
But perhaps his last comment, concerning the bailout and the corporate control of Washington, should be the slogan Nader uses for his campaign.
Video and zinger after the jump.
“On the principal issue of are we going to have corporations be our government or the people be our government, the principal difference between Democrats and Republicans, with some exceptions, the principal difference is the velocity to which their knees hit the floor when corporations pound on their door.”
Watch the whole thing below. Comment at 10:30.
3 Comments
Comment posted October 6, 2008 @ 2:34 pm
Well, it’s nice to be all pure and stuff, but unfortunately politics happen down here where all parts of society meet and are grinding together. I know people who are opting to not vote or to back vanity candidates. Such people are objectively in favor of Americans coming home in boxes and every other little gift the Bush experience has brought us- because that’s what happened the last time.
Nader’s contributed mightily to society- but this is not helping.
Comment posted October 6, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
I disagree, Andy. This talk was strategic and philosophical, whereas “the grinding together parts” are campaign-tactical. Nader puts forward clear, anti-corporatist planks in the progressive platform. He is not a Democrat, and he speaks out against the “lesser of two evils” voting, and blame-the-third-party voting. We need competitive voices to challenge the monopoly the two party system has on governing. That’s more central to his campaign than the short-view about just getting rid of GWB or Republicans.
Comment posted October 6, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
The 800 billion dollar banker robbery from the American treasury was signed off on bny Obama and McCain and by Biden. Yet Palin, who had nothing to do with it, gets all of the media grief and Nader who predicted it, gets censored.
Will the two major party candidates tell us what they will not be able to do when they become President and that all of their promises are simply lies? Not without Ralph Nader in the debate.
Vote Ralph Nader. He’s not for sale.
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