I guess I just look up to Nader a lot... that he has the cojones to truly ante up and try to make a difference for the little people, and I think he has the absolute right to be completely pissed that nobody in the truly powerful positions in Washington cares on the level that he does. He did make a mistake in terms of his own popularity, to be sure.
I actually didn't think George W. was going to be nearly as bad a president as he turned out to be. Let's hope Obama is like that, but in the opposite way.
The article was pretty stacked against him, yes, but so is the rest of the country :). It was complimentary at times.
I found a valid criticism of Obama that underscores Nader's assertion that popular major parties aren't doing enough:
"I mean, first of all, the number one thing that a black American politician aspiring to the presidency should be is to candidly describe the plight of the poor, especially in the inner cities and the rural areas, and have a very detailed platform about how the poor is going to be defended by the law, is going to be protected by the law, and is going to be liberated by the law," he said. "Haven't heard a thing."
Unfortunately, some other comments by Nader in the same article are coming under fire for racial overtones...
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I actually didn't think George W. was going to be nearly as bad a president as he turned out to be. Let's hope Obama is like that, but in the opposite way.
The article was pretty stacked against him, yes, but so is the rest of the country :). It was complimentary at times.
I found a valid criticism of Obama that underscores Nader's assertion that popular major parties aren't doing enough:
"I mean, first of all, the number one thing that a black American politician aspiring to the presidency should be is to candidly describe the plight of the poor, especially in the inner cities and the rural areas, and have a very detailed platform about how the poor is going to be defended by the law, is going to be protected by the law, and is going to be liberated by the law," he said. "Haven't heard a thing."
Unfortunately, some other comments by Nader in the same article are coming under fire for racial overtones...
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/06/25/nader-obama-talking-white/#more-8159