Posted on 11/05/2014 6:56:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
With House Democrats bracing for Election Day losses on Tuesday, Ralph Nader is calling on Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other top party leaders to call it quits.
The prominent consumer advocate and perennial presidential candidate says the failure of those leaders to win the House gavel over three straight election cycle should means it's time for a new crop of lawmakers to take control of the party.
"Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Steve Israel should now recognize the wisdom of baseball’s 'three strikes and you’re out' ... step down from their posts and invite fresh leadership who can save the country from the ravages of today’s Republican party," Nader said Tuesday in a statement. Hoyer (Md.) is the minority whip, and Israel (N.Y.) is chairman of the party's campaign committee.
Nader is quick to praise the three leaders for their hard work and fundraising prowess. But, he added, "the result is just exemplifying the adage that nice guys finish last.”
"Between 2010 and 2014 … they have demonstrated their inability to reverse a growing Republican majority espousing cruel, brutish and harmful policies to almost any human interest, any environmental interest, and any Main Street interest in conflict with Wall Street demands for privileges and immunities of crony corporate capitalism and to any interest in waging peace over war," he said....
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Please run, Ralph!
I think he kept Gore from winning. Right?
Ralph Nader said, “Nice guys finish last”.
I just love the idea of the perennial loser being in the position where his words are more intelligent than the combined wisdom of the DNC. And Nader is RonPaul level crazy. Comedy or Irony? Either works.
Nader. with the moral high ground. Guffaw!
I will never, ever forgive him for getting rid of the Corvair.
Better yet, the RNC should take special note. The Dems gave away the store to their suckers on EVERY POSSIBLE ISSUE. And the NANOSECOND they did not get immigration or 15 an hour salaries for food service, they bailed.
Left them cold and ran away with their goodies in hand.
Hey Ralphie! How about term limits for all of the SOB’s???
Stay!
I always liked Ralph Nader despite his leftist beliefs.
Me too. He is more honest than most on the public stage today. He is usually wrong, but at least he calls it like he sees it.
malignant narcissists don’t listen to anyone else
When Ralph put out a book that included Paul Newman as an integral character, six months after he had died, I concluded that late-stage dementia had set in.
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