Posted on 06/22/2007 5:08:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Consumer advocate and 2000/2004 presidential candidate Ralph Nader has not ruled out another run in 2008, telling CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Thursday it’s too early for him to make a decision.
The man who many blame as spoiling the election for Al Gore in 2000 also said a potential third party candidacy by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would not affect his decision to run.
Earlier this week, Bloomberg, a lifelong Democrat until he ran for mayor in 2001, dropped his affiliation with the GOP — a move that increased speculation he is considering an independent presidential bid.
Nader also sharply criticized Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton, but said it’s not out of personal disdain for the New York senator.
“It isn’t a matter of liking her,” said Nader. “She’s not using her political capital to shift power to challenge abuses of power.”
Regarding the charge that his candidacy ultimately tipped the balance in Florida to hand George Bush the election, Nader rejected the “spoiler” label. He claimed that such an accusation is based on “factual errors.”
“I think Gore won, by the way,” he added. “I’ve spoken to him. I think he knows he won.”
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:) Gore won in 2000???? Hang on there mr. bloomburg. You could bring a lot more comic relief to all of us as we watch this lib gaggle of morons running for President.
Gore thinks he won in 2000. He also thinks what humans do has a decisive impact on the global climate. He also thinks he invented the Internet. He also believes he had donuts with Elvis this morning. He’s also sure that he studied the French Existentialists in the original one summer on the Riviera while he was also plowing hillsides in Tennessee behind a mule. He is also convinced that the internal combustion engine is the greatest threat facing mankind. He and Tipper, he’s positive, were also the inspiration for Erich Segal’s novel LOVE STORY. Mr. Gore also believes that he can wipe out the impact of his own carbon footprint by buying “carbon offsets” from himself. Mr. Gore also zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz................
Actually, it’s Declan McCullagh who thinks Gore thinks he invented the Internet. Everybody else is just piling on.
The facts don't bear this out. Nowhere is the entire Florida debacle better documented than Bill Sammon's book At Any Cost.
But then, facts never do matter in Gore and Nader's alternate universe. If they are so sure this is true, then maybe they should run on their own ticket.
Campaign slogan for the mayor:
BLOOMBERG - HE’S HAD A FEW YEARS OF RUNNING THE LIFE OF NEW YORKERS, NOW HE’S READY TO RUN YOURS
Michael Bloomberg
New York’s Boston-born mayor
Is a nosey nay-sayer.
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