Well it didn't take the White Democrat Masters all that long to reveal their true intentions toward any uppity Black man who dares to step out of line.
Let's not forget the KKK was the enforcement division on the DemonRat Party.
Posted on 12/09/2010 6:15:28 AM PST by Second Amendment First
Perennial third-party candidate Ralph Nader predicted on Wednesday that President Obama's tax deal with Republicans will earn him a primary challenge in 2012.
Though he wouldn't rule out another presidential campaign himself, Nader, 76, said he hoped that a new face would take up the progressive cause.
"I'm not foreclosing the possibility ... There are just other things to do," he said. "And it's time for someone else to continue. I've done it so many times. When I go around the country, I'm telling people they need to find somebody."
Nader, a consumer advocate, described the immense procedural difficulty — the "obstructions and litigations" — of appearing on the ballot in every state as a third-party candidate. He ran under the Green Party banner in 1996 and 2000 and as an independent in 2004 and 2008, and earned less than three percent of the overall vote each time.
He said on Wednesday that Obama's decision to allow tax-cut extensions for the wealthy in the lame-duck deal betrays the progressives who supported his campaign in 2008.
"There will be a primary," Nader said. "Just a question of how prominent a person [will run against Obama]. This deal is the last straw."
"Obama's position has been that the liberal, progressive wing has nowhere to go, therefore they can't turn their back on the administration. But a challenge will hold his feet to the fire and signal that we do have somewhere to go."
The tax deal, a blow to progressives, has prompted media speculation about such a challenge, although no names have been aired.
"He [Obama] keeps one step away from the liberal progressive grasp," Nader said, describing the mood among on the left. "He's always just one step ahead from them grabbing his neck."
He had harsh words for the president's approach to politics.
"He [Obama] has no fixed principles. He's opportunistic — he goes for expedience, like Clinton. Some call him temperamentally conflict-averse. If you want to be harsher, you say he has no prlnciples and he's opportunistic."
"He's a con man. I have no use for him," Nader said.
In the 2000 election, Nader was criticized for contributing to Al Gore's defeat by taking votes from the left. He said then and again on Wednesday that the progressive agenda must be on the national ballot every four years.
"These are majoritarian positions. The polling shows that. Living wage, single payer, cracking down on corporate crime ... It's time for someone to continue this."
Someone who isn’t 100 years old and nuttier than a fruitcake?
"He [Obama] has no fixed principles. He's opportunistic — he goes for expedience, like Clinton. Some call him temperamentally conflict-averse. If you want to be harsher, you say he has no prlnciples and he's opportunistic."
"He's a con man. I have no use for him," Nader said.
Hopefully, Nader will be the one.
Nader is about as sharp as a bowling ball BUT he can mount a bodacious spoiler campaign..
Nader, to do that - you’ll need to find a lib with morals and a brain.
Good luck.
Don’t know which would be better -
a third party socialist running against 0bama in the general,
or 0bama losing the primary and the ‘rats losing a huge voting block.
So Naders a Racist?
Every 4 years Ralphie needs money for a new suit.
Unsafe at any speed...that’s Ralph!
He could probably pull about 2 or 3 percent of the popular vote, perhaps more depending on how Mr. Obama conducts the rest of his term.
That could turn a state or two.
Stand on it, Ralph!
The blacks and moonbats will vote for whoever they are told to vote for..
SLAP.. SLAP... wake up.. pay attention...
Nadar could pull 4-5% in some states where it could swing the election towards the GOP candidate.
It the Democrats dump Obama in the primary, blacks will be very unenthusiastic in 2012.
if the ‘rats lose 20 percent of their black voting block even to apathy (staying home), they cannot win.
Well it didn't take the White Democrat Masters all that long to reveal their true intentions toward any uppity Black man who dares to step out of line.
Let's not forget the KKK was the enforcement division on the DemonRat Party.
If he is unseated in a primary, you can pretty much count on several million of those new-minted 2008 voters to stay home.
So you're both right: African-American voters will indeed vote 90+% for the Democrat in any given race, but the number of those voters who show up for the general will be noticeably lower in the wake of any success by a primary challenger.
I believe Representative Dennis Kucinich has everything you’re looking for, Mr. Nader.
Name recognition — communist idealogue — good fundraiser — nuttier than a fruitcake.
Perfect.
A strong Green candidate in 2012 — would that be sweet, or what.
Folks like Nader don’t believe in compromise. They’re totalitarians. It’s their way or the highway.
Spell correction, duhhh...
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