Thank you so much, Ralph Nader, for holding up the banner for Real Democracy, where We the People get to make the decisions that affect our lives - versus what we now have, Corporate Control of Everything.
How long will "progressives" fall for the old good cop-bad cop routine? The Obamarana is not "hope" or "change." It's just more of the same old garbage with different packaging.
What is this "change" he talks about, specifically, Obamaramans?
Really, we're going into crucial times for the survival of our species and many other species, and you would still support someone from the corrupt Illinois Democratic Party? The corporate-owned and controlled National Dem. Party?
Please, let's organize around the ISSUES, not some personality we like better than another....Nader's the ISSUE man, if you're into the Presidential race at all, and you're serious about saving what's left, he's the ONLY one to support.
His website is http://www.votenader.org where you'll see the panoply of REAL ISSUES we face.
Otherwise, it doesn't matter who gets in, see records of both Dems. and Reps, for comparison - tell me the difference in deeds, not just words.
- organic gardener in Downeast Maine

Yoh. Obama! You Hillary! Yoh McCain! Yoh Pelosi! You know malfeasance and high crimes and misdemeanors when you see them. And still, impeachment is off the table? Why? Because winning an election is more important than defending the U.S. Constitution, that's why. And not impeaching is being complicit with the Bush regime. And so is voting for Hillary, Obama, McCain who are silent on the issue. Of course Democrats will see Nader's action in calling for impeachment as "fringe". But deep down inside they know Nader is right. How about some courage of convictions? Run! Ralph Run!

At least Nader has more huevos than any frickin' Dumbocrat.

Hell, I'm all for impeaching whichever Dumbocrat wins in November for not defending the Constitution over the past 7 years.

Impeachment is the only answer. Otherwise, this administration will leave, to future administrations, dangerous weapons of mass destruction lying around that any of them can pick up and use against our own people, as this administration has so effectively done.

In order to defuse those bombs that will be left lying around, this administration must be held accountable for its actions. Otherwise, it sets a dangerous precedent of overreaching power that future administrations will feel free to use.

IMPEACH NOW, WITH NO MORE EXCUSES!!!

Nader is the real thing. He's done more for this country and the man on the streets than the entire CONgress and the traitors in the White House. WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN, DEMAND IMPEACHMENT AND VOTE FOR NADER.

NOW!! PLEASE DON'T WAIT!! JUSTICE MUST PREVAIL!!

It is my understanding the Ralph took money from Republicans for his campaign in 2004. Am I wrong about this? Yes, Ralph is usually right and speaks the truth and I do honor his right to run, however if we elect John McCain to the White House it will be a great tragedy. Electing Barack Obama would be just fine with me and with a good running mate, he will prevail.

It's so friggin' annoying that the major media (note that this article is from ABC, and note also how it provides a "Just the facts [that we've been told to skew]" viewpoint) once again marches out such an inane and sophmoric recap of the Big Electoral Mess that was Florida 2000:

"Running on the Green Party ticket, Nader won more than 97,000 votes in Florida, where Gore ultimately lost to Bush by 537 votes."

Oh, nevermind the shenanigans, let's just end this "news" story with a reminder of how Nader cost Gore the presidency and is therefore responsible for these past seven years of fecophile government. Does anyone else see the hidden motive here? ABC is trashing Nader once again, and (most importantly) any and all indictments he casts at the current misAdministration.

I'm not of the opinion that Nader would make a good president, but ABC is just adding fuel to the fire that makes any issue Nader speaks about too hot to handle for any other candidate. Stuff it, ABC.

When former politicians like BILL CLINTON can recieve $10,000,000 from the Saudi Kingdom, as a gift,there has to be a reason. The refusal of the candidates to raise any issue, especially the subsidizing of our industrial base to China, has yet to be addressed. Thank God for Ralph Nader, here is hoping he exposes the boys for what they are, money grabbers...

I'd like to add (because the pro-Nader crowd has my respect and I'm not lookin' for a fight) that EACH and EVERY idea, issue, opinion the man has uttered in these campaigns deserves full discourse and merits serious consideration. I just don't want them trashed on a national level (like so many of Carter's good ideas) simply due to the personality of the proponent.

I respect Ralph Nader immensely, but the sheeple need someone other than him to lead them, even if it's with the same exact set of ideals and platform priorities.

Pressure your candidate-of-choice to...if you'll pardon the pun I'm making with respect to my last post...grab the iron WHILE it's hot and go to work!

Didn't Ralph take money from Republicans during his run in 2006?????

Elections are a gauge as to what, "We the People" are willing to accept.

Ralph is a tough minded respectable man. Why isn't he running with the Green Party again? The Greens have a foothold and a sustaining philosophy. It seems that Nader's efforts are aimed more at awakening the public than building a movement. I welcome him into the race but I am voting Green.

Didnt Nader also breath the same air as Republicans when he visited Congress and not insist on using an oxygen tank containing virgin air from the Appalachians so he could remain completely pure and 100 percent perfect? Obviously refusing the air means Nader is corrupt.

Better to vote for someone who was more consistent, and not only takes money from republicans but works with them to push their agenda.

I am sorry to keep repeating myself but:
Didn't Ralph take money from Republicans during his run in 2006?????

rfkolbe,

If you repeat yourself again...wasn't it 2004?

Dream on, Ralphie boy. All the prize horses have gotten out of the barn; now you want to put doors on it?

These bastards have been committing impeachable offenses almost since day one of their incumbency. What the hell good is it gonna do now that they've got less than a year to serve?

Oh yes, it will make a statement. Just like all the statements that the Democrats have made in Congress since gaining control after the 2006 elections; they're called "non-binding resolutions". You know what you can do with non-binding resolutions; you can wipe your ass with them.

And if you don't know how to exercise that procedure, just ask Karl Rove to show you how, like he did when he recently received a subpoena.

But, if you just want to set an example, I've got the tar, you bring the feathers.

Dream on, Ralphie boy. All the prize horses have gotten out of the barn; now you want to put doors on it?

These bastards have been committing impeachable offenses almost since day one of their incumbency. What the hell good is it gonna do now that they've got less than a year to serve?

Oh yes, it will make a statement. Just like all the statements that the Democrats have made in Congress since gaining control after the 2006 elections; they're called "non-binding resolutions". You know what you can do with non-binding resolutions; you can wipe your ass with them.

And if you don't know how to exercise that procedure, just ask Karl Rove to show you how, like he did when he recently received a subpoena.

But, if you just want to set an example, I've got the tar, you bring the feathers.

Ralph Nader is a great crusader but he will F$$K UP the election once again, I would prefer if Dennis would switch Parties because I think he has a greater chance than Nader and would actually DO what HE SAYS.
When they 'Disappeared' Kucinich we lost a valiant warrior for this entire Nations needs.
Say what you will I check his Vote Calls, Attendance and Opinions I hear on videos from HIMSELF and he is a great plus and we lost a Great one.

Forgot, you all can quote Antonan Scalia, "Why don't you all just get over it", he is one of the Supremes and we are supposed to get the F$$K over the Constitutin, since when their is a tie in a state the PEOPLE of THAT STATE are to count ALL VOTES. SO....

Yes he took money from the Republicans and yes he recieved 97,000 votes in Florida in 2,000 and Gore lost Florida by 537 votes.

If Gore had won in Florida he would have been our president instead of Bush. Thank goodness we didn't have a damn Democrat in that important office again, look at the mess we were in with Bill Clinton. Bush fixed that mess up real good.

I suppose if Nader had not been a candidate in 2000, Bush would have won in Florida by 97,537 votes, obvioulsy Nader did not hurt Gore at all, he was trying to help the Democrats.

See how smart I am? I know what's going on.

So I don't understand why so many here admire him, because so many here at C/D hate the Democrats. Of course Obama is not really a Democrat, he's for US, it's OUR time and he votes the same as McCain on almost every issue.

Go Ralph, go. Yahoooo.

It should be obvious by now, there will be no impeachment, unless they catch Bush getting a blow job.

Blow jobs are ok now. Clinton made it acceptable behaviour. That's why he's so popular.

thewonderingyou is probably correct that "the sheeple need someone other than him to lead them" and as Nader said before, he would step aside if Dennis Kucinich had a chance to be crowned as the Democratic candidate. The problem here is that corporate America will not permit candidates who express ANY opinion that can be viewed as anti-corporate. Nader will never appear on a MSM debate in the next 6 months against the corporate candidates. Nader will only get negative press from the corporate media and in most states he won't even get on the ballot.

As for rfkolbe who suggested that perhaps Ralph Nader accepted money from the Republicans, I can only say that if I were Nader, I would gladly accept donations from any party. After all it was rumoured that the Democrats seriously considered assisting Ross Perot in 1991, as it was obvious that Ross was siphoning off support from the Republican base at the time.
The point is Ralph needs all the help he can get and sometimes circumstances out of our control occur in which the outside horse wins the race. If for example Bush launched a war against Iran three weeks before the election and Obama got assassinated the following day, Ralph would suddenly be looking pretty good to even the most sceptical Americans.

The comment that some is un-electable is nonsense. If the majority of people simply vote for the 'un-electable' candidate, then that person will be elected! FDR was labelled as un-electable in 1931 only to win by a landslide that caught the ruling classes totally off guard. What followed were 13 years of tremendous growth in the U.S. and the emergence of our middle class.

cleanearth is absolutely correct that Nader is the only candidate that addresses the ISSUES. Again though the mainstream candidates are not permitted to discuss ISSUES or else they will be excluded from participating in the run for the presidency. Once our Democratic candidate is chosen, that person could then stand up and speak the truth if they are so inclined to do so. However if the Democratic candidate is still spouting rhetoric in the final months before the election, the American populace would be well advised to vote for Nader.
I have seen other so-called 'liberal' candidates shoot to the top only to confuse Americans with moves like choosing a right wing ideologue (Gore-Liebermann) as their running mate or INCREASING the military budget even beyond the wildest dreams of the Neo-Cons. Whether Obama or Hilary are chosen to battle it out with McCain, Americans would be ill advised to vote for either one of them if the Democratic nominee still avoids to address the ISSUES without the rhetoric and BS that the MSM loves so much.

Mr. Nader has always come to the point of reality. Impeach now, Pelosi is and was wrong. Look at the damage control issue. We don't know the feeding frenzy the current administration is having RIGHT NOW, before their tenure ends. All in a magic haze of secrecy because the corporate media has been told to shut up. It is not too late to stop it. google "impeach", find a site you agree with and support it.

Forget it folks.

Bush would not be impeached if he would come to congress with the original constitution, rip it to pieces ... use one for ligthening his cigar ... and the rest to cleanup his ass.

He didn't lose Gore the election; Gore lost Gore the election by not standing up for himself and HIS COUNTRY and the PEOPLE who voted for him. The Supreme court gave BUSH the election, and voterfraud gave it to him again in 2004.

And, after watching the current campaign for the White House, is there anybody out there that thinks we have a viable electoral process - that is actually related to "of, by and for the People.

We've got three groups doing BUSINESS with BUSINESS, for Profit and Influence to the detriment of the Planet and the People: Dem**s, Ret**ds and Medioc**ps

If Nader wanted the right thing done as refers to impeachment why the hell does he wait until now to raise the issue? Why didn't he do this a year ago or two years ago? Seems more like a political stunt to announce it now. That's just what is needed more political stunts. But I don't want to infringe on the church of Nader lest their choir go off tune again. Cats in a bag and all of that. Ralph is basically cool even if he's a bit tone deaf. If he can raise the impeachment prospect then all the glory to him, if not he's just another stooge. At this point I think Moe, Larry and Curly would be proud.

Nader Calls for Bush-Cheney Impeachment? He'd be better off calling for his supper or his dog. Ain't nuthin' gonna happen with puppets like Pelosi torpedoing the idea since the start of her reign. If the Dummocrats blow this election, I'm going back to bed for good. May as well get some sleep.

If Nader "steals" votes from Democrats, it will be because the people who vote for Nader think he works in their interests more than the Democrats do. If the Democrats are worried about this, the logical response in our democracy is for them to heed his policy positions, adopt more of them, and thus bring more of Nader's proponents into their fold.

If the Democrats refuse to do this, it's their own fucking failure. And unfortunately, their entitlement issues and idiocy, which would prevent them from adopting truly progressive stances, would/will screw all of us.

There is also a huge amount of blame to be pinned on the large percentage of the US public who vote on personality and prejudice rather than on shrewd analysis of candidates' policies.

Our civic culture is so screwed up on multiple levels now that there is very little hope. Personally, I feel like an innocent victim of this collective idiocy.

Thank you Ralph Nader; you are a man for all seasons!

Instead of ridiculously running for President, Ralph Nader, why don't you/didn't you just stick with the WAR CRIMINAL prosecution actions and really make a difference? I no longer understand or support your reasoning - seems arrogance and righteousness cloud your vision these days, even though I agree with the charges leveled at the pitiful child-brain puppet commander-in-chief, and the REAL president, Dick Cheney. And don't you think it's a little late in the game to catch onto the war criminal accusations? WE THE PEOPLE have known about it since the invasion of Iraq...where were you THEN? Contemplating your next run for the oval office no doubt?!

I just don't see how the Democratic Party wins this November. They've displayed an inability to conduct an orderly and fair election, disenfranchising more than two million of their own voters, allowing an extremely nasty contest driven by an unfriendly press, and will end up promoting an overly ambitious arriviste for president.

Santayana said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Let's look back at 1972. We had a very unpopular president, a very unpopular war, and record breaking participation in the Democratic primaries. All indications of an overwhelming November win for the Democrats yet Nixon won re-election by a landside. These are the same elements that the current Democrats are counting on for a win in the general election.

The party's circumstances are even worse this time around. Sure, Bush's approval rating is at an all time low for a president, but the democratically controlled congress has an even lower approval rating. This congress has refused to take any action or inaction to bring the Iraq war to an end, even though the public has unequivocally indicated that is what it earnestly wants.

Get used to calling John McCain Mr. President.

Thank you --thewonderingyou. Nader took money from Republicans in 2004 (not 06, ----just waking up)

If Nader is taking money, is he not taking corporate money? It is wrong for him to do that and then go on to rail against the corporations.

The candidate that I like and am proud to say I voted for is: Matt Gonzalez, his running mate. Gonzales is a smart lawyer and fine public servant but I cannot vote for him. I wish he were a Democrat.

Yes, the Democrats should have impeached Bush and Cheney, but it will not happen. The Democrats should do ANYTHING to block, obstruct and defeat ANYTHING this criminal president wants to do. They should have been and should be in his face all the way to January 20, 2009, when my long nightmare will end.

This president and many of those working under him are indeed criminals, so I am happy to hear Ralph speak the truth, once again.

peace--

I am still planning to vote for Obama. Nader has done nothing but talk, and precious little of that! He could use some of Jesse Ventura's mouth.

If voting for Ralph Nader or for the Green candidate will most likely put the corporate candidate into the White House, then not voting for Ralph Nader or for the Green candidate will most likely put the other corporate candidate into the White House. But that debate is puerile and we need to go beyond it.

Imagine if sufficent votes are made for a progressive candidate by enough citizens so as to get a respectable third place showing. Momentum is building. It will be there for the 2012 elections. This momentum will be useful for progressive candidates in runs for Senate and Congress in 2010, not to mention state and local elections.

And how is it that we expect political parties that are not internally democratic to respect democracy? That is madness. In my opinion it is more important that we set up the possibility to get open, democratically run parties whatever their ideology into the House and Senate than that we not elect the corporate Republican candidate.

People who tell the truth are seldom egomaniacs and often ignored thoughtlessly which brings us to the world's present, disastrous mess.

Ralph is America's greatest public citizen ever.

Why do news reports continue to repeat the lie that Nader cost Gore Florida? Notice how they frame it: "many Democrats believe." This is irresponsible journalism. Just because many people believe something doesn't mean you report it as news. Or you could balance this extremist view with facts, which news organizations often do. They might point out that this charge is not true.

My signature is "formernadervoter" but I will be voting for Ralph and Matt Gonzalez---who is a superb choice by the way---once again. I really have no choice between the two corporate parties.

Whoever believes the voting numbers I would like to sell a bridge.

I welcome our boy, Ralph Nader to the debate. He is truly the most experienced presidential candidate out there. But he is having a problem getting on the Ballot in Oregon, one of the most progressive States in the union. We have to stand by someone who has a Chance of becoming President. Ralph, your a great person, and your 100% correct on everything. But we need to give Obama a chance.

Impeach? Yes! But Congress must go further and hold Bush-Cheney legally accountable in a court of law for unlimited crimes against The United States, its citizens, and humanity in general . . . the sooner the better.

Congress, Presidential Candidates, and the public must stop living in a fantasy. They must face reality. We simply cannot allow those who lied and subsequently caused the deaths of so many to go unpunished: the over 4000 in (our) military, the thousands maimed for life, the hundreds who have committed suicide; and the well over a million, mostly innocent people, in Iraq who only wanted to get through the day. And there were more deaths of innocent civilians yesterday - the result of US Air Strikes. This has got to end; just as American citizens
are collectively being held hostage by those currently in power.

The above is not just my opinion, but that of everybody I have come in contact with these last few years - of all political factions. We all want the same thing: Justice;
and we expect Congress to uphold the US Constitution and act accordingly.

There is nothing to celebrate this Memorial Day . . . it is another of mourning for every individual who has become a victim of the insanity.

Thank you thank you, thank you, Ralph Nader....

IMPEACH THESE WAR CRIMINALS

How you should vote?

"ANYBODY BUT THE TWO PARTIES"

All you have to do is vote for a candidate who is not Democrat or Republican.

If you're stupid you will fall for the same crap you've been eating since the revolution and support a massive war machine with low paying jobs and no health care.

Do you think the likes of Clinton or McCain give a rats arse for the working man or woman, they haven't in the past so why should they now.

The biggest scam is the illegals stealing your jobs when in fact your jobs are being shipped abroad because foreign workers are paid even less than you are.

You have to take the bull by the horns, go into that voting booth and vote the bastards out, every single one of them. Form a workers party and get active.

As time passes, the bitterly furious criticisms, harsh recriminations, and scathing denunciations of Nader ring more and more hollow-- residual heat without light.

Despite the benefits of modern psychology-- and its bastard child, pop psychology, which spawned the Self-Help Clan-- people remain "judgemental". Broadly speaking, I believe that ordinary people (excluding saints, adepts, spiritual masters) instinctively decide whether each Other is "cool" or "uncool". The degree and complexity of this instinct varies according to context.

One technique for making assessments or judgements is to employ a "litmus test". I don't mean that pejoratively, at least in this context. Perhaps others remember a classic James Thurber cartoon, in which onlookers at a cocktail party are watching some lascivious female dancing wildly in the middle of the room. The caption is a comment by one woman observing the spectacle to another: "She's all I know about Bryn Mawr, and all I need to know!"

For rfkolbe, the issue of whether Nader accepted contributions from Republics is the despositive factor. This question is incorporated by more virulent critics into a damning view of Nader as either a shadow plutocrat playing Judas Goat on behalf of his cohorts to subvert and corrupt the election process and keep the Republics in charge, or as a mad narcissist who will stop at nothing to parasitically drain support and attention from legitimate politicians and candidates.

To respond to rfkolbe's latter point: if indeed Nader accepted and/or solicited financial support from Republics, isn't that prima facie proof of Nader's bad faith and unsound character? How could it possibly be otherwise? As noted, it calls into question Nader's true aims and loyalties. Is he not incontrovertably a shill of the corporate finiancial interests?

Only if one infers that accepting campaign contributions sets up the same quid pro quo as one might reasonably expect from typical US politicians: money talks, bullshit walks, so financial contributors are effectively buying the candidate and his or her influence.

I don't think for a nanosecond that Nader buys into the sordid political SOP of "you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours". I think it's far likelier that Nader is laughing all the way to the bank on this issue, happily accepting transfusions of support from all comers with no intention of modifying his behavior and belief on their behalf.

And I'm also sympathetic to the rationale that Nader's acceptance of questionable support is more than offset by the always shameless and occasionally scurrilous tactics of Democratic Party officials, who have uncompromisingly stiff-armed Nader and undermined his every attempt to find and keep a foothold in the political process.

I'm not so appalled that Ralph might pull in to a wingnut Pep Boys for repairs each time Democratic operatives slash his tires.

Ralph Nader isn't flawless, but he's stayed on the high(er) moral ground and is still very much Part of the Solution.

impeach? how about hanging? and why do people still discuss the past two elections as though they were legitiamite. My God that annoys the hell out of me. Didnt anyone watch hacking democracy or read black box voting or see the Clint Curtis deposition? The 2000 and 2004 elections were completely and totally fraudulent. How could we ever know what the elections really yielded when the voting machines were counting backwards for Al Gore? When hundreds of thousands of votes were tossed into the everglades by katherine harris. When hundreds of thousands of votes were supressed in Ohio. Al Gore lost Florida by 500 votes, and Nader cost him the election? GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE ARE YOU COMPLETELY FUCKING BRAINDEAD?!!!!! The elections were hacked, the numbers were completely fictitious. Get over it already. Hell, in 2004 it was Ralph Nader that said the democratic primaries were being hacked and that Kerry was a set up candidate and that Howard Dean should have been the candidate. Why isnt voter fraud NUMBER ONE on the list as to why the Bush Crime family should be sentenced! if they didnt steal the elections nothing else would have happened.....why are we standing for the bullshit elections? theres a damn documentary on HBO for crying out loud, there is actual evidence and yet we stand for it, WHERE IS THE GODDAMN REVOLUTION?!!!!!

What is this? "Didn't Ralph take money from Republicans during his run in 2006?????" As if John Kerry, or Obama/Hillary returned donations made to their campaigns by Republicans? You see, one set of rules for Dems and Republicans and another set for Nader. This is what we are talking about here.

AMUSED: You asked why hasn't Nader brought up impeachment a year or two ago. He DID BRING IT UP many years ago! Where have you been? Oh. Sucking up what the corporate media and two Corporate Parties have been telling you. See: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/05/31/the_i_word?mode=PF

LIBERAL WITH AN ATTITUDE: Right on! I wonder if the same people who buy the lies about the prior 2 elections *(and their alleged numbers/game) are also the ones who think 911 "just happened to happen."

LITTLE BROTHER: Good commentary. I, too, see Nader as one of the more important persons of our times, one who has made a difference. It's troubling that for many he's become a scapegoat for the inequities of one political party and the lack of integrity in the other. He's a pox on both their houses, and of course, given both have strayed so far from the Truth of what this representative republic is purported to stand for, in a way it's too his credit that he is so hated, or rather, feared...

Hey Siouxrose where on earth have you been? very glad to hear from you! no shit about 9/11. Can you say Reichstag fires? I guess even the liberals don't want to admit the elections are fraudulent because of the what do we do now scenario? the then why should we vote can of worms. ironically enough if the elections were boycotted by every single individual in America, the elections would still show the highest turnout in history....welcome to the banana republic....america the latest third world dictatorship...where what you see is never real

The fanatic machine people who depend of the dem machine for a living, are out there attacking Ralph Nader. Yet,,,no one questions the fact that Bill-boy Clinton recieved $10,000,000
from the Saudi Kingdom, for his trust in Ark...
Where are the do-goodies on this one?
The machines have become so courrupt they are out of control and in the pockets of Corporate
America, the people be damned, tell us of how the Clintons have become multi-millionairs...

Dear "Liberal with an Attitude:
I couldn't have said it any better. Where the is the Revolution? Peeps are so submissive these days. They just take it and take it. Watch TV, wait in "car lines" to buy their McDonald's 1,000 cow patty, pop Big Pharma pills, and become obsessed with corporate sports events. Wake-up peeps, the boogie-man is here and he's coming after you. Regain your honor, pride, and dignity. Peeps, stand up and be counted. Do it now.