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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader: 'Cowering' Democrats face defeat [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Yeah, what unmitigated GALL, indeed. That's the way to support the "working class" -- yelling about NAFTA while INVESTING in WalMart! And let's not forget his investments included The GAP and The Limited!
Feeling a bit queasy because your hero's feet appear to be made of clay? Eat something--go grab a burger at McDonald's! Ralph owns stock in those bums, too!
When the Iraq War "magically" came along after Ralph helped W into the White House, Ralph was well rewarded--his investments in Halliburton, General Dynamics, Raytheon, and Big Oil earned him a hefty profit, that he threw into his OWN non-profits so he could have use of the cash without paying the appropriate taxes on the windfall.
And you keep lapping up the crap he's tossing out at the masses....while he laughs all the way to the bank.
This shit isn't "irrelevant" at all to Ralph. It's IMPORTANT to him...and his One Percenter's bottom line. So long as he can get people like YOU to stay away from the polls, to claim that "they are all the same," to vote for some third party nitwit like you think you are making a difference, the easier it is for Ralph to reap profits from his War Machine-Big Oil-Union Busting stock portfolio. His approach to scolding America is "Do as I say, not as I do."
Follow the money. Ralph Nader has an anti-progressive stock portfolio. The Iraq War made him richer than he was before he got into the game of playing a tethered goat on behalf of the GOP.
You need to start thinking about the wit and wisdom of Dubya--when he said "Fool me once...heh, heh...won't git fooled agin...!" he was actually giving you advice.
Ralph Nader is every bit as progressive as Dick Cheney.