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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader: 'Cowering' Democrats face defeat [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)support of the workers, he played like he was opposed to NAFTA and other free trade initiatives.
He painted Halliburton, General Dynamics, Wal-Mart, Big Oil etc. as The Most EVIL Entities In The World, to the cheers of his followers--and all the while, he was heavily invested in them. He knew who ran Halliburton--and it wasn't Al Gore.
He knew who was determined to avenge his daddy in Iraq. That wasn't Al Gore, either.
It was in his immediate, personal and One Percenter self-interest to help to put Bush in the White House. He knows all about how the rich get richer, because he's done it.
All of his little acolytes cheered!!! Yay, Yay!! Ralph is "one of us!!" He wears old suits and Army Navy store boots...he's a poor guy, just like US!!! But he wasn't--that was all a big fat act. He's a multi-millionaire and Bush and Cheney made him richer, still.
And all of his uninformed, hectoring "Waah, you don't like Ralph so I hate you" enthusiasts didn't bother to check and see what a big fat hypocrite that one percenter was and is. They just can't admit that he conned them, and he conned them GOOD. They have to double down and continue to support a self-aggrandizing liar and a craven opportunist who helped the GOP game elections.
He THREW the election to Bush, because it benefited his bottom line.