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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader: 'Cowering' Democrats face defeat [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)record. They don't want to know about the IRS audits, the stunt where he forced students to "direct debit" money to his non-profits, the ongoing collusion with the GOP that gave him the money to fight Democrats ONLY in battleground states, the really dangerous stock trading with non-profit money (and there's more than a little suspicion of insider trading there, unless his middle name is "Lucky"--Martha Stewart went to jail for what he got away with), the lies about his "poor Ralph" lifestyle (he rented a room in a boarding house with a crapper down the hall, and lived in a luxury home that had his brother's name on the deed) and a host of other nefarious and self-enriching actions.
When one of his own workers comes right out and tells a modern-day horror story about how he screamed at/fired people who worked an eighty hour week for slave wages, for the "crime" of trying to UNIONIZE, you know the champions of Saint Ralph are speaking from a place of emotion and investment (they wanted to believe his bullshit) and not from a place of factual analysis.
The guy is a tool. The admin admonition, Fuck Ralph Nader, is right on the mark.