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In the discussion thread: Ralph Nader: Why Raising the Minimum Wage is a Winning 2012 Election Issue [View all]

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Sat Mar 3, 2012, 04:08 PM

girl gone mad (20,634 posts)

44. And Obama promised he would fight for the Public Option.

Promises are promises. It's what they actually do that counts.

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73 replies	Author	Time	Post
Ralph Nader: Why Raising the Minimum Wage is a Winning 2012 Election Issue [View all]	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	OP
Oh I couldn't agree more	bluestateguy	Mar 2012	#1
Was Al Gore Tweedledum or Tweedledee? :o)	libinnyandia	Mar 2012	#6
He was the one who was against the Iraq War (before it started)	bluestateguy	Mar 2012	#10
Based on what?	girl gone mad	Mar 2012	#8
Gore promised to hike the minimum wage at every campaign stop.	Robb	Mar 2012	#35
And Obama promised he would fight for the Public Option.	girl gone mad	Mar 2012	#44
And Bush promised to reduce the size of government. Who did you vote for?	Robb	Mar 2012	#47
It is not a requirement of DU that you fufill your DU handle in each and every post.	grantcart	Mar 2012	#50
Are you saying that Ralph Nader had a hand in electing George W. Bush?	onehandle	Mar 2012	#9
Du rec. Nt	xchrom	Mar 2012	#2
A very good idea.	FarLeftFist	Mar 2012	#3
Good info here:	ProSense	Mar 2012	#4
Maybe we should have a maximum wage.	limpyhobbler	Mar 2012	#5
Been proposed before, but not gotten much traction	eridani	Mar 2012	#19
We need a senator to propose a bill tying minimum wage increases to Congressional pay increases.	Selatius	Mar 2012	#31
It would be a nightmare to enforce.	2ndAmForComputers	Mar 2012	#21
Kind of like the drug war, eh?	Fumesucker	Mar 2012	#22
Good point.	2ndAmForComputers	Mar 2012	#40
k&r n/t	RainDog	Mar 2012	#7
Of course the min. wage should be increased, but in truth it really needs	FSogol	Mar 2012	#11
I can't imagine that sort of Rhetoric is going to make his right-wing financiers happy.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2012	#12
Snicker	FSogol	Mar 2012	#13
Right-wing financiers? Post credible links. So what do you think about Nader's proposal?	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#15
No, I mean right-wing financiers, the same people who've been funding this shit for years.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2012	#18
Nice smear job. Now here's the documented facts on the so-called Republican funding of Nader.	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#32
Idiotic and distorted comparison at that link. What were the percentages for each campaign?	Robb	Mar 2012	#36
You don't know? When you find it post it! And that's irrelevant.	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#51
Nader was funded by Republicans and functioned as a deliberate tool of the Republican Party	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2012	#55
Everyone knows he was in the back pocket of Ford when he wrote "Unsafe At Any Speed." nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#66
No, once upon a time the guy had integrity and moral authority.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2012	#68
Poppycock. Ford hired him to make GM look bad. And he did a bangup job. nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#69
Poppycock? Poppycock, sir?	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2012	#70
The Republicans who donated to Kerry were trying to put a DEMOCRAT in the White House.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2012	#48
So Republicans who wanted Bush in the White House donated to Ralph Nader and not George Bush!!!	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#52
"Nearly one in 10 of Nader's major donors have given in recent months to the Bush-Cheney campaign"	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2012	#54
Republicans organized a campaign committee to back Kerry, not Ralph Nader.	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#58
Many moderate Republicans supported Kerry because they wanted Kerry to win.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2012	#60
It's too bad President Obama and the DNC don't support the things that you and Ralph Nader support.	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#65
Robust debate is ok. Supporting 3rd party candidates like Nader is not okay.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2012	#67
NOW Nader goes populist? Fuck him	banned from Kos	Mar 2012	#14
Guess you haven't been following Nader. He's been a populist for almost a half century now.	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#16
quote that shows how unworkable this is	DonCoquixote	Mar 2012	#17
That's what Republicans and media say. Please don't believe their lies about high business taxes.	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#27
there is aworld of difference	DonCoquixote	Mar 2012	#62
Are small businesses being hurt by big business and their political whores or high taxes?	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#63
both, though mostly the former	DonCoquixote	Mar 2012	#71
Increased federal spending isn't politically viable right now	Motown_Johnny	Mar 2012	#20
Not one penny of "federal" money is spent to increase the minimum wage.	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#25
Actually, the minimum wage law applies to both public AND private sector workers.	Selatius	Mar 2012	#26
You're right. Republicans in Congress would fight against higher wages.	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#30
Clearly then the correct course is to lower or eliminate the minimum wage..	Fumesucker	Mar 2012	#23
indeed	ibegurpard	Mar 2012	#24
Right message... wrong messenger.	scheming daemons	Mar 2012	#28
Nader proposed that the messenger be Obama and Democratic Party leaders! You disagree?	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#34
Yes, it should be a part of our platform.	mvd	Mar 2012	#49
But the Republicans would attack Democrats for advocating higher wages!	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#53
Fuck Nadar	we can do it	Mar 2012	#29
Whose side are you on? (eom)	CanSocDem	Mar 2012	#33
Not Ralphie's	we can do it	Mar 2012	#38
...and fake Naderites.	Bobbie Jo	Mar 2012	#41
Its kind of obvious, isn't it?	we can do it	Mar 2012	#46
Yes, it is very obvious.	FSogol	Mar 2012	#61
Oh, yeah. Let's listen to a LOSER of elections for what's good for winning elections.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#37
Heresy! How dare he challenge the Party to do what's right?!!?	Tierra_y_Libertad	Mar 2012	#39
Yes...He's running again	jimmie	Mar 2012	#42
Nader ruining another good idea by trying to associate himself with it.	gulliver	Mar 2012	#43
Before you know it Nader will be supporting Medicare for All. Oh ... he does. What a creep!	Better Believe It	Mar 2012	#57
What an awful list of betrayed friends he has.	gulliver	Mar 2012	#59
Even Mitt Romney supports adjusting the minimum wage due to inflation.	Alexander	Mar 2012	#45
Nader may be an asshole, but he has a point	Telly Savalas	Mar 2012	#56
Raise it to 50$ an hour and watch consumer spending go through the roof. nt	Snake Alchemist	Mar 2012	#64
..	mdmc	Mar 2012	#72
I'm going to withhold comment until	SomethingFishy	Mar 2012	#73

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