Nader to call for Bush impeachment in front of White House

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

Perennial also-ran presidential candidate Ralph Nader is planning to call for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney in a news conference in front of the White House Friday.

Nader, whom many Democrats still blame for former Vice President Al Gore’s loss to Bush in 2000, has run in the last three presidential elections.

Nader rose to prominence as a consumer advocate but has fallen out of favor with many Democrats because they view him warily as a potential spoiler.

Read more: http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/nader-to-call-for-bush-impeachment-in-front-of-white-house-2008-05-22.html

[sellitman]

1. A little late to be bitching about bush Ralphie Boy.

You are one of the reasons he is in office you son of a bitch bastard.

[ladywnch]

7. ditto. he has stayed silent for the last 8 years but now wants to make

political hay over calling for impeachment. little late to the dance there Ralphie!.....Chuck you Farly!

[electropop]

27. Nader has not been silent for 8 years: the media has ignored him.

He's been pro-impeachment for a long time. I might just stroll down the street and join him at the White House. I get depressed every time I walk past it, since Jan 2001.

[YDogg]

11. well said

[pnorman]

34. Nader ran for office in 2000, and his supporters voted for him.

Ill advised? Perhaps, but mainly in hindsight. But we all know who committed CRIMINAL ACTS to put that lying Chickenhawk in the White House, and it was NOT Ralph Nader or those who voted for him! And don't forget Ohio in 2004!

Consider this coming November, and the possibility (however remote) of McCain getting the vote (or close enough to steal). With FAR greater justice, we could hold Hillary mainly responsible for that!

So WHO here is for IMPEACHMENT?

pnorman

[AlphaCentauri]

45. Yeah! lets blame the little guy, has the democratic congress has done anything to stop * ?

An Inconvenient Truth

[SammyWinstonJack]

47. Mr. "No difference between bu$h and Gore" is whining about bu$h?

:rofl:

[driver8]

2. Fuck Nader...

I have no use for that man.

[jobycom]

3. In other news, Britney Spears calls for an end to corporate-produced cookie-cutter dance songs. nt

[NinetySix]

10. She's right. That kind of music totally sucks.

I'm with ya all the way, Brittney!!1!1!!11

/sarcasm

[Shae]

39. Do tell.

Link?
:-)

[ohio2007]

4. nothing like putting together the '08 soundbytes/money shots before announcing another run

he should run for mayor of Sadr city

[Ian David]

5. Bush is a defective product. n/t

[Uncle Joe]

6. I'm kicking and recommending anyway.

Thanks for the thread, sabra.

[onehandle]

8. After putting him in there? Blow me, Ralph. nt

[adi]

51. Nader put

Nader put Bush into White House. Now he is stirring the pot by saying impeachment!!!!!!!!!!?????

[Wizard777]

9. I hate to say it. But Obama needs to send this message also.

Because right now Ralph has my full attention. I don't care who does it. It just needs to be done.

[electropop]

28. I agree

If Dems are too weak to stand up, who will, besides Ralph?

[bluestateguy]

12. I'd rather hear about the Natalie Holloway case than anything that asshole has to say

nt

[Honeycombe8]

13. Who? n/t

[magellan]

14. What a shame the Dems don't do this. n/t

[Virginia Dare]

19. What a shame Nader didn't support Gore..

and then they wouldn't have to.

[magellan]

35. What a shame the Dems don't do this. n/t

[Mark E. Smith]

15. Ralphie The Bush Enabler Wants Him Impeached?

Considering that Nader's current waltz with madness will only help to extend Bush's policies for another 4 years, his little photo op here strikes me as being nothing but horseshit.

[rudy23]

16. Fuck Nader---for again leading the way on progressive issues

Fuck him for doing what sell-out Democrats are afraid to.

[sellitman]

37. Nader is the sell out.

No difference between bush and Gore huh?

He is a meglomanic who is so short sighted he can't see the forest through the trees.

Fuck you very much Ralphie!

[SammyWinstonJack]

48. !!!

:thumbsup:

[sofa king]

17. That asshole.

There is no single person more responsible for the disaster visited upon our nation than Ralph Nader. He took more votes away from Al Gore than the entire GOP could steal at the time. If just one percent of the 97,000 Floridians who voted for him had done the smart thing and voted for Gore, we'd be living in an entirely different world right now. Now our air and water are dirtier, exactly how much we don't know because all we know for sure is that our government never tells us the truth anymore. Half of our wetlands are actually golf course water hazards. We're planning on burning the last six inches of midwestern topsoil through our SUVs.

And that sonofabitch has the balls to show up now, seven years later, and say we should impeach the man he made king? Fuck him.

I have a proposal: let's talk Nader into running for Congress instead, so that when he gets elected we can impeach HIM, just for being the asshole who destroyed our nation.

[nichomachus]

18. Actually, if the Democrats had

let the GOP convict Clinton, Al Gore could now be finishing his 10th year as president.

[Virginia Dare]

20. Or Newt Gingrich would be finishing his 7th....n/t

[Seedersandleechers]

21. Yea, but look who would have been VP...

[nichomachus]

24. Not necessarily

Gore chose Lieberman to overcome the Clinton effect. Had Gore simply replaced Clinton, the VP would have been appointed and there would have been no need to go to Joe.

[Seedersandleechers]

36. Good point...

[no limit]

29. I blame the people that voted for him just as much as I blame him

and whats worse is some people still haven't learned their lesson.

[blayne]

22. Publicity stunt.

He is only doing this because everyone has already forgotten that he is running again this year.

[YvonneCa]

23. This 'could' be a positive thing...

...that he's doing. I hated that Nader ruined 2000. But he knows a lot. He has a history of accomplishment in getting legislation done (consumer safety). He will draw attention to issues that most people (unlike we here) have not been paying attention to. I wouldn't write him off so quickly. ;)

[TNOE]

26. Well, it certainly couldn't hurt

getting the "I" word front and center in the media.

[Freddie Stubbs]

25. Would Nader be calling for Gore's impeachment if Gore had won?

After all, there wasn't "a dime's worth of difference" between Bush and Gore.

[rudy23]

33. My guess is that Lieberman would've wriggled his way into the presidency somehow

And no, there's no difference between he and the Chimp.

[superkia]

30. I dont give a shit about shooting the messenger, I am happy to...

see anyone out speaking about impeachment, period! There are people that are called conspiracy theorists by the media so we automatically ignore anything they say, this is just stupid on our part, we should always keep an open mind...a closed one gets us and our country where its at now!

[fjc]

49. A perpetually open mind is a perpetually empty mind.

[mdmc]

31. chIMPeachment is off the table

Why must Nader stand for truth and justice?

[Chulanowa]

32. Allow me to join the chorus: Fuck Nader

A consumer advocate who takes money from megacorps.
A "third party" candidate payrolled by the GOP

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

38. Go for it, Ralphie Boy!

...I still ain't gonna VOTE for ya, tho'...

[Shae]

40. Too little, too late. nt

[frogmarch]

41. Nader makes me want to ralph.

:puke:

[depakid]

42. Fat chance! The Democrats are too cowardly to even enforce their own subpoenas!

and have- JUST AS NADER PREDICTED been complicit with the far right and passed almost every single piece of Republican legislation, no matter egregious, and confirmed almost every single nominee no matter how extreme.

And yet, the Nader hating clones (who can't get their facts straight) blame him for all that's happened, rather than getting a clue about (and attempting to change) the nature of their own party.

Frankly, it's pathetic.

[Nihil]

43. Well said!

Maybe it's just the better view from across the pond that gives
more perspective but it really is pathetically sad how so many
self-declared "Democrats" blame Nader for the total incompetence
of what they believe is their own party.

Gore isn't (and wasn't) "the same as Bush" so Nader was *wrong*
to use that as a slogan. (It would have been true when comparing
the VPs but that wasn't as catchy was it?)

However, the action of both parties over these 7 years have highlighted
very few other differences so Nader was *almost* right. Bet that really
sticks in the craw of the "blame anyone other than the oligarchy" crowd.

Hell, just look at who started in the primaries and who you've ended
up with ... the best "democracy" money can buy ...

:banghead:

[riverdale]

56. Nader haters

Nader never said Gore was the same as Bush.
AND the "Democratic" members of this forum who choose to bash the man are indeed pathetic.

[Robb]

44. Nader has had nearly 8 years with nothing to lose

And chooses now to stand on Penn Ave with a bullhorn?

Robb = nonplussed.

[Arkana]

46. Fuck Ralph Nader--he's the reason we even HAVE Bush.

[Javaman]

50. The once brilliant nader tries to remain relevant. so sad. he should just go away. nt

[liberalmuse]

52. Well, someone needs to call for it.

I'm not going to fling another pie at Nader for being the one to do it.

[SunDrop23]

53. Go for it...I wish a million of us could join him!

[defendandprotect]

54. Good for Nader --- and hope some others will follow his lead --- !!!

[Rowdyboy]

55. This is "Leadership, Nader style"....thank God we were spared this fraud....

[Algorem]

57. too bad. we're a fake democracy.

[mainegreen]

58. Weee! Low quality Nader discussions on DU!

Wheeee!!11!!eleventy!!!

[Algorem]

59. Is his fault USA has reached it's lowest point.It's Ralph nadir,if you will.

May he suffer the occasional noogie for eternity.