“To the Ramparts”: Ralph Nader on How Bush & Obama Paved the Way for the Trump Presidency

[@tlaa998]

Love Ralph. I saw him at a Seattle town hall meeting in the presidential primaries in 2008. Brought tears to my eyes to hear a "politician" talk common sense, kind, and motivational policy reform.

[@davidpage7900]

I saw him visit Albany, NY to give a speech in front of 40 people. What a guy, what a hard worker.

[@EnzoVecchiaio]

Voted for Ralph every time he ran. What a different, much improved country this would be with a brilliant Ralph Nader presidency instead of GWB the dullard or Barack the highly skilled BS artist.

[@65minimom]

It started with Reagan, Bush & Clinton - and nothing would be different if Nader had won because one person cannot do everything & too many people are apathetic & lazy! Do what he is telling you to do then do it

[@marcuspeck963]

@@65minimomYou're right Sandy, and this is also what Nader is saying. Concerted and unrelenting public action is the only way to change our representative democracies. We must learn that "we are the change we have been waiting for" to quote local anarchist activist Joe Toscano (the "Anarchist World This Week" on Melbourne, Australia's wonderful community radio station 3cr). Even lousy presidents (is there any other kind in the USA?) an be forced to pass good legislation under concerted public pressure.

[@TelephoneToughGuy]

@@65minimom : One person can't do everything, but (s)he CAN do SOMETHING. Therefore it's not true that nothing would be different if Nader had won. Every bit of difference helps.

[@Tsnore]

See Carlin, George.

[@syourke3]

It’s time for mass civil disobedience. Like in France. The electoral process is rigged against real democracy and it’s not possible to use it to effect real progress. Ralph is naive if he thinks we can still take power back from the corporations by voting.

[@lauramcconney9367]

We need more Ralph Nader 's to lead this generation of Americans to take action not just complain!

[@65minimom]

Laura McConney - what are doing? nothing! You are looking for a savior not a leader - Ralph, Chris Hedges, Bernie have told you what do but you & everyone else is too lazy. look back to the 60s & follow our example. Shame on you

[@juhannivalkonen748]

I wish that a man like Nader becomes President one day !

[@ThomasBrennanthombre55]

Thank you Ralph, for all your hard work and determination. Don't forget to take some time and rest, every moment you can. You have given every ounce of strength and courage to defend people. Your optimism is amazing and encouraging. Can you address the power of a boycott, and the degradation of our constitutional rights? Instead of holding our activist leaders up in high regard such as occupy movement, those leaders are being attacked and vilified for standing up to the inverse polarization of the 1% and reckless disregard for profit over human rights. These leaders are in need of protection so that we as a people can reach our full potential.

[@joshron99]

Is there anyone more brilliant than this guy? I can't think of any.

[@hotdonkey3801]

Ralph Nader doesn't get enough credit for the millions of lives saved by his mandatory seat belt campaign.

[@tomsenft7434]

Hot Donkey : yes, but he as old as the rest of them: these powerbrokers are all senile. I am not young, but these people are loosing their senses. If retirement meant something in this country, Nader and Trump could fish or golf without harm. Now, it's as crazy as an old-folks home gossiping about Ms. Pelosi's red coat.

[@yarweiss]

@@tomsenft7434 - I hope you know you are a stupid person, and you should seek advice from others before making any significant decisions.

[@Fuctmentality]

Not to mention clean air, *takes a drag* it's good to be able to breath

[@marcuspeck963]

@@tomsenft7434 You couldn't be more wrong. The man is as sharp as a tack. We need our elders like any other culture. Comparing Nader with Trump is bizarre. You seem to have completely missed the point of the way Nader has lived his life, his devotion to civic society. Try listening to the "Ralph Nader Radio Show". You might learn something. If you still can.

[@SuperNhodge]

@@tomsenft7434 Fully agree it's a shame he is still so necessary that none can take his place. Wish more of your naysayers would get off their ass and down to their local statehouses. He was 20 years old when he started doing this and he should be able to retire without worrying the country would go even more to hell.

[@CHAS1422]

WOW! I actually found a connection with 60% of what he was saying! I'll buy the book.

[@laura1000]

Only 60%?

[@valentinogeorgievski]

Ralph you are the hope for humanity!

[@bzz5601]

"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit under." Nader is that man. It's unfortunate for the human race that there aren't more at this critical time.

[@matchlessmoviesinfo]

We cannot risk our future any longer. Get Trump and the other crooked idiots out of the way!!!

[@bzz5601]

The slow and incremental change offered by the left is not going to help us either. Lots of nooses are needed. Stop believing this problem starts and ends with Trump. It started with JFK at least.

[@jeffsartadventure3634]

Q: Why aren't American corporations investing in the future for their employees instead of doing massive stock by backs? A: They don't plan on most of us being around in the near future.

[@Pinklatex7]

J.L. Goodman word 👍

[@cathjj840]

JLG - Why would they? They don't seem to think they even need customers any more! It's all about the money, the money without the fuss, just endlessly swirling around the world electronically as it grows like cancer. There is more of that kind of 'money' than actual money on Earth.

[@FirstLast-os4ks]

agenda 2021

[@lor3999]

Greed.

[@RC19786]

Kudos Mr Nader and Amy Goodman from Democracy Now!

[@everhernandez6011]

Thank you for this great video

[@Tsnore]

Ralph is a Christmas angel come early!

[@1wrongbrother949]

The only way you can turn it around by getting rid of both of these horseshit party's.

[@dulynoted2427]

Sanders/Nader 2020 Now that would be the most sensible course for America.

[@justmyopinion9883]

Mr Nader has been around a long time; I remember him from the 70s. He used to be a consumer safety advocate. He has always cared about his fellow Americans; he would have made a great President. He is a kind hearted man. I want to read his new book.

[@lunaazule1899]

In 1966 I had an almost fatal accident due to a car's design defect that GM knew about. Nadar wrote about the 'dashboard killer' in his book Unsafe At Any Speed. Around the time congress was debating on forcing car manufacturers to fix this with laws, my doc wrote how messed up I got from this defect. I'd like to think my lifelong disability helped get Nadar's law passed, but he's my hero on way or another. Thank you Ralph if you read this ( probably won't but don't hurt to try, huh) Nadar made me a consumer protection advocate for life..A life I almost didn't have due to GM being to cheap to fix this minor killer.

[@patriciagriffin1505]

Such brilliancy the US public servants all need to read and heed this

[@tlaa998]

We all need to buy that book, "Rats Reform Congress" and continue the revolution for a better, kinder, more equitable USA.

[@65minimom]

Jenafer Delaney - continue what revolution? the one in France? there isn't one here in USA - bunch of cowards

[@charleskesner1302]

I think Ralph clearly knows what Progressives need to do. Thanks for this.

[@Theomite]

We need Nader and Chomsky to spearhead a Supergroup to help us change things around.

[@samgamgee7384]

Remember while you're talking about Arab-American congresspeople, that Ralph Nader is a native-born Lebanese-American.

[@samgamgee7384]

@niki wiki Just as you please. You are entitled to your own opinion. Ralph, of course, is a Christian, I mean, 'Ralph' is a Christian name rather than a Muslim one. I don't think he is a religious man. In any case, some of the finest people I have ever met have happened to be Muslims (though not Lebanese ones) and I have met Lebanese Christians, or just Christians in general who as individuals happened to be real wicks. As mum used to say, 'Takes all kinds to make a world'. '"/

[@lor3999]

He’s got solutions, the greedy don’t want.

[@boeingdriver29]

Here, here Ralph !

[@geoffreynhill2833]

Nader's always worth watching. Down to earth, up to date and on their case... ☑😉 PS: Do Americans have to wear a baseball cap to make it to President?

[@Pinklatex7]

I Fucking love Ralph 👏☺

[@RyanFeatherston]

That makes two of us!

[@craignunnallypurcell]

Go Ralph.

[@danieldoucet9121]

Ever the genius thinker Ralph has always been, his ideas don't seem to matter much as long as people are distracted by : TOBACCO, ALCOHOL, DRUGS, TV, MOVIES, ORGANIZED SPORTS,MUSIC, FACEBOOK, CAR RACES, JUNK FOOD, PORN, WALMART. ETC., ETC.,ETC. Maybe when the working class can't afford that trash anymore they will actually start to listen, except Ralph will be dead by then and slavery will be legal again just called something else.

[@dineskumarragu4187]

I need to buy this book 📖 ASAP

[@tlaa998]

Bernie Sanders/Ralph Nader 2020!!!!

[@willrobinson1229]

Now that would be a revolutionary team!

[@queenroyaltyrules55]

No

[@johnpanos2332]

thank you mr. nader for all you fought for. the older i get the more i want to do something. fight corp. fascism is my motto

[@donmckinney928]

Council of 13 and committee of 300 run the world and decide what happens for their profit . see jesuit oath and public law 104 mar,71991 calls for beheading idol worshippers and blasphemers . Lawyer's committee for inquiry demands a federal grand jury be convened for 9/11 evidence examined to hold the evil doers finally accountable . News media covered up 9/11 for 17 years - colluded . Jesuit oath on the congressional record . All roads lead to Rome and Venice . city of london .

[@dianal.clausen8118]

Can someone please HELP me? Amy said she and Ralph would talk about the bomb that was built at Ratheon, Tucson, AZ and I can't find it in the broadcast (3 parts). Perhaps they never got to it? I'm very interested as I lived in Tucson for a couple of years and came in contact with people who worked there.Thanks Much, Diana/Chicago

[@stevegodenich7087]

We pay gasoline taxes, highway tolls and DMV fees to maintain the inter-state highway system. We pay property taxes and education taxes to fund local government and schools. We need more revenue coming into our local communities and less taxes going out to balance municipal and state budgets. We need less interference and far-away cookie-cut state & federal plans and more fiscal prudence. Lower property taxes and lower education taxes are key to attracting business, creating jobs and drawing people to our communities. Consider replacing state & federal income taxes on our $10 Trillion AGI[1], 10% capital gains taxes, 6% sales taxes, excise taxes, tariffs and subsidies with a decentralized form of Edgar Feige's 0.3% flat tax[2,3] on the $4 quadrillion of dollar liquidity flows[4] through the IMS. Distribute tax revenues to municipal governments and legislate appropriations upwardly through state & federal governments after municipal issues are addressed. Lower taxes may also help to curb the appeal of tax havens[5,6] which are a drain on tax revenues that finance our governments. QE/ZIRP/IOER, bail-in/bail-outs and welfare-warfare spending[7,8]* are complementary fiscal and public concerns. *Note that SS/Medicare is separately funded by FICA pay withholding. [1] Summary of the Latest Federal Income Tax Data, 2017 Update | Tax Foundation [2] Alternative Proposals Reform, May 11 2005 | Video | C-SPAN (second 5-minute speaker) [3] Taxation for the 21ST Century: The Automated Payment Transaction (APT) Tax | SSRN [4] Intraday Liquidity Flows | FRBNY [5] The Spider's Web - Britain's Second Empire | KZbin [6] [PDF] Treasure Islands | Nicholas Shaxson [7] America's $1.1 Trillion National Security Budget | POGO | 2017 [8] CRS Report: Welfare Spending The Largest Item In The Federal Budget | Sessions | 2012

[@cellonpot]

Once you have an oligarchy, your choice is between tyranny and revolution. - Aristotle

[@RyanFeatherston]

The same people who continue to scapegoat Ralph for the end result of the 2000 election are the same people who have now embraced Dubya.

[@Spectre2434]

The triumph of T-Rump 😢😢😢. Ñader warned us😮😮😮😮😮❤

[@RyanFeatherston]

Albert Gore should have picked someone other than Joseph Lieberman as his VP and he should have let William Jefferson Clinton tour with him during the 2000 election.

[@garrettchristensen8074]

What a disgrace to compare the great Ralph Nader to progressive Democratic nuts. Nader is just a person. He's not a politician. He actually cares.

[@Spectre2434]

❤❤❤

[@AntonioGarmsci-cy5vt]

Capitalism is the crisis!!!!!

[@Picklemedia]

How does DN reconcile backing Hillary Clinton while Ralph Nader talks about corruption on their show?

[@coreyham3753]

Well, Nader would have made a great president ... but unfortunately he had zero chance of actually getting elected in the current two party monopoly on political power. Is there any doubt that HRC would have been hundreds of times better than Chump, the most corrupt and incompetent president in US history? Maybe the worst political mistake in US history was the fluke election of Chump ... which we will all be paying a heavy price for years to come now. When you only have two realistic alternatives, then the only practical choice is to pick better of the two alternatives ... which clearly was HRC.

[@miliestanford4410]

An ideal pair, both of them have a neurological issue, his left, and her right eye are affected with it.

[@Magic818100]

This is why we need term limits for Congress

[@65minimom]

Blue Angel Fly like an Eagle bull sh--. we have term limits, it's called voting which 70% of americans do not do - you want change, make it happen, stop taliing hit the streets

[@Magic818100]

@@65minimom no we still need term limits those politicians sit down for too long and they are bought by corporations this is what I like about this new Congress that just got in didn't take no donation for no Congress and we need more people like that

[@hotpotato9149]

Oooh look at Lewis, suddenly progressive again?

[@Arational]

You gave us Bush 43, leading to operation ignore before 911 and the war without end afterward, So thanks there Ralphie.

[@RyanFeatherston]

Actually, Ralph Nader didn't give us Bush 43; The Supreme Court did. And Democrats supported the Iraq War too. What you are doing is Scapegoating as well as Gaslighting.

[@RyanFeatherston]

Additionally, Albert Gore and William Jefferson Clinton both knew 911 was going to happen but did nothing about it prior to January of 2001.

[@laura1000]

What's up with Nader's left eye?

[@charly-pg3kc]

Bernie Nader 2020

[@donmckinney928]

public law 102-114 , joint house resolution 104 mar.7,1991 seven laws of noah , noahide laws from the talmud .As a birthday present to rebbe menachem mendel schneerson from tom ridge and bush . now our law calling for beheading idol worshippers and blasphemers . OUR LAW , WHY ? ask arturo sosa and pepe orsini and adolfo nicolas pachon ? they rule the WORLD . HOW ? WHAT is the deadliest ADDICTION ? RELIGION . The strongest control mechanism ? T.V. AND RELIGION AND MONEY ?

[@ΜιχαληςΕπιφανης]

justiber. tetin manin ligor. european iunion

[@owlnationlegal4228]

Rats Reform Congress does NOT have a DOWNLOAD PDF link. How old is this author/publisher and are they playing with a full deck?

[@brucec5950]

Thank you for your service Ralph Nader, now move on.

[@lisahyyppa3360]

The fact that the Saudi crown prince MBS Orchestrated and facilitated the grotesque brutal murder of Jamall Khashoggi on my birthday… I take personal offense. I expect justice. This is including appeasing the Khashoggi boys in whatever fashion they request. With the weight of God Almighty, I speak these words. Just so this won’t be lost in translation, it also means God Almighty has my back. It also means that I work for God Almighty. This behavior was an abomination and a direct affront to God Almighty. Reparations are necessary sooner rather than later.

[@brburnham61]

Typical Christian mindset - preach love and forgiveness, yet invoke their 'all loving' God, in their behest to seek revenge. This is why there is a separation of church and State, as guaranteed in our Constitution. You infer moral superiority or high-ground, while hiding behind a fairy tale sky god, and judge, and judge, and judge. It's what religions do. Read your book - it's all in there. You're pissed, I know, and I get it. Justice must be served for this horrific murder. But to also too, then, become your enemy, in mindset, is everything that is wrong with this world. Too many different people thinking their color, or their beliefs, or their religion trumps all others. Don't delude yourself into believing that 'god has' your 'back.' It hasn't proven itself to be real for over 2000 years now. You just might be in for a big disappointment. Get rational and think. It's why our brain has evolved the ability to handle complex thought. You should try it. It is the epitome of enlightenment.

[@paddymaguire1703]

get any good stuff on your b-day? or just this? 🤔

[@ΜιχαληςΕπιφανης]

you book. provlem yemmen

[@aksensei]

We don't need to hear the other side from your friend, we've been hearing that argument for 22 years. It's not valid.

[@markandcathynickerson1287]

Nader is a fool. He is responsible for W. He is just a malcontent.

[@RyanFeatherston]

+Marcus and Catherine Nickerson Even though Ralph Nader isn't responsible for George W. Bush and Ralph isn't a malcontent, nor is a fool. You are, though.

[@ericruth2989]

I waited for Ralph Nader -- He never appeared--What gives?

[@stephencarlsbad]

Calling Cortez a progressive is like calling Hitler, Stalin and Mao moderates.

[@benlee9009]

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[@davegoldfarb]

safety first ralph aok

[@davegoldfarb]

ralph

[@ΜιχαληςΕπιφανης]

youlicer. anyn. wet greser giver main any

[@christopherdennis4280]

When are these people just gonna say it...capitalism sucks!!...and needs to be put to bed....Ralph Has Been bitchn all his life about the system, Amy has had this show for god knows how long and they refuse to make the most obvious conclusion no solution without moving on from capitalism...what they've been doing eventually it must be concluded is no longer helping but getting in the way by refusing to call for the end of this way of organising the world

[@RyanFeatherston]

+Dennis Christopher "they refuse to make the most obvious conclusion" No, I don't think so.

[@walterconcrete5017]

When Ralph Nader split the Democrat vote and refused to support Al Gore he saddled us with Bush Jr. Biggest asshole in politics. USA USA USA! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@RyanFeatherston]

Even though Ralph Nader isn't responsible for Dubya, and Gore had not earned Nader's endorsement. Also, I agree. Thomas Perez is the biggest asshole in politics.

[@walterconcrete5017]

Ryan W. Featherston: slice it any way you want it Gore won the popular vote, Nader’s little hissy fit “ You can’t fix a broken system by participating” fuck him and his lack of pragmatism, Nader could have given us the Green New Deal. He didn’t want it if it came from Gore. Please do not reply, I have bigger fish to fry.

[@walterconcrete5017]

@Geoffrey Butler: It has been a busy year, what’s your plan now?

[@RyanFeatherston]

@@walterconcrete5017 Too bad, I'm replying anyway and there's nothing you can do about it. Getting back on topic though, Nader really isn't responsible for Gore's loss. Albert Gore cost himself the 2000 election by virtue of being a lousy and entitled candidate. Dude couldn't even win his homestate of TN. Plus, Albert Gore picked Joseph Lieberman, a right-wing moral crusader posing as a leftist, as his VP. Lieberman later supported the War in Iraq (as did Gore) and attended the RNC in 2004. Also, more Florida Democrats voted for Bush than Gore or Nader combined, despite them having previously voted for William Clinton in 1992 and 1996, respectively. What you are doing is Scapegoating as well as Gaslighting. Additionally, there is no such thing as vote splitting.

[@davegoldfarb]

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[@christopherdennis4280]

Is Amy a friggn Democrat!?

[@RyanFeatherston]

No.