Ralph Nader to Kerry: 'Call Off Your Dogs'

[Khephra]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader said on Friday that Democrats were using ``dirty tricks'' to keep him off the ballot in key states and demanded that the party's freshly anointed nominee John Kerry ``call off your dogs.''

Nader, unpopular with many Democrats since he ran as a third-party candidate in 2000 and was seen as costing Al Gore the election, also dismissed accusations that he was heavily supported by Republicans.

Nader, speaking at a campaign stop in Los Angeles one day after Kerry accepted the Democratic party nomination, said the senator's ``underlings'' were ``harassing, obstructing and impeding'' his efforts to get on the ballot in all 50 states.

``I say to Sen. John Kerry, call off your dogs,'' Nader said. ``Stop encouraging these dirty tricks or you will be held responsible.''

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-campaign-nader.html

[artr2]

1. Hey Ralph

Fuck you

[asthmaticeog]

13. Points for succinctness.

:yourock:

[America_Is_Real]

54. Nader = Dirty Tricks

Everyone knows Nader works for the GOP. I think they have something on him that is so terrible...

Nader knows he could never lead the country, he's not a serious candidate. He just seems to hate democrats and has no scruples about the rest of us, the people who are suffering under the Bush terror dictatorship.

If Nader really cared about democracy and free elections, he would be fighting the corporations who are perpetrating electronic voting without a paper trail.

Or maybe he should just drop out of the race and endorse the Libertarian candidate for preznit

[Demonaut]

29. no, just cry "Uncle!"

[kutastha]

44. lol

I saw the header, and I knew what your message said without even looking. Perfectly said!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. Progressive1 calls on Ralph Nader to stop getting help from....

Bigots and Racsist for his campaign.

[Ediacara]

3. HAHA

So Nader insists that Kerry will be held responsible, yet Nader refuses to take responsibility for destroying the American economy, respect, civil rights......

[Darranar]

45. Who is Nader now? God?

How exactly did Nader destroy "the American economy, respect, civil rights"?

[Ediacara]

51. Bush=Gore!

There's no difference between the two parties!

And assorted lies of the same sort targetted in swing states, knowing full well that:

1) he was lying and
2) that by spreading said lies he could, and probably would, swing the election to Bush, a man he knew full well would destroy the American economy, respect and civil rights.

Look Darranar, if you let a serial murderer live in your house without contacting the police, you might not be guilty of murder, but you're JUST AS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS as the murderer himself.

Ralph Nader knew that his actions could swing the election to Bush, and he did it anyway. Instead of urging his supporters in swing states to go for Gore, and targetting new Green voters in places like Massachessetts or Kansas so he could get the 5% for federal funding, he did just the opposite: lied about Gore in the states that mattered most, while ignoring safe states that a responsible man would have targetted.

New Hampshire and Florida are two states heavily targetted by Nader in 2000, and if he had done the responsible thing in just ONE of those states, Al Gore would be president today.

[Darranar]

53. Nader was only a factor in the Bush selection...

let's not forget that Nader couldn't have let Bush win, because Bush didn't win. Gore did, but Bush stole it. Unless you believe that Nader is prescient (a rare gift indeed) you cannot claim that he could have predicted that.

Hundreds of factors could have given Gore the election. If Gore hadn't been such a bad campaigner, if the Republican propaganda machine hadn't broadcast so many lies about him, if the DNC had managed to counter those lies, if Katherine Harris hadn't scrubbed the voter rolls, if Greg Palast had been listened to, if the Supreme Court had chosen differently... all those things could have given Gore the election. Was Nader's decision to run wrong in 2000? Yes. (FWIW, I also think it's wrong now. Of the third party candidates I know of, my preference is probably Cobb, though I do support and intend to keep supporting Kerry.) But is it fair to rest the blame on him for Bush's crimes? No. Bush is the criminal here, Bush and the reprehensible band of criminals he calls his administration.

[Ediacara]

55. I'm not saying that Nader was the ONLY factor

Just that he both knew what his candidacy could and probably would do, and didn't care; and actively courted Gore voters in crucial states by lying to them rather than acting responsibly and courting left-leaning voters in safe states by TELLING THEM THE TRUTH.

Nader knew that a Bush presidency would be a disaster of incredible proportions, yet he LIED to people and said that Gore would be no different.

He is just as responsible for Bush's presidency as the man who gives safe harbor to a serial murderer is responsible for the deaths of the victims.

[NMDemDist2]

4. oooooooo Rwalfie scarwy

i'm a just shaking in my boots now! </sarcasm

[Proud2BAmurkin]

5. Shut up, Ralph. eom

eom

[Hidebo]

6. stop bashing Kerry

enough is enough

[dolstein]

7. Dirty Trick #1 -- insisting that Nader comply with the law

Let's see -- the law requires that Nader's campaign obtain a certain number of signatures from registered voters in a particular state in order to get on the ballot, and what do those dirty tricksters in the Democratic Party do? They have the NERVE to insist that Nader submit VALID signatures. My God! Even Nixon wouldn't have gone that far. All he did was try to bug the Democratic national HQ, and then cover up the break-in. But those NASTY Democrats, so rigid in their insistence that the law actually be followed. Just who the HELL do they think they are????

[louis-t]

50. Of all the posts to this..

yours is the one that tells all. Dems insisting all sigs be valid are considered 'Kerry's dogs' and accused of dirty tricks. And putting 48,000 people on a 'felon' list who may not be guilty is just 'boys will be boys'? Jamming phone lines at a center that gives rides to voters is just a fraternity prank? A Michigan Repug saying GOP has to "suppress the Detroit vote" is just "misunderstood"?

[physioex]

8. Hey Ralph...

Where you gettin your money from? And exactly who is trying to put you on those ballots? And Ralph, I heard rumors that Chevrolet is bringing back the Corvair.....

[WindRavenX]

9. Piss off Ralph

He is a deluded, sad man.

[Cocoa]

10. this is becoming Nader's only issue

vote for me because the dems are being mean to me.

[BeatleBoot]

11. Hey Ralph!

In the newspaper, I read about Republicans working to get your name on the ballot in my state.

Sorry Ralphie boy, but I'm getting sick to my stomach.

[DemoTex]

12. Ralph, get Cheney-ed!

:puke:

[RetroLounge]

14. Hey Ralph

go for a fast drive in a Corvair and Cheney Off, you pompous windbag piece of shite...

RL

[Imalittleteapot]

15. ima to Nader

Call off your RW deep pockets.

[MercutioATC]

16. We're not harassing Nader, we're harassing Republicans...

after all, they're the ones who got him the petition signatures to get on the ballot in Michigan...

Oooh! We ARE such dirty tricksters!

[Geo55]

17. Ralph ,

You need to put that ego down and back away slowly....

[jobycom]

18. Man, he can't do that

He's all ego, he can't back away from himself.

[mzmolly]

19. Kerry dogs to Nader: "PISS OFF YOU PHONY BASTARD!

WOOF!!!

:hi:

[Cha]

21. Lol! Yeah, you Wanker!

[mzmolly]

23. Heh heh

:*

[bluestateguy]

20. To Nader: Call of your campaign and we'll call off the dogs

[Cha]

22. Definetly!

[belle]

24. Woof, baby!

[Kahuna]

25. Oh boo hoo hoo. Poor widdle Walfie.... Anybody know where

Kujo is hanging out these days?

[farmbo]

26. Quit accepting GOP Blood Money to get on the ballot...

...and we'll call off our dogs.

On second thought...you're a self-righteous censorious hypocrite...so you can wear our dogs proudly for the next three months.

[TankLV]

27. Hey, ralphie: Start playing by and obeying the rules of the game, and

maybe there'd be no reason to have MAKE YOU OBEY THOSE RULES!

Stop trying to do somthing illegal and get special treatment!

[The Zanti Regent]

28. Blow me Ralph!

You already put one of my nephews in Walter Reed for life. I'll be damned if you put any others there too!

[FredScuttle]

30. Hey St. Ralph...

I guess there IS a difference between the parties after all, eh? LOL

[quaoar]

31. Latest rumor

Bush is dropping Cheney

It's going to be Bush/Nader 04

[nightperson]

32. You're the sick puppy who needs a leash, Ralph!

You can't handle the woof! And before you claim it, I will pre-emptively deny that this is a "hidden camera" shot of me in action. If ever a thread demanded "the B-word"!

[John_H]

33. Woof, Woof Ralphie. You're a f'n wack job, and everybody's gonna know it.

[Gemini Cat]

34. Dear Ralph:

Shut up, piss off, and go the cheney away.

[SideshowScott]

35. Hey Ralph quit trying to get Dem Votes with GOP cash......

Then we will THINK about calling off our dogs...In case you have not noticed this is an Election and we are playing to WIN this time. ( Even though we won last time without any help from you )
You wanted Democrats with backbone? well you got it and we are fighting on 3 Fronts now ( The GOP, The Media, and you )And we can take all of you!

[SammyWinstonJack]

48. RIGHT THE CHENEY ON!

:yourock:

[DBoon]

36. What part of "no" don't your understand

Maybe Ralph should stop accepting Republican money first...

[doctorbombeigh]

37. If I had a petition-dog, I'd loan it to the Kerry campaign...

We are NOT going to lose this election because of Ralph Nader. The respect I have always had for him doesn't blind me to what happened in 2000. It's not going to be that way this time.

[squidbro]

38. Held responsible, for what? Trying to make our nation better?

Hey Ralph,

It won't work this time.

Had you taken the noble path and the high road, you would have had your integrity intact.

Who is going to have any sympathy when you accept republican money and signatures. Do you honestly believe that republicans are really going to vote for you?

You won't be playing the spoiler this time. We will see to it.

This election is just too d@mned important. We aren't going to take any chances.

By the way, we are being responsible. That is why we aren't letting you get away with potentially spoiling another election process.

[Piperay]

39. Aw boo hoo hoo

poor widdle ralphie having dirty tricks used against him :nopity: after he pulled the dirtiest trick imaginable in helping to get chimp into the Whitehouse. :mad:

[DrRock]

40. ^

Anyone see 'Real Time' tonight? Nader was on, and Maher and Michael Moore got down on their knees and begged him to dop out. Then Maher pulled out a picture of O.J. Simpson and said, "I present you with this picture as a reminder of how someone can be a hero for many years, and throw it all away with one mistake."

[mzmolly]

41. OMFG, your kidding!

I don't have HBO but WOW!

What did Nader say/do?

[stepnw1f]

42. They did it in jest

and Nadar was dumbfounded. He really looked like a fool. It was sad.

[mzmolly]

43. Wow!

:wow:

[okieinpain]

46. if you catch the repeat, check out how moore was looking at nader

when he walked out on the stage.

[stepnw1f]

52. He looked mad as hell

He looked deceived.

[rfkrocks]

47. America to Nader-Call off your Ego (n/t)

[JohnLocke]

49. "You will be held responsible."

:eyes:

[The_Casual_Observer]

56. Perhaps Nader will do the "right" thing and get James Baker

to sue them. I'm sure he would do it pro bona

[Seabiscuit]

57. "Woof! Woof!"

Go sniff your tail, Ralph.