How about offering Nadar the AG position

[goddess40]

after hearing him talk today on C-SPAN (taped from the 8th) I think he'd be a great choice. Turn him loose on all our corrupt corporations.
I was hoping Edwards would be the next AG but he destroyed that plan by failing to keep his pants zipped.

[CrazyDude]

1. Um, no n/t

[smoogatz]

2. Um, because he's an egomaniacal nutjob?

For starters.

[WeDidIt]

3. How 'bout not?

The only thing the dude would do is investigate everybody between him and the presidency in the succession line.

The man is an egomaniacal psychopath.

[qb]

4. This may have been a good idea before he started talking like a crazyman. nt

[cobalt1999]

5. HELL NO!

How about a competent administration for once?

[goddess40]

6. Okay, I get it. Who then?

We need a real bulldog that can't be bought off or controlled by peer pressure to continue to look the other way.

I'll have to check in later, I have to get back to the hospital to wait for my mom to get out of surgery. She's got a great doctor so everything should go well.

[dansolo]

22. Patrick Fitzgerald

I like the fact that he is non-partisan, and he is tenacious. Wouldn't it be great to see him be able to go after the Bush Administration with the full weight of the Justice Department behind him?

[helderheid]

7. I heard a terrific interview of him while he was in Utah. I think he'd make an excellent choice. I

hate to admit I didn't know a whole lot about him prior to his Presidential run in 2000. I had no idea how involved he was in making sure we have quality standards in our autos, including seat belts!

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuer/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1330916

[DS1]

8. How about deporting Nader

[EFerrari]

9. Are you trying to blow up DU?

lol

[TexasObserver]

10. How about offering Nader a one way trip to Mars?

[ColbertWatcher]

11. Ralph Nader has not earned a spot on anyone's administration.

Perhaps if could do more than spout self-serving platitudes, then maybe.

But that's not very likely, since Ralph would do no better with the DoJ than Alberto Gonzales.

Just look at all the times he has held public office and how few people he was able to work with while doing so.

Oh, wait, that's right, Ralph has never held public office. He won't allow himself to be reduced to the level of a Paul Wellstone or Dennis Kucinich; he has too much "integrity".

And, as a public service to the sarcastically-challenged: :sarcasm:

[Canuckistanian]

12. Secretary of Commerce - MAYBE

But keep him out of the Cabinet.

[ben_meyers]

13. I haven't liked Nader since he destroyed my favorite car

Gm came out with the Corvair to compete with the smaller, lighter more efficient European imports and Nader destroyed it. His "raiders" are partially responsible for the heavier, less fuel efficient, "safer" big land yachts that Detroit had to bring out to answer the safety issue.



One of the best American cars ever made, and could have been the start of a trend.

[vinylsolution]

14. Nader isn't owned by any corporation....

... or lobbyists, and he's been working tirelessly against the misuse of corporate power for the last 40 years, so imagine what he'd do for us as Attorney General.

But would President Obama really have the cojones to appoint him?

[cali]

21. yeah, Mr. Integrity has no qualm taking money from repukes.

most ridiculous fucking post of the week.

[book_worm]

24. are you attacking our nominee while promoting Nader?

[Crabby Appleton]

15. Because he's an egomaniacal nutjob that is hated by

the majority of Dems.

[warren pease]

16. Being hated by the majority of dems is a badge of honor and integrity these days...

Particularly if you mean being hated by what's comically known as the "democratic leadership." That craven bunch of bribe-saturated Bushean accomplices and enablers doesn't have enough honor or integrity to judge a pre-school talent show without trying to fleece the parents out of their last $20 in return for a favorable vote for their kid.

They're definitely in no position to attack a guy who knows and understands them for exactly what they are and doesn't mind telling them all about it, along with an audience of millions whenever somebody at the networks fucks up and lets him speak his mind for a few seconds before cutting to another critical Edwards update.

Really, what's wrong with having one of the few beltway veterans who actually stands with the people and against corporate dominance of virtually everything of any importance left in this sorry excuse for a republic.

And who's more likely to go after the whole goddamn Bushie cesspool, Nader or some beltway insider? The typical AG appointee who's been a corporate attorney for the past 20 years.

The kind of player who's a long-time member of the same exclusive club that Cheney, Pelosi, Reid, Rumsfeld, Harman, Ashcroft, Bolton, Perle, Rove, Mr. & Mrs. Clinton, Norquist and the rest of our massuhs belong to -- the alliance of the filthy rich who've long ago stopped caring about the little people and now amuse themselves by finding ways to use the proles' labor to acquire more and more money and power.

As to his role in the great Florida election theft, Nader or no Nader, there's no way in hell Gore was going to win. This was a very well-planned right wing coup.

All the gangsters were in the right places: Jebbie, Cruella, the right crooks on the Supreme Court, Georgie's own cousin in charge of election coverage at Fux Nudes, intentionally confusing ballots in democratic counties.

ChoicePoint's successful purge of likely democratic voters from the voter rolls, stealing ballots and tossing them into the ocean, the constant delays and difficulties preventing democrats voting and the ease and speed with which GOPer cast their ballots, then the hilarious Dockers' riot featuring GOP preppie punks posing as concerned citizens demanding an end to the recount.

Do these sound like random, unscripted events to anybody? They stole the fucking thing fair and square because, as usual, they're better criminals than democrats and they're immoral scum willing to do anything at all to win. I only wish the dems had their own immoral scum to stir up a little shit of their own.

Instead we have incompetents like Our Lady of the Perpetual Botox Injection prattling happily about bipartisanship while she gets conned, out-maneuvered or strong-armed into doing the Bushies' work for them. And that's when she's not preempting all that by simply rolling over in advance and giving them whatever they demand -- and sometimes even more than they want. The Bushies have no better pals in congress than the heads of the opposition party in both the House and Senate. Who would have imagined how this sad joke would play out back in November 2006 post-election euphoria?

Nader's just a convenient distraction and scapegoat, but the fix was in and after working for at least 30 years to capture the white house, they weren't about to let anybody screw things up. If it hadn't been Nader siphoning off a few thousand votes, they would have just had to steal a few more boxes of ballots from democratic precincts.

And if all else failed, five of the Supremes were ready to commit treason to install a right wing junta against the will of the people.

I'd say that's a pretty good job of covering all the bases. And Nader's such a little fish that his presence didn't even make a ripple or affect the pre-determined outcome any more than the motion a sardine fins make affects the North Atlantic current.


wp

[Iggo]

17. Nah. Give it to Bugliosi. (n/t)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. He's too honest for the job.

[The Stranger]

19. Would only we be so lucky.

Keep in mind most of DU has been brainwashed to call Nader an "egomaniacal nutjob" for no reason. And this despite the fact that he is one of the U.S.'s greatest Progressives.

[Iggo]

20. It's not "for no reason."

But I get what you mean.

[book_worm]

23. Nope. Don't award him for helping put Bush where he is.

[depakid]

25. Nader should head a well funded FTC -no question in my mind about that

Though of course, that would set the corporate apologists and Nader haters heads on fire.