Slog - Comments on A Belated Report from the Nader Party http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party The SECB swung by the Nader party at the Alibi Room last night just before president-elect Obama gave his acceptance speech. (Mr. Nader wondered later—out loud—whether Mr. Obama would be "an Uncle Tom" in his new role. Stay classy, Ralph.) Among the tumbleweeds rolling around were just a few sour grapes; one gentleman remarked of Mr. Obama, "I think he's going to break a lot of hearts. He's charming, he's charismatic, he gives great speeches...people project their hopes on him...." But, he continued, Mr. Obama is not actually a true liberal/progressive/etc., and everyone's gonna be really, really disappointed when they... Copyright 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:27:57 -0800 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:13:36 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by bobcat SO RONERY

http://www.sleestak.net/forum/userpix/2_ronpaul_1.jpg

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196459 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:31:44 -0800 Comment by Strath Not to be all sour grapes myself, but that is a really crummily designed poster (the top one).

]]> Strath http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196468 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196468 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:35:42 -0800 Comment by danhowes I think Nader has a personality disorder that compels him to make others hate him.

]]> danhowes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196476 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196476 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:39:19 -0800 Comment by Chris B So the best idea to market him was to swipe the language of one party while badly ripping off the image of the other in order to demonstrate how unique he was?

Turn back old man, forsake thy foolish ways!

]]> Chris B http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196478 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196478 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:39:33 -0800 Comment by Organized Lightning Wait, Nathan Petrelli was running for president? Dammit, I totally woulda voted for him had I known...

]]> Organized Lightning http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196483 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196483 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:43:58 -0800 Comment by Ben I'm with Strath, I couldn't even bother finishing that poster. It was too much work trying to figure out when I was supposed to go to the next line.

]]> Ben http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196493 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196493 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:49:54 -0800 Comment by John Bailo My friends, contrary to what The Stranger says, this election is not over. McCain/Palin can still win! All you gotta do is believe. And then go back to your polling place and vote again.

It's not too late!

Vote for McCain/Palin in 2008!

I did--and look how smart I am.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196496 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196496 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:52:32 -0800 Comment by E Ralph Nadar you are sentenced to circle the world in a 1963 Corvair Monza, stopping to place an order at every fast food and clergy drive-thru window until the air-cooled engine's fumes eventually asphyxiate you in an effluvial palette reminiscent of burning turkeys.

]]> E http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196501 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196501 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:55:23 -0800 Comment by brandon @3 his supporters suffer from the same disease.

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196518 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196518 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:06:10 -0800 Comment by mge Way to steal language from a computer commercial to persuade people to vote for the candidate trying to convince us all that the major parties are under too much corporate influence to be trusted. Well played.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvn_Ied9t4M

]]> mge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196548 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196548 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:32:25 -0800 Comment by Mike Nader made a career of burning down outhouses but never once bothered to install plumbing.

]]> Mike http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196612 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196612 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:36:00 -0800 Comment by Malcolm In Sydney @11 that's as may be but this time he was INSIDE the outhouse.

]]> Malcolm In Sydney http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196723 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196723 2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:52:22 -0800 Comment by Bruce Isn't he old enough to die yet?

]]> Bruce http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196782 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196782 2008 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:10:03 -0800 Comment by i ate the tofutti Um, you guys know that Nader is really REALLY intelligent, right? I'm not sure why you're slamming him when you all probably voted for him in the last election.

]]> i ate the tofutti http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196799 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196799 2008 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:33:25 -0800 Comment by Vince Losers! Big, fat, cockeyed losers! Please just go away now! Don't hang around thinking you somehow have something to say that anyone wants to hear. And Nader! What a fucking asshole! That should be your slogan! Losers for Asshole!

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196834 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196834 2008 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:17:24 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Dear Naderites, (and all third party folks):

That's nice that you run presidential candidates every four years and that you do get some issues out into the open, but if you want to be a real party that effects real change then you need to actually create a legitimate political party that can elect candidates on a state and national level.

If by some fluke Nader or any other third party candidate DID get elected president but without any party representation in Congress, what the fuck would they accomplish without a legislative base to get the job done? Do they honestly think that the Republicans and Democrats in power are all going to go, "Wow! What great ideas! Why didn't we think of that before! Let's vote in all these great utopic ideas!" That's just not going to happen.

And sure, maybe you do know that it's not possible to win a national election and your real motive is to get the issues out there, but with your recent idiotic comments that Obama will fail us, you come off as just another loser politician bitching about the winner.

Which leads to the conclusion, you're not really any different than the status quo politicians who ARE able to get elected.

Also, you're all kind of weird and douchy.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1196958 2008 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:47:40 -0800 Comment by coolio I am glad poster number 2(strath) brought this up.
Not only is it horrible design & typesetting. But they cant even come up with something original. The entire look is a obvious but really bad rip of of Obama's campaign.
Obama's campaign hit the scene early with an amazing design by one of the the greatest contemporary pop artists around. That image has become an icon.

So that what the Nader people think is cleaver, a tired, poorly executed rip off?

ha ha ha!
Shits weak!

Oh yeah...same goes for you too cafe Vita!

]]> coolio http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1197092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/11/a_belated_report_from_the_nader_party#c1197092 2008 Thu, 06 Nov 2008 11:13:36 -0800