Shepard Smith on Ralph Nader, Joe the Plumber

Staff / Truthdig Nov 9, 2008 It was a Fox News love-in when anchor Shepard Smith visited "The O'Reilly Factor" to talk about his recent televised face-offs with Ralph Nader and Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nader: Will Obama Be an ‘Uncle Tom for the Giant Corporations’?

Staff / Truthdig Nov 6, 2008 Not entirely sure how to unpack what exactly is going on in this startling exchange between Fox News' Shep Smith and third-party avenger Ralph Nader, but here are a few ideas to get the ball rolling. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Only Nader Is Right on the Issues

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Nov 3, 2008 Tomorrow I will go to a polling station in Princeton, N.J., and vote for Ralph Nader. I know the tired arguments against a Nader vote. But there is little disagreement among liberals and progressives about the Nader and Obama campaign issues. Nader would win among us in a landslide if this was based on issues. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Hedges Moderates Third-Party Presidential Debate Between Nader and Baldwin

BLANK Oct 26, 2008 Award-winning journalist and Truthdig contributor Chris Hedges does his part to give third-party candidates Ralph Nader and Chuck Baldwin a (televised) forum to debate each other and to describe what they stand for and what they believe would constitute "change" for the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nader Revives 8-Year-Old Talking Points

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2008 In his third consecutive presidential campaign, Ralph Nader still believes the similarities between the major-party candidates outweigh the differences, a sentiment captured in this Nader campaign Web ad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fleecing What’s Left of the Treasury

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Sep 22, 2008 The lobbyists and corporate lawyers, the heads of financial firms and the crooks who control Wall Street, all those who spent the last three decades assuring us that government was part of the problem and should get out of the way, are now busy looting the U.S. treasury. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges: ‘Lay Off Nader’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 11, 2008 Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges argues in the Philadelphia Inquirer that Ralph Nader may not win, but "[h]e is the only candidate who has not lined his pockets with tens of millions of dollars of corporate campaign money, [not] talked out of both sides of his mouth about the war in Iraq, NAFTA and health care, and has dedicated his life to battling the corporations who make war on working men and women." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Old Habits Die Hard

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Mar 3, 2008 The satirist writes that consumer activist Ralph Nader, appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," told host Tim Russert that he has officially decided to wreck the 2008 presidential election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bloomberg Says He Won’t Run

Staff / Truthdig Feb 28, 2008 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg writes in a New York Times op-ed "I am not -- and will not be -- a candidate for president." Thus ends months of speculation on whether the multibillionaire would jump into the race as an independent candidate. Bloomberg writes that he may endorse a candidate who "takes an independent, nonpartisan approach" and "embraces practical solutions that challenge party orthodoxy." Is he talking about Ralph Nader? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nader’s Cabinet

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Hello, Ralph Nader, We Are Anonymous

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2008 If you've never seen any of the anti-Scientology videos of "Anonymous," this clip might seem a bit strange. While we would never compare Ralph Nader to the Church of Scientology, this spot-on parody is probably worth your 2 minutes and 21 seconds. Unless you're one of those titans of industry who makes a million dollars a minute. Then it probably isn't. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Two Views on Nader’s Candidacy

Staff / Truthdig Feb 25, 2008 Ralph Nader has announced that he will run for the presidency for a third time. In the past months on Truthdig, the case has been made both for and against such a campaign. Here Chris Hedges says why he should run, while Robert Scheer tells Nader himself it would be better if he didn't. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )