Kucinich, Hedges, Nader Rally at the White House

BLANK Dec 14, 2009 A who's who of opponents of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan spoke at a rally at Lafayette Park, across the street from the White House, on Saturday. Chris Hedges, Ralph Nader, Rep. Dennis Kucinich and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Liberals Are Useless

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 7, 2009 The gravest danger we face as a nation is not from the far right, although it may well inherit power, but from a bankrupt liberal class that has lost the will to fight and the moral courage to stand up for what it espouses.The bankrupt liberal class has lost the will to fight and the moral courage to stand up for what it espouses. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Nader Was Right: Liberals Are Going Nowhere With Obama

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Aug 10, 2009 “Something is broken,” Ralph Nader said when I reached him at his family home in Connecticut “We are not at the Bangladesh level in terms of passivity, but we are getting there"“Something is broken,” Ralph Nader said". Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

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 )