Ralph Nader to ‘Decrepit’ Democrats: Stop Scapegoating and Embrace a Bold Agenda
I am fully prepared for Democrats to blow the mid-term elections. Why? Because I have eyes. But as the Dem’s polling lead slips away,
If Democrats are wondering why they lost to reality television star Donald Trump and the deeply unpopular GOP in the 2016 elections—and why their advantage in 2018 polling continues to slip—longtime consumer advocate Ralph Nader argues the party must stop searching for scapegoats and start fighting for a bold and progressive agenda.
With a rare invitation to appear on cable news, Nader told MSNBC host Ari Melber, Nader said that instead of blaming third party candidates like himself and other external factors for losses that resulted from their own incompetence and inability to articulate an inspiring platform, Democrats must embrace widely popular ideas like Medicare for All and a living wage if they are to oust the “corporate indentured” Republican Party.
“I think the Democratic Party should take the third party agenda away from it. They should have a living wage, crack down on corporate crime, full Medicare for All,” Nader toldMelber. “Democratic Party: stop scapegoating, look in the mirror, and ask yourself why you cannot landslide the worst, the most ignorant, the most corporate indentured, the cruelest Republican Party in history. Look in the mirror.”
This blunt advice from the veteran progressive champion and politician comes as a new CNN poll finds that the Democratic Party’s “2018 advantage is nearly gone,” bolstering Nader’s recent argument on the “Intercepted” podcast that the Democrats’ efforts to both blame others for their losses and stamp out “any kind of insurgent effort like Bernie Sanders” has rendered their party “sick,” “decrepit,” and unable to effectively “defend the United States of America against the worst Republican Party in history.”
As soon as you say “Nader,” the Democrats who most need to hear this message will become blinded with rage at the man who deprived them of their 50+1 victory.
Yep, I’m getting ready for either total or near defeat in November, I blame every bodies favorite antique millionaires Chuck and Nancy, but also the wastes of space we call Coons and Carper. No message worthy of the name, the same failed game plan of the past and a total lack of leadership and vision. These cretins learned nothing from Bernie’s campaign, namely that the ideals of the New Deal still resonate extremely well with the American people. Their owners are the same owners of the Republicans, Wall St., the billionaires and the corporations they own. In the words of Jimmy Durante: “I’m disgustipated and mortified I tells ya’!”.
Yeah. Here we go again. Find one person locally you can go all in with, and get ready to be accused of not cheering loud enough for the mediocrity coming from the top.
The New Deal is anathema to the Third Way types who have taken over the Democratic Party. Those controlling the Party consistently stifle the grassroots. Until they’re overthrown, I agree with Jason. Go all in on a Kerri Harris, a Chris Johnson, perhaps a legislative candidate or two, and expend your energy there.
I wish I had a dollar for every story I’ve seen about congressional races across the country about which Democrats say they’ve got a strong candidate because he or she is a military veteran.
Liberals don’t care, and conservatives aren’t going to vote for a Democrat just because he was in the military. It’s almost as if, not being normal human beings themselves, they have no clue how typical members of the species think and act. “Conservatives think we hate the military, so we’ll run a veteran to prove they’re wrong.”
So instead of being able to run on a non-aggressive foreign policy, we give the voters no choice at all. You can vote for a pro-military conservative or a pro-military “liberal.”
“It’s almost as if, not being normal human beings themselves, they have no clue how typical members of the species think and act.”
That’s a tidy summary.
Why do they insist on running candidates that they think Republicans will like, instead of ones their own voters will like? Tis a mystery.
It is fair to equate the “appeasement” strategy of Carper and Coons to Chamberlain strategy to neutralize Hitler. It didn’t work then and won’t work now. Nazi’s must be opposed with every once of your strength, and the criminalization of the White House and The Congress must be opposed with every ounce of our strength. Soft pedaling of the American business community’s utter corruption must be fought and reduced to the regulated bounds of a healthy society.
@Alby Perhaps they don’t particularly like Democratic voters.
The sad think is that I have often voted 3nd party as a message to the corporate Dems and I don’t really care if they lose to republicans because a huge swath of Amerika is too F-ing stupid to vote for their own interests so nothing seems to work.
FDR set up the game plan for all progressives. Sadly, the republican party and the corporate owned Democratic Party (thank Bill Clinton for bringing Wall Street into the Democratic Party) opening the door wide open for democrats ? like Coons, Carper, Schumer, Pelosi, Hoyer et al. The reason NO democratic leader has come forth 6 months before the 2018 elections, is because of the in fighting within the DNC, DCCC, between center right liberals and center left progressives, fighting or the heart of the party. Because of this problem, Trump and the alt right could win again this November.
I understand the math and the pitfalls of voting 3nd party but when I compare the Nader/Sander’s agenda compared to the Carper/Clinton/ Coons party, it’s very difficult for me to vote for the Democrats. Not sure how to play this anymore. Guess that may be part of why so many people don’t vote. Sure wish these corporate owned Democrats were available in public forum and we could embarrass them.