Ralph Nader
This is everything I've written referencing Ralph Nader; for just the campaign coverage click here.
Unsafe at any Election
Ralph Nader Takes Another Swing ... at His Own Reputation
National Post - February 29, 2004
Manufacturing Dissent
Noam Chomsky Calls the U.S. a Terrorist State. Much of the World, it Seems, is Listening
National Post - June 8, 2002
Speaking Lies to Power
Ralph Nader Fudges the Truth Just Like a Real Politician
Reason - May, 2002
That's Why They Call it Realpolitik
Time for all of us to Make Tough Calls About Undemocratic Countries
NewsForChange - Oct. 11, 2001
Be Careful Lefties, You Might Turn French
Notes on the Drawbacks of Creating a Naderite Country
NewsForChange - May 14, 2001
Ambivalent Anniversary
If Seattle and Nader Were All About Anti-Globalization, Then They Were Both Wastes of Time
NewsForChange - December 4, 2000
The Two-Hour Reich
An Election Morning White House Stroll Begins With Ugly Young Republicans and Ends With a Mugging. And That Was
Before the Pat Buchanan Encounter
NewsForChange - November 20, 2000
The Spoiler's Fuzzy Math
Nader's Defiance and Evasion Reflect Schizophrenia of a Third-Party Campaign That Was Essentially a Liberal-Democrat Revolt
mattwelch.com - November 9, 2000
Election Night at Nader HQ
Live Weblog of Weird Scenes Inside 'Spoiler' Central
NewsForChange - November 7-8, 2000
Behind Nader's 'Mad Dash'
How a Third-Party Mumbler Sold out Arenas Like a Rock Star
NewsForChange - November 7, 2000
The Bungled Opportunity
This Was Supposed to Be a Useful Pre-Election 'Analysis,' but Then, We Were Supposed to Have a Useful Clean-Politics Candidate 10 Years Ago...
Tabloid - November 7, 2000
Last Spin Around the Beltway
On the Last Sunday in D.C., Nader Calls the New York Times 'Repulsive'
NewsForChange - November 6, 2000
Nader Defends Stock-Market Loot
'It's Important for People to Have a Conflict
Against Their Financial Interest,' he Explains
NewsForChange - November 4, 2000
Ralphing on the National Press
Er, Why Was I the Only Reporter on the Spoiler's Campaign Trail Six Weeks Before the Election he's About to Wreck?
Online Journalism Review - November 3, 2000
As Gore Attacks, Nader Calls VP 'Pathetic'
In Interview, Gleeful Green Says Demo is 'Sinking in the Quicksand,' Because he's 'Incapable of Telling the Truth'
NewsForChange - October 24, 2000
Which Candidate is Most Pro-Sex?
From Personae to Policy, a Randiness Round-up of the Men Who Would Replace Bill Clinton
Libida.com - October 24, 2000
Give Us Your Poor, Leave the Rich Home
Nader's One-of-a-kind Immigration Policy Would Crack Down on H1-Bs, Offer Full Rights to Farmworkers, and Cut Off Support for 'Dictatorships' Like India and Mexico
NewsForChange - October 24, 2000
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Gore 'Cowardly' on Mideast, Says Nader
Lebanese-American Candidate Says Israel Needs to 'Back Off;' Arab-American Support Swells to 15%, and Michigan May Hang in the Balance
NewsForChange - October 23, 2000
The Gloomy Comedian
He May Want to Expand the IRS, Raise Taxes and Crack Down on 'Trivial Small-Talk,' But Nader is a Surprisingly Humorous Campaigner
NewsForChange - October 20, 2000
Nader's Texas Two-Step
Greens Will 'Decide the Election,' he Warns in one Breath, Then Appeals to Texas Gore Supporters in the Next to Give him Their 'Wasted' Votes
NewsForChange - October 19, 2000
Missouri's Broken Dreams
Against a Tragic Backdrop of a Governor's Death, Nader is Barred from Getting Near the Final Presidential Debate
NewsForChange - October 18, 2000
The President of Seattle
In Front of 10,000, Nader Makes Play to Lead Post-WTO Movement
NewsForChange - September 24, 2000
Nader's Race Problem
Candidate Has Most 'Progressive' Affirmative Action Agenda by Far, But His Class-Based Philosophy, Personal Awkwardness and Siphoning of Democratic Votes Leaves Some Minority Leaders Cold
NewsForChange - September 22, 2000
Biting the Hand That Doesn't Feed
How an Attention-starved Nader Flatters Reporters in Private, Trashes 'Corporate Media Oligarchs' in Public, and Calls for Billion-dollar Broadcast Taxes to Pay for 'Our Own Stations'
NewsForChange - September 19, 2000
Nader to Shadow Debates
Excluded Ralph Will Instead Stand Outside and Complain
NewsForChange - September 15, 2000
Nader Blasts Nevada Nuke Dump
Says the U.S. Needs to be 75% More Fuel Efficient
NewsForChange - September 15, 2000
Are Unions Defecting?
Indies and Locals Gather 'Round Ralph in Oaktown
NewsForChange - September 14, 2000
Nader on NOW: 'On Their Knees'
Candidate Blasts Women's Group After Being Called 'Willfully Ignorant'
NewsForChange - September 14, 2000
Nader Shakes Down Brentwood
'Little Guy' Champion Nibbles Salmon With Limousine Liberals
NewsForChange - September 13, 2000
Nader Blames Tire Deaths on Clinton/Gore
Says Lax Oversight, Outdated Laws Paved Way for Negligence
NewsForChange - September 12, 2000
The Nightmare Scenario
If Gore Wins California But Loses Nation, Watch out for Gray Davis
NewsForChange - August 24, 2000
Thrift-Store Reality Check
Before You Get Excited About Politics -- or Decide to Vote Nader -- Visit Your Local Goodwill
NewsForChange - August 21, 2000
The Ritually Insincere vs. the Incoherent
At the End, I'll Take Confused Protesters Over Professional Democrats
NewsForChange - August 18, 2000
I Never Thought I'd Say Nader Was 'Fun,' But...
I'll Take Any Campaign-Finance Weirdo Over Gore and his 'Palabras'
NewsForChange - July 10, 2000
Bulworth at the Beverly Hilton
Candidate Beatty Gives Vigorous Speech to Impotent Audience
Tabloid - September 30, 1999
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