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Mr. Nader…An Unreasonable Man
By Neil Ransom | April 13, 2007
This afternoon Kate and I went to see An Unreasonable Man, a documentary about the rise, and rise, and fall and rise of Nader. Even though it was a little long and boring, the documentary was great. It did a wonderful portrayal of Nader’s history, advocacy, and the controversies surrounding his presidential runs in 2000 & 2004. leaving the theater I was once again convinced Nader is the answer to America’s political problems. He is honest, unsympathetic to corruption, care little of his personal situation or legacy, and want more than anything to fix the injustices in the US and the world. Some of you might not know, but I campaigned for him with some close friends for the 2004 elections. He was the right person to vote for because, like they mention in the film, wasn’t in the pocket of the mega corporations. He turned down millions of bribe dollars and threats to no run, because he knew our two parties are corrupt and heavily manipulated by large corporations, and he wanted to fight it. Even though he did not get elected, he made a strong stand against government corruption, two party politics, and the failure of the democrats to address social issues because they too have sold out to the corporate world and to conservative rhetoric. Next elections unless the democrats start being more liberal they are going to end up disenchanting their voter base that will, if we are lucky, vote Nader or someone like him into office.
Nader you have my support, even though you come off crazy.
Tagged with: An Unreasonable Man • Movies • Nader • Politics
December 25th, 2007 at 5:54 am
Hey Neil. I just saw An Unreasonable Man myself and I too am a big fan of Nader. However, I have one major gripe with him and with the film. As you surely know from working for him, the possibility of Nader “spoiling” the election is one of the main barriers that keeps people from voting for him. Meanwhile, Nader has a great chance to use that opportunity to respond that “spoiling” should not exist in a democracy and to fight for election reform such as Instant Runoff Voting. However, he rarely takes the opportunity to do this, which is very disappointing.
I wrote about this issue and its omission from the film at Instant Runoff Voting Excluded: An Unreasonable Omission from An Unreasonable Man. Hope you’ll check it out and leave some thoughts.
July 31st, 2008 at 10:14 pm
IF RALPH NADER IS A CONSUMER ADVOCATE WHY IS THE BACK YARD OF HIS HOME AT 2112 BANCROFT PLACE NW IN WASHINGTON DC INFESTED WITH RATS. ALL THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF MULTI MILLION DOLLAR HOMES AND HIS BACK YARD IS AN OVERGROWN FIELD OF WEEDS WITH HUGE HOLES WHERE THE RATES BORROUGH IN AND REPRODUCE. HOW CAN THIS MAN GET AWAY WITH THIS AND BE OUT CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENT. RALPH, IT IS TIME TO CLEAN OUT THE YARD AND POUR CONCRETE DOWN TO COVER THE AREA AS THE PEST INPECTION COMPANY HAS BEEN TELLING YOU FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS HAD IT AND IT IS A HEALTH HAZARD.