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Nader Ralph. born 1934, US lawyer and campaigner for consumer rights and the environment: a candidate for president in 1996, 2000, and 2004 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The film does Nader a service by reminding us of his early, necessary activism--especially against General Motors, which hired shady types to tail him and, if possible, seduce him (then, as now, Nader's speculated-upon sexuality is unclear). Nader railed against the fact that power in this country is exercised "by the few" over the many. From the New York Daily News: "Speaking at a Washington fundraiser to retire debt from his 2004 Presidential campaign, Nader complained that Democratic powerbrokers had kept him off the ballot in such Southern states as Georgia and Virginia--which reminded him of the oppressive Jim Crow laws that denied African Americans equal rights. |
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