Only the Rich Can Save Us?
December 3rd, 2009Ralph Nader will always be remembered by his critics as the man whose bid for the White House in 2000 gave us eight years of George W. Bush. The disdain many liberals have for Nader still runs deep nearly a decade later. I wrote a version of this story for Gambit Weekly back when under the headline: Testing the Environment.
But according to my friend Jason Leopold, there’s no denying the positive impact Nader’s activism has had on this country over the past half-century. Without Ralph Nader there wouldn’t be an Environmental Protection Agency, an Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a Consumer Product Safety Commission, a Safe Drinking Water Act and so on. He has a new novel out called Only the Rich Can Save Us.
Jason Leopold interviews Ralph Nader about his new book…
December 3rd, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Nader shouldn’t get all the blame. Al Gore’s incompetent lawyers and some Florida election officials had much more to do with Al’s loss than Nader.
December 3rd, 2009 at 5:00 pm
He didn’t get all the blame, but he did get 92,000 votes in Florida alone — way more than enough to elect Gore. We would be living in a different, better world today…
December 3rd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
A week ago a friend’s van flipped.
Two children were in the van.
The van was destroyed–totaled.
The children and my friend?
Seatbelts fastened.
Roof solid and in place.
All the van occupants are safe and unharmed.
Thank you, Ralph Nadar.