Saturday, March 8, 2008

Nader

Ralph Nader on the Daily Show:



3 comments:

steven said...

thanks for posting this. though, i thought it was a pretty piss poor interview, mainly because i could tell stewart was unhappy about his run.

Chris said...

Well, I thought it started well, and Stewart -- though unhappy about his run -- nevertheless seemed much more cordial than most people that interview Nader these days.

My biggest disappointment with this interview was how passionate Nader got at the end. Candidates aren't supposed to be like that and it might turn people off, even if it is ultimately more sincere and a sign of genuine concern.

However, I do like the way Nader keeps hammering the points in these interviews about the history of third parties and what the two major parties have done in the last 20 years to stifle such challenges to the status quo. Hopefully, the MSM will one day stop lackadaisically smiling and nodding their heads to him on this point and actually start exploring and debating the issue for themselves.

That's probably too much to ask for though.

steven said...

people don't like nader because he wants you to explore and debate the issue.

obama doesn't ask this. hillary doesn't ask this. mccain sure as hell doesn't ask this.

instead, we are simply to "believe" them and get off on arbitrary notions like "hope" and "change." truth is, people don't actually want real change, like nader might propose. because his change not only expects government and big business to change, but expects us to change as well, because yes, we're part of the problem too. In fact, we ARE the problem, for allowing such problems to cultivate.

but that doesn't sound too inspiring at a candidate rally, does it?