118 - Blasting, Ever So Gently, Wayward Progressives: Why Nader Supporters Should Rethink Their Position

BLAST THE RIGHT

Jack Clark

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🗓️ 6 March 2008

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Ralph Nader recently announced he's running yet again this year for President. I originally thought a segment on that would be a QuickBlast, maybe 2 or 3 minutes.But the more I thought about it, the more things I realized I had to say.And the more important I realized the subject was.What you're about to hear has a wider applicability than just Ralph Nader, and a more durable shelf-life than

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0:00.0	Greetings, you're listening to podcast number 118 of Blast the Right.
0:24.1	I'm your host Jack Clark, great to have you on board.
0:27.5	Today, you'll hear why Ralph Nader's presidential candidacy is bad news on so many levels,
0:34.3	a well in the way.
0:35.3	You'll also get a boatload of ammo to blast the right with.
0:39.0	And, in addition to the MP3 of the podcast, I've sent you a phenomenal cartoon about
0:44.2	Nader from my good friend, cartoonist Matt Boers.
0:47.5	Let's get right into it.
0:50.3	Sources you'll hear include newsmax.com, the New York Times, John McCain's campaign website,
0:56.2	epsilon.com, MSNBC, CNN.com, the website of the Federal Election Commission, Google Books
1:03.2	and the Washington Post.
1:05.9	Ralph Nader recently announced he's running yet again this year for president.
1:10.1	I originally thought a segment on that would be a quick blast maybe two or three minutes,
1:14.6	but the more I thought about it, the more I realized I had to say, and the more important
1:19.0	I realized the subject was.
1:21.2	What you're about to hear, and this show will be on the longest side, so settling for
1:25.5	the right, what you're about to hear has a wider applicability than just Ralph Nader
1:30.3	and a more durable shelf life than just this year's election.
1:34.0	It applies to everyone thinking of third party voting in O.A. and beyond.
1:38.7	To everyone who denigrates electoral politics this year and thereafter, to everyone who is
1:44.0	contemptuous of strategic voting when worldwide life and death issues are at stake, now and
1:49.6	in the future.
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