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Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Where Have All The Citizens Gone?

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Author Ronald R. Fraser (Ph.D.) joins us to discuss the myth of popular sovereignty in his book “America, Democracy, and You: Where Have All The Citizens Gone?” And Ralph gives us a handy ten-point guide to measure if the progressive, Democrats - newly elected to Congress - are for real.



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0:00.0

From the K-P-F-K studios in Southern California,

0:03.6

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

0:05.8

Stand up, stand up.

0:07.8

You've been sitting ready to song.

0:11.6

What is the psychology behind that?

0:13.4

I have no idea.

0:14.4

I tell you, there are a lot of questions I have reasonable answers for.

0:18.8

This one beats me unless they just don't want to win, unless they don't want to advertise votes that might get their campaign contributes,

0:27.4

knows out of joint.

0:28.6

Let's say there is a vote by the Republicans to weaken the access to courts of law by wrongfully injured people.

0:38.0

And let's say these Democrats publicize that.

0:41.0

Well that's going to get a lot of political action committee packs out of joint, you know, insurance.

0:46.9

They want to restrict access to the courts called Tort deform.

0:50.8

I call it Tort deform. A lot of companies that have injured workers and toxic

0:57.1

chemicals in the environment, they don't want to be sued. So that's the only possible

1:02.4

reason, and it's the most corrupt reason you can imagine.

1:06.0

It's a reason that would disqualify the Democratic Party from being the alternative party

1:11.0

to the corporate war-mongering, ignorant, vicious cruel Republican Party.

1:16.5

Some people may think I'm exaggerating, no way.

1:19.5

You cannot believe how cruel and vicious the majorities were and still are in this Congress.

1:25.8

They covered up with public relations, with slogans, we're for you, we're for the American people the American flag the American soldier the American

1:37.4

beleaguered taxpayer lies

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