issues2000.org


Home Issues Leaders Recent Grid Archive Senate House VoteMatch_Quiz FAQs
 2006 Senate  Debates:  AZ      
      NJ
CT      
      NY
FL      
      OH
MD      
      PA
MI      
      RI
MN      
      TN
MO      
      TX
MT      
      VA
     More 2006   Debates   2004   Debates   2008   Speculation 

2006 Election
MN Senate debate
Klobuchar v. Kennedy, Oct. 2006
MI Senate debate
Stabenow v. Bouchard, Oct. 2006
MO Senate debate
Talent v. McCaskill, Oct. 2006
TN Senate debate
Corker v. Ford, Oct. 2006
OH Senate debate
DeWine v. Brown, Oct. 2006
MA Governor
Patrick v. Healey v. Mihos, Sept. 2006
VA Senate
Allen v. Webb, Sept. 2006
MA Dem. Governor primary
Patrick v. Reilly v. Gabrieli, Sept. 2006
PA Senate
Santorum v. Casey, Sept. 2006
RI GOP Senate primary
Laffey v. Chafee, Aug. 2006
CT Dem. Senate primary
Lieberman v. Lamont, July. 2006
MN Senate primaries
Klobuchar v. Bell v. Kennedy v. Cavlan, March. 2006

Book Reviews

(from Amazon.com)

(click a book cover for a review or other books by or about the presidency from Amazon.com)

Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon, by Justin Martin


(Click for Amazon book review)

Click here for 25 full quotes from Ralph Nader in the book Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon, by Justin Martin.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset.
Abortion
   If Roe is reversed, decision just reverts to the states.
Corporations
   Consumerism is about corporations vs. citizens.
   Net worth is $3.8 million; owns corporate stocks.
Crime
   Crime in the suites worse than crime in the streets.
Free Trade
   NAFTA and GATT supersede national and state laws.
Government Reform
   Primary architect of Freedom of Information Act.
   Increase voting by weekend and holiday Election Days.
Health Care
   3.5% payroll tax to fund universal healthcare.
Homeland Security
   Cut defense budget by $62B by reducing waste & fraud.
Principles & Values
   Suffers from Bell's Palsy.
   Ran because unable to get hearing with president or Congress.
   Gore beat Gore -- look at TN, AR, and WV, not FL.
   Political systems benefit from outside competition.
   Wants credit for a Democratic Senate in 2000 election.
   Bush intensifies contradictions and galvanizes progressives.
   Dems will lose until they become more progressive.
   Nader "stood" for president in 1996 (didn't "run").
   Green nominee, but declined rival Green Party USA.
   Dislikes "spoiler" label and "strategic voting".
   "Priceless" ad caused lawsuit but got priceless attention.
   "Nader's Raiders for Gore" Nader said Gore would win by 20%.
   Florida included some (less than 537) disenfranchised voters.
   In 2004, would do "just about everything" differently.
War & Peace
   Palestinian statehood and security for Israel.
   Afghanistan: Bush burned down haystack to find needle.


    Click for quotations from other sources by:
  • Ralph Nader

The above quotations are from Nader: Crusader, Spoiler, Icon, by Justin Martin.

Logo
All material copyright 1999-2006
by OnTheIssues.org
Reprinting by permission only.

E-mail: submit@OnTheIssues.org
Mail
Send donations or submit quotations to:
OnTheIssues.org
1770 Massachusetts Ave. #630
Cambridge, MA 02140


DCOrbit

OnTheIssues.org
Home Page
WM_logo Written by
WebMerchants

IWP_logo Powered by
Instant Web Page

Most recent quotations Archive of books & debates Pop-up Grid by Issue Candidate Matching Quiz