Ralph Nader
Independent from Connecticut
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Ralph Nader, 74, ran for president in 2000 and 2004. Born in Winsted, Conn., in 1934, he graduated from Princeton University with a major in East Asian studies, and earned his law degree from Harvard. After a stint in the Army, he made his name as a consumer advocate with exposés on the auto industry, notably the 1965 book "Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile." He and his activist-disciples, known as "Nader's Raiders," successfully advocated consumer-banking laws, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Freedom of Information Act and a host of other reforms. A bachelor, he still resides in Winsted, though he spends much of his time in Washington, D.C.
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Recent statements by Ralph Nader
"The most recent Associated Press poll has Nader-Gonzalez at 6 percent, without any national coverage, against McCain and Obama."
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 in an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program
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"I didn't say" it doesn't really matter whether Gore or Bush is president.
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 in an interview with "Democracy Now!," an independent radio program
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Recent attacks by Ralph Nader
"He won't even support his colleague's ... motion to censure the Bush administration for systemic repeated illegal wiretaps."
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