Have a House Party for Ralph Nader: National Kickoff July 26

[paul8kangas]

What will it take to turn the economy around?

With the stroke of a pen the President could create a 30 hour work week, at 40 hours pay, for all Federal employees. This would create 11 million real jobs. If the Federal government set the example, then the states would follow suit. Then progressive hi tech companies would follow suit. In one year we could turn the whole economy around.

[80jvc88]

Actually, I'm sick of the overstimulating, MTV-style productions we are inundated with all of the time. I like that the Nader campaign seems to throw these old-school clips in every once in a while. Kinda makes me want to call Wally and The Beev in for supper.

[magie19475]

Very cool video, and thanks for the chuckle. I LIKE it! Too many people are losing their sense of humor.

[lunabargal]

I agree with Aliakbar. The use of these 50s videos was nails on the blackboard to me. Irrelevant, and sends a message in complete conflict with Nader's main messages.

We are NOT living in the 50s, this campaign is NOT about conformity or nostalgia.

The point of these houseparties is to CONNECT in real life with real people, not with some age of a half century ago.

This kind of message is not media savvy and is not going to bring in the younger voters that you need.

Update your style book.

[aliakbar01]

gah. are yall using these old images b/c they are free of copy right and you want to make Nader look old? I object to this. Nader is relevant and cool - but production like this paints him ill.

[morganmghee]

Probably. Nader/Gonzalez garners millions of supporters with no national party funding him. It's frugal and speaks to the millions being spent on other campaigns while people struggle to get gas to drive to the store and spend more on food than they did 6 months ago. I appreciate him not being wasteful.

[lunabargal]

I am glad Nader is not being wasteful. It would behoove him, though, to make sure his media staff stays on message as consistently as he doe s himself. This particular video sends a confusing message. Just because the footage is free doesn't mean it's the right solution. Just my opinion.

[morganmghee]

Pretty true. A younger version would be a good idea. Hopefully they'll air on TV, I read recently that MTV promised air time to any candidate.

[0613162k]

I know. What were they thinking. Nader is an excellent candidate. I've been campaigning online to attract the young progressive Obama supporters, and they really like Nader's positions in wanting to cut military spending, wanting to not only end the Iraq war, but END THE OCCUPATION in Iraq, and no threat of war aganist Iran,and like Ron Paul in not wanting to wast US taxpayers money to funf military aid to foriegn countries.He actually fulfils Obama's rhetoric.But this video is a turnoff image.

[ross1323]

House party! Whooohooo! If you bring the issues that face our nation such as single-payer universal healthcare, ending the wars, impeaching Bush, and ending corporate corruption, then I'll bring the vodka! Somebody else should bring the beer and nachos!

[kkvh4026]

@ ross1323,

will Ralph Nader end the war in Afghanistan. It's not mentioned on his website. I know he was always against it, and you can find things he said in 2001 & 2002 online. But would I be accurate in saying Nader will end the war in Afghanistan as progressives don't have any alternative to Obama wanting to continue it endlessly at the moment.

[ross1323]

As a US Army veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom VII (2006-07) I feel more confident in Nader/ Gonzales in handling the strategies of the conflict in Afghanistan than the current administration has displayed in the last 7 years. Especially since Bush decided to throw the bulk of our military forces into a war based on so-called evidence of WMD's that never existed. Afghanistan would not be nearly a mess now if we didn't divert our attention to an unnecessary conflict.

[kkvh4026]

I agree.

In 02 Nader said on Afghanistan:

"Bush burned down a haystack to try to find a couple of needles. He didn't find the needles, but there have been 1000s of innocent deaths." Nader says he would have organized a modest multinational force and sent them into Afghanistan to arrest Osama bin Laden, a kind of police raid. Then he would have tried him at The Hague. "Sept. 11 was an international crime, a massacre," Nader said in 2002. "We should have gone forward with international law."

[kkvh4026]

That quoute from Nader shows he not only would've foccussed on Afghanistan, but wouldn't have been more rational in distinguishing between the culprits and the innocent civilians in Afghanistan. Bush went in with an aim not just focussed on the culprits, but reshapinga country int a democracy using war. That turned it into an endless war aswell.