It’s no surprise that Ralph Nader makes more sense than anyone else in politics. What’s surprising is that, at 74, he is as smart and as principled as ever. Watch the video. It was recorded last week in San Francisco at The Commonwealth Club of California and runs a little more than an hour. Skip the first four minutes and forgive the production values. You’ll also need some patience. The interviewer starts by going over old ground (i.e. the 2000 election). The good stuff begins about eight minutes in and then sails on right through to the end.
(Crossposted at HuffPo)
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(Crossposted at HuffPo)
The last time I heard Nader speak, he felt that the government should treat drug addiction no differently from any other disease, and should fund it equally. That statement alone was “smart enough” for me to ever want to hear him speak again.