yes pokermafia, lets ALL ride bikes 50 miles to work, lets ALL ride bikes through bad crime-filled parts of town we have to drive through, yes, lets ALL ride bikes through hail and rain and wind and lightning; oh, and tell the soccer moms who cart entire teams around to ride bikes, tell the people who go on family vacations to ride bikes, tell teh people going to the emergency room at the hospital to ride bikes; yes, tell all those people in wheelchairs who have no use of their legs to ride bikes too, why dont we Oh, and while we're at it, tell the fire department, police department, and ambulance drivers to all ride bikes

You have got to be kidding me Studebaker?This guy has the zeal of a 3 toed sloth,the charisma of Michael Moore and he is more boring than Ben Stein reading Shakespear.

Can I say let's put another Liberal Flip-Flop on the ballot. Mr Green jeans covered in lies of enviromental grandeaur. Don't forget his past because he was not always a green fighter and really never will be a good representative for the enviroment groups. Do we see him on any green pary adds after the elections NO! Nader is also well known for a not so strong support for womans rights in this country (ever wonder why he was never married?)

Honestly, best of the big 3 candidates. Honestly, that is the saddest thing I have ever said.

Isn't is funny how the liberals who care so much about freedom of speech and want everyone to have equal opportunities, condemn Nader for running? I guess it's one of those, do as I say, not as I do kinda things.

Ralph, Ralph, Ralph... WHY have you LOST your way?! How can a man who has devoted himself to the safety and well being of the under-dog, NOW allow himself to be USED by the RIGHT-WING NEO-CONS to potentially be a spoiler in this election?! Hey RALPH! THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT YEAR TO MAKE YOUR POINT!!!!!!!!! For THAT you get my worst rating! Get OUT of the election and DO SOMETHING GOOD FOR OUR NATION AGAIN! THEN and ONLY then will your rating and perception change by those of us who REALLY CARE in America!

he's smarter than bush and kerry combined.....he really is what america needs but i should talk because i'm voting for kerry.........but don't blame him for the 2000election....gore ran a horrible campaign

I can't decide if he does this just to get his causes noticed, to screw around with the votes, likes throwing money away, or just because he's a clueless egomaniac. No denying his right to do so but - why?

GIVE UP NADER! No many people really people are voting for you anyways!

I'll ignore his real role in this election and just consider he himself. Nader comes off as the ultimate socialist radical. He always seems so angry about something. If he got in office, he might turn the country into the next USSR. But, at the same time, he does have two good values: a concern for the environment and a hatred of political parties.

I like him because he steals votes from Kerry. Ha!

A vote for Ralph is a vote for Bush. Thanks a lot, ***hole.

Nader has fought for the working class his whole life and would be a great leader someday, but not this year. I don't blame Nader for Gore's so called loss in 2000, I blame the democrats who sat back and let it happen. A lot more people are heading to the booths this November, many disgusted with Bush. Most Nader supporters I've talked to (one's who voted for him last election) are voting Kerry this year. I still think Nader should run, and he has every right to, and people should leave him alone to do his thing. But, Ralph, if you read this, though, when you're numbers are still in single digits come November, please drop out of the race, say a week or 2 ahead of time. This will help us ensure a one- way plance ticket back to Crawford TX for little Bush Jr.. Thanks.

Ralph Nader...stooge of the Republican Party and egotistical maniac. A vote for Ralph is a vote for Bush.

Read the Salon.com article on _The Drak Side of Ralph Nader. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/07/01/nader_ jacobs/index.html I'm esp. moved by the last page--yes, this year, it's life and death issue for many.

Why can't he get a No Stars rating?

I voted for him in 2000 (I live in Texas & wasn't about to vote for bush & a vote for Gore would have been wasted) but feel like he is endangering democracy & the USA by running this year.

I think he's a creepy, bizarre guy and a hypocrite to boot (he invests in many of the companies he complains about). Yet, don't blame Al Gore's loss on old Nader. Remember Gore didn't even carry his own state or W. Virginia, which has been a Democratic stronghold ever since Joe Kennedy Sr. bought it for his son during the 1960 election.

Go away!

I think the Nader messages are important inputs to the political process, although there are few I entirely agree with. However, I do not believe Nader is sincere; I think his primary interest is financial: maintaining a market for speaking engagements.

While I respect his sincere desire to change the political system and give third party candidates a real say in presidential elections, this guy is really the wrong messenger. None of his policy initiatives are truly appealing to me. I firmly believe in environmental protection, but there must be some middle ground where we can protect and restore the environment without crippling the economy of this country. Nader fails to realize this, and would probably initiate radical policies that would put millions out of work. His policies on taxes, health care, and most others are really no different than what Kerry and the other Democrats are saying. I really don't see why he insists on running this time around. It's not that I have a problem with the guy, but he should realize by now that its time for a new face that can truly further the movement for greater third party involvement in the political system of this country.

It's time for Ralph to pass the torch...

My reason for disliking the guy has nothing to do with not wanting Bush to win. First of all, I'm a libertarian and I disagree with almost all of his issues, save for his criticism of corporate welfare and special interests. What I can say about Nader, like most 3rd party candidates, is that at least he is honest and sincerely wants to make a positive difference in our society. Unfortunately his views and proposals will make America a socialist country like Canada or Europe.

Nader him nor the Democrats will win if he runs. Makes me wanna Ralph. Actually, now that he's running, hopefully voters will have wised up since Nader helped take the presidency from Gore in 2000. I gave him an extra star because doesn't speak like a politician.

Ungovernable egomaniac, about as suitable for electoral politics as Michael Jackson. UPDATE: And now he's going to help out George Bush again, although at this point it doesn't look to be as close a race as last time. I never had much use for this guy, and his forays into electoral politics have utterly diminished him.

He has a little bit of an ego problem (not exactly uncommon among politicians, and it is just as common on the left as on the right). That any of his supporters still claim he had nothing to do with Bush being in the White House today speaks only of their DENIAL. UPDATE: Well, this self-glorifying, irresponsible cretin announced today that he is going to run for President. Either he is working undercover for the Bush administration, or else he is merely thinking of no one but himself, and lusts for the public spotlight again, whatever the consequences. Or perhaps both. What a jerk.

VOTER APATHY put George W. Bush in the white house, not Ralph Nader. Mr. Nader received about 2% of the vote nationally. If Ralph had received 3%, he would have been given federal matching funds -- enough to compete and question the current corporate puppets in nationally televised debates in 2004. Go to www.opensecrets.org and look at how less than 0.5% of voters gave more than $200 to campaigns they believed in! If the 2% who voted for Nader (about 2 million) gave $200 to his campaign, he would have had more money ($200M) than Bush received($185M)! Money is what wins campaigns now. This is a result of apathy. Political ads and media attention would not be nearly as effective if we took some extra time and $$ of own.

1. Full public financing of public elections with the necessary, broad changes for a more fair and representative election process, replacing present charades; 2. A serious drive to abolish poverty using long-known policies; 3. Universal health insurance -- single payer embracing prevention, quality and cost controls; 4. A living wage for the tens of millions of workers making less than $10 an hour -- many full time workers at $5.15, $6, $7, $8, and long overdue labor rights reform; 5. An adequately funded crackdown on corporate crimes, fraud and abuse that have cheated trillions of dollars from taxpayers, investors, pension holders and consumers, plus specific corporate reforms; 6. The need for renewable energy and energy efficiency, instead of costly oil, gas and nuclear boondoggles; 7. The pull-down effect of corporate globalization on labor, the environment, consumers and our democratic processes. 8. A responsive political system to expand the civic energies of the American people by, among other ways, facilitating the banding together of workers, consumers, taxpayers, small investors, and communities. 9. Reform of the criminal injustice system and defense of the precious pillars of our democracy -- civil liberties, civil rights and civil remedies for wrongful injuries -- which are under relentless assault by corporate interests and the present government; 10. The consequences of media concentration over our public airwaves. The list goes on. Whats more important to you?

Does he have any agenda that anyone knows about at all? Does he have any leadership capabilities at all? Nader fails the first two questions when coming to presidential elections. Still, be's better than the rascist Sharpton.

i'm still trying to figure out exactly what qualifications he had to run for president.

I like the fact that at least Ralph Nader has stood for something all these years.

Communist.

It's time to break the back/hold of the two party system. Nader could do it.

It's time for Nader to hand over the Green party to someone else. If he doesn't do this, the Green Party will be seen as the Nader party. Time to get some new blood with fresh ideas in there before he destroys the Green party.

I like Ralph Nader. I don't agree with everything he says or does, but I agree with a lot of it. I hope that John Kerry will win the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2004. I seriously doubt that Kerry would chose him if he wins the nomination, but Nader is one of the only few people that I would personally like for Kerry to announce as his running mate in 2004. Don't get me wrong. I'm sure that I would vote for Kerry, no matter who his running mate is. It's just that Nader is among my three or four favorite choices that I would most like to see as Kerry's vice presidential candidate.

Our nation needs men like Ralph Nader to force the Democratic Party to come back to its original calling. It seems obvious that our country needs massive change, this will call for progressive leadership and new ideas. Where better to get new ideas then from 3rd party candidates? We also should think about pushing for "run off voting" which would free us up from the burden of the 2 party system and create a more vibrant political debate within all three branch's of our government.

An aging relic of the 1960s who's pathetically attempting to remain relevant in a world that's passing him by. He does cut through the BS and sophistry of American politics and asks the important questions while the other birdbaths in both parties fart around with inconsequential hot button issues, thereby wasting everybody's time and boring to death anyone unfortunate enough to be within earshot. The problem is, he doesn't have any cogent answers. The well-meaning but politically naive Green movement committed one of the biggest blunders in American political history when they supported this guy in 2000: in essence, this handed to Presidency to Handjob, and in doing so, set back their own agenda 20 years, as HJ, like the majority of those in his brain-dead political party, sees nothing wrong with crapping in, and drinking from, the same water source. Usually at the same time.

I voted for him before and would vote for him again. A politician for ordinary folks.

Ralph Nader, a consumer advocate and lawyer, helped persuade Congress to establish safety standards for automobiles and tires in the 1960s. A man who would look after our safety and our interests is definitely presidential material.

If it wasnt for Nader, Bush would be back in TX

I hold him and his party partly responsible for the mess our country is in right now.

I disagree with Ralph on about 95 percent of the issues, since I am a libertarian. But at least there was one third party candidate in 2000 that had enough media attention and name recognition to fight the political duopoly. BTW, votes are only wasted when people vote their fears, not their hopes. I hope Nader runs again in 2004.

ROFLMAO! What a moron!

He's a mentally affected jackass.

It is too difficult to pick a winner. It is also not the point in a democracy to vote for the "winner". More to the point, voting for the candidate that aligns to ones conscince makes a democracy work. The Green platform is clear (and good). An American dream with American ideals.

Needs to step aside for the good of the country. We must unite to oust the pResident. Would add to his and his party's stature.

Wake up and smell the sawdust. Ralph we need to cut down trees to live and no the trees are not all going away for almost every tree cut down two are planted. According to my math the trees are not going away. The world is not going to hell the sun has not yet burned us up so just give it up you were wrong.

You think he'd run as a Democrat? He seems like he's the only guy with a personality out there who supports what I support. I'm grabbing at straws here. The Dems need someone who is a realistic presidential candidate. I bet Nader wouldn't get the vote, but who cares. He'd at least give them a fight.

Don't agree with 75 percent of his ideas but at least he's taking a stand. And he's changing the landscape of politics, at least in the last election. With Nader, Democrats either have to shift to the center or squash the Greens by shifting left.

Unsafe at any speed. Where do the Greens get their money from now that their primary source of funds: the KGB is out of business?