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Ralph Nader, Launching 3rd White House Bid, Says U.S. Democracy Needs Wake-up Call

In 2000, he entered presidential politics as the candidate of the Green Party, a left-of-center political organization that shunned the policies of both the Democrat and Republican parties. Nader won nearly 3 percent of the popular vote. His campaign angered many Democrats, who blamed Nader for Vice President Al Gore's narrow loss to Republican George W. Bush. Undeterred, he announced his bid for the White House again in 2004 as an independent, saying that his focus would be on the necessities of the American people. He said the two political parties were broken. "They need a wake-up call. They need somebody to hold their feet to the fire inside the electoral arena."

Speaking to a crowd of Democratic Party supporters in 2004, former President Jimmy Carter told Nader to "go back to examining the rear end of automobiles" -- a reference to his legendary auto-safety campaigns. "Don't risk costing the Democrats the White House this year, as you did four years ago," Carter said.

President George W. Bush won re-election in 2004.

Nader is uncompromising on this issue. He puts the responsibility for the Democrats' losses in 2000 and 2004 on the candidates the party nominated, the judgment of American voters and on wealthy corporate donors, which, he says, have a stranglehold on the American political system.

Thanks Ralph, you ego centric putz...because you took 3% of the vote, states like Florida were narrowly shuttled over to the Republican side(not counting any other funny business)

Crying out loud, Ralphy's slogan 4 years ago is the same thing he said Sunday when announcing he was running, again...Ralph, YOU need a wake up call...