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Nader Tells Gravel to Get Out of Race

Andy Borowitz: Nader Tells Gravel to Get Out of Race - Politics on The Huffington Post

Posted April 1, 2008 | 10:26 AM (EST)
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Just days after former Alaska senator Mike Gravel announced his independent candidacy for president, the newly minted candidate received his first demand that he get out of the race.

"Mike Gravel should get out of the race, and get out now," said independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader. "The longer he stays in, the greater risk he runs of making a fool of himself."

Mr. Nader said that Mr. Gravel accomplished great things as a senator from Alaska, but added, "If you run a foolish, meaningless campaign for president, pretty soon people will forget all the good you achieved way back when."

"The last thing you want to be thought of is as some tiresome old gas-bag who likes seeing himself on TV," he added.

The former consumer activist said he does not believe that many Americans will waste their votes on Mr. Gravel, but warned that "even a few votes in a few states could have a catastrophic effect."


"If Mike Gravel's presence in the race winds up leading to the election of a Republican who then leads us into a disastrous war, I don't know how he'll live with himself," [/b][/color]Mr. Nader said.


AND NADER SHOULD KNOW!!!!


THIS COMING FROM THE GUY WHO SWEARS HE DIDN'T EFFECT THE 2000 ELECTION?

AND WHO TELLS HILLARY TO STAY IN THE RACE?

OMG!!! WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT!

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Heretic

Nader at least has a platform of ideas to run on. What's Gravel sellin'?

And bare in mind if Hillary succeeds in ruining it for Obama guess where my vote goes....

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Vicariously I

To Canada?

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Heretic

Sure as hell won't be for Hillary.

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itsmeeeeeee

god love ya, heretic! but surely EVEN YOU must recognize the irony in his comments. i mean, for how many years has he denied EVERYTHING he's now telling gravel?

and why does this remind me of hillary condemning the iraq war while not apologizing for her iraq war vote?

i give his comments four "duhs"!

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Heretic

What Nader denied about his own campaign was only smear against him to begin with. And- lest we forget, his runs were interferred with illeglally by the D.I.N.O. party in barring him from the ballot. Nader has actual platform policies on which he runs. He key ad doesn't involve throwing a rock in a pond.

Unrelated. Nader's been among the most consistent- and consistently correct of public figures I've ever seen.

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Chantytown

I love Colbert for making Gravel a crazy old hobo in my mind.

itsmeeeeeee

okay.

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Heretic

That's another thing I expect Obama will change.

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mudwhistle

This was an April Fool's joke.

The irony was intentional on the part of the author.

It's actually made funnier by the fact that some of you fell for it.

Exactly.