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Na·der

 (nā′dər), Ralph Born 1934.
American lawyer and pioneer in the field of consumer protectionism. He ran for president as the Green Party candidate in 1996 and 2000 and as an independent in 2004.
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Nader

(ˈneɪdə)
n
(Biography) Ralph. born 1934, US lawyer and campaigner for consumer rights and the environment: a candidate for US president in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008
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Na•der

(ˈneɪ dər)

n.
Ralph, born 1934, U.S. consumer advocate.
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NOVEMBER 30, 1965--Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed in Dangers of the American Automobile, Ralph Nader's muckraking expose, is published in the United States.
Although Ralph Nader has never held political office, he has been a grassroots political leader for over 50 years.
Ralph Nader, a long-time consumer activist, is asking Italy-based Fiat SpA (NYSE: FIA) (ISE: IT0001976403) to recall three million Jeep Grand Cherokee.
While "bipartisan" is often treated as an inherent good by Washington politicians and the corporate media, Amato (the national presidential campaign manager and in-house counsel for Ralph Nader in the 2000 and 2004 elections) notes that, to third parties and independents, it "is a term akin to all white if you are black and trying to buy housing in a neighborhood or facing a juryaor all male if you are a female trying to get a job, into a club, or on a sports team." In this work, she describes the institutional hurdles that currently exist for third party and independent candidates that have been legislated into existence by Republicans and Democrats in order to maintain their dominance within the system.
Ralph Nader stood as the Green candidate, for the purest of reasons, even though he himself knew he hadn't got a snowball in hell's chance.
The Green Party's presidential candidate in 2008 was former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, not Ralph Nader. A comparison of Obama/McCain with various third-party candidates would have been helpful.
Where is "Ralph Nader country?" We know that "Marlboro Country" is a lung cancer ward and "Countrywide" is a landscape of empty and boarded up homes as far as the eye can see, but where is Nader Country.?
Summary: US Presidential candidate Ralph Nader said in comments published Tuesday both the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama, "will usher harmful and dangerous policies on Lebanon similar to those made under current US President George W.
"Eugene has always been good for us," independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader said Saturday.
Many believe that Ralph Nader, as the third candidate, cost Al Gore the presidential election in 2000.
RALPH NADER announced plans to run again for the US presidency yesterday.
Republicans have attacked him patriotism, Hillary Clinton has called into question his campaign ethics, and now Ralph Nader has put in his two-cents worth.
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