Nader Suggests A Billionaire's Third Party Run For Presidency

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader said the super-wealthy should run for president as the only ones capable of breaking through the two-party logjam.

He suggested Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates and 18 other billionaires as 2016 third-party candidates in a blog posted Monday, the Washington newspaper the Hill reported.

Nader noted the high cost of running in every state, the polling threshold to enter televised debates and the lack of attention paid to third-party candidates by the media and polling firms. He added a billionaire's run, on a third-party ticket, could reshape the political agendas of the Democratic and Republican Parties.

"Modestly enlightened rich people can persuade the mass media and other definers of the public's attention that they have resources to overcome, at least initially, many of these obstacles," he wrote.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/02/25/Nader-suggests-a-billionaires-run-for-presidency/UPI-63891393361217/

Ralph Nader: Trying to elect a Republican President... [font size="5"]AGAIN![/font]

[The Magistrate]

1. Jesus H. Christ On A Freaking Pogo Stick....

The man needs to sit down and shut the fuck up....

[Democracyinkind]

2. Is there ANY shark that Nader isn't willing to jump?

[Fumesucker]

3. Ol' Ralphie's throwing the hook out good this time, a brilliant, brilliant troll

The rich control the government de facto, let's go ahead and just admit it.

Noblesse oblige indeed.

[Bjorn Against]

4. What the hell, he used to fight against Microsoft and now he urges Bill Gates to run for President?

He has really lost his way, he would have condemned the idea of Bill Gates buying the Presidency in the past.

[Peregrine Took]

5. Only if he hires Howard Dean as his campaign manager. n/t

[WhiteTara]

6. F*ck Nadir

He is such a pos that I don't know why anyone would listen to him.

[TBF]

7. What's his name tried that -

what in the heck was his name? Ross Perot. That's it. The one with the VP who started his speech "Who am I? Why am I here?" Those guys. They weren't very successful ... made for some pretty funny SNL skits tho.

http://screen.yahoo.com/joyride-ross-perot-000000231.html

Here's the original debate:

[Egalitarian Thug]

10. Did you happen to notice that they were right? n/t

[TBF]

11. We don't need a new political party -

we need a new economic system.

[Egalitarian Thug]

12. Yes we do. Did you happen to notice that they were right? n/t

[Coyotl]

14. Bill Clinton's buddy who stole the republican votes from Bush.

Yeah, right, he was running a serious campaign. That's why he picked Stockdale.

[DefenseLawyer]

8. And somehow Ralph Nader makes a buck from it

That's the only ideology that Ralph adheres to.

[liberal_at_heart]

9. I'm about ready to sue my son's school district. I'm so angry at democrats right now I'm seeing red.

Third parties are starting to look pretty damn good to me right about now.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. Nader's full list. A few on it I could support over the 3rd Way candidates.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/199164-nader-wants-oprah-in-2016

Nader’s complete list, with his brief description of them, is below in no specific order:

1. Thomas Steyer – former Hedge Fund entrepreneur, and a determined, environmental advocate especially on climate change.

2. Ray Dalio – heads the country’s largest hedge fund and is an engaged philanthropist.

3. Oprah Winfrey – founder of the Oprah Winfrey Show, advocate, actress and philanthropist.

4. Jerome Kohlberg – co-founder of KKR – large leveraged buyout firm, contributes to education and has funded campaign finance reform.

5. Barry Diller – media, cable business, believes in the public airwaves as a public trust.

6. John Arnold – former energy trader, now promoting the Giving Library connecting philanthropists with nonprofits, among many other projects.

7. Ted Turner – cable television business, philanthropy includes $1 billion to the United Nations and other major donations to environmental, peace and population control programs that he advocates.

8. Thomas Siebel – software company creator, heads several companies in software, real estate and agriculture, and creator of the annual educational Siebel Scholars program.

9. Chase Coleman – successful money manager and creates venture capital firms.

10. Marc Andreessen – supports Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and advances all-investing-partner philanthropic commitments.

11. David Rubenstein – former, energetic White House assistant to President Carter and co-founder of a successful venture capital firm – the Carlyle Group – expanding philanthropist and convener.

12. Steve Case – former CEO and chairman of AOL and exuberant philanthropist for innovative projects.

13. Sheryl Sandberg – COO of Facebook, author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead and a co-founder of the Lean In Foundation which supports women in reaching their career goals.

14. Bill Gross – leading bond mutual fund manager, supports, among other organizations, Doctors Without Borders.

15. William Conway – co-founder of Carlyle Group – whose priority philanthropic mission is to generate job-producing activities.

16. Stanley Druckenmiller – investment firm manager, now giving to medical research, education and the fight against poverty.

17. Abigail Johnson – President of Fidelity Investments, trustee of the Fidelity Foundation which has provided over $200 million to nonprofits in the United States and Canada.

18. Tom Golisano – former independent candidate for Governor of New York, founder and Chairman of the Board of Paychex.

19. Bill Gates, III – co-founder of Microsoft, now more of a philanthropist with emphasis on prevention of infectious diseases and education.

20. George Kaiser – chairman of BOK Financial Corporation, and advocate for renewable energy and tax reform.

[madinmaryland]

15. Hey Ralphie! Stop the bullshit, and support PUBLICLY FINANCED ELECTIONS and NOT...

BILLIONAIRES.

What a fucking douchebag.