Ralph Nader praises Sarah Palin as "populist" (Salon)

[banned from Kos]

http://mobile.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/09/19/nader_palin

"I think she's a lot smarter than most people credit her," says Nader. "Judging by her comments, she is squarely in the camp of conservative populism, opposed to corporatism and its corporate state."

[trumad]

1. Fuck Nader

[cali]

2. wow. that's pretty idiotic.

[tanyev]

3. I'd say she's more of a camp follower, Ralph.

[cali]

5. she's absolutely a coporatist.

how can there be any doubt?

[still_one]

4. Please ralph, we need you and palin to run as the green party candidates /nt

[HappyMe]

6. They could run on a Goofball Ticket! nt

[Whisp]

7. ralph, stfu already

you just certified yourself as a full out nutjob if you give credit to Palin for smarts.

I guess you are what most people think of you - I was sort of holding back, but I guess this does it for me. You are not very bright after all.

[TwilightGardener]

8. I'm fine with Nader being a Palin admirer. That oughta lower her stock with teabaggers a little!

[Happyhippychick]

9. Ralph you jumped the shark....in 1983.

[Arctic Dave]

10. I think he pretty much nails her.

She is not a corporate repug. She did not come into the spotlight as one, she was there to rally the mouthbreathers with her "folksy charm".

[TwilightGardener]

12. She thinks we ought to eliminate corporate taxes altogther. Not sure how that jibes

with what Ralphie is saying here.

[Arctic Dave]

13. She was part of the biggest corporate tax raises in Alaska before she "became famous".

Not exactly a rising corporate star move. She was picked solely to bring in the bible thumpers and the single issue voters.

Now she is just being an opportunist and saying whatever creates a paycheck. She is like Levi and Bristol.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

11. Yeah - 'drill, baby, drill" was the epitome of anti-corporate populism against the oil companies

Ralph, I've defended you through thick and thin, but you've truly jumped the shark this time.

[Number23]

14. As bad as this is, it pales in comparison to him calling President Obama

an "Uncle Tom." Edit: Link here http://blog.sfgate.com/tgoodman/2008/11/05/ralph-nader-calls-obama-uncle-tom-and-fox-news-calls-him-out/

Why any non-black person would feel they have any claim to use that phrase, and particularly against a black man, is one of the great mysteries of the world.

[MilesColtrane]

15. Hey, Ralph.

Is that the same Sarah Palin who believes that corporations are people?

KEYES: Governor, are corporations people?

PALIN: The people pay the taxes. It’s not an entity — the corporation itself — that pays the taxes. It’s the people who pay the taxes. So Mitt Romney was right.

Palin is no more opposed to corporatism than any other Teabagging Republican fool.

Mr. Nader, you sir, need to shut the fuck up.

[Ikonoklast]

16. I will interpret this for those unable to:

"sarah Palin is a lot like me, I make money off of gullible people, and have to do nothing to earn it except pander to my base of sheep-like followers. Hell, it took me close to forty years to perfect my money-making machine, and Sarah comes along and gets it working for her, right off the bat. Whatta gal! Oh, and she hates unions just as much as I do! We have soooo mmuch in common!"

[WinkyDink]

17. Can we PLEASE stop with the pretense now, Ralph? You are a REPUBLICAN.