Ralph Spoiler Nader Enters 2008 Presidential Race

In every presidential election cycle recently there is one candidate that cares more about their own ego than the will of the people. Years ago that candidate was Ross Perot when his independent bid for President cost President George HW Bush the election to former President Clinton. However, no third party spoiler has become more consistent at entering a presidential race, late, in recent years than Ralph Nader. Once again in 2008, Ralph 'Spoiler' Nader is trying to draw attention to himself by entering the race.

I wish there was a independent political party called the Narcissistic Party of America because people like Ralph Nader would fit right in there. Just like in previous presidential elections, Ralph Nader has no chance to win. His only goal is to steal voters from the democratic nominee for President. The reason I get more angry at spoilers like Ralph Nader than any of the other independent candidates for President is that rather than having an idea and running with it during the campaign season - Ralph Nader chooses to jump in the race at the last minute, not to win, but to help someone lose.

For some reason Ralph Nader hates the democratic party. More than likely at some point in Nader's life someone in the democratic party must have hurt him and Mr. Nader must have a memory like an Elephant. When I was a young boy growing up in the US Heartland, Ralph Nader was someone that was look upon as a bad person because he was constantly driving up the price of automobiles with his endless fight against US car makers. In recent years, Mr. Nader has turned his negative attitude on life away from GM, Ford and Chrysler and pointed it in the direction of the democratic party.

With the likely nomination of Barack Obama as the democratic nominee for President, Ralph Nader will probably not run fast enough in 2008 to even get warm, much less hot. The American people have a strong desire of a viable third party that reflects a political mood of moderation, but Ralph Nader does not come close to filling that bill. Instead, Ralph Nader is a throw back from past that most Americans have moved away from. Ralph 'Spoiler' Nader is once again proving to the people of America that he cares more about his own ego than what is in the best interest of this country.

The good news is that Nader has no chance to win in the general election. America does not need another President that cares more about himself than he does about this country.

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February 24, 2008 Archive

Walters/Oscars Tonight, Will Barbara Win The Night?

In what is expected to be a gloomy night in the Los Angeles area, the 2008 version of the Academy Awards will take place in the Kodak Theater tonight. As I am writing this story there are major concerns that tonight's Oscars ceremony could be the lowest rated Academy Awards event in years. What is at the root of the problem with the Academy Awards is the fact that the powers that be in Hollywood continue to snub mainstream America by nominating motion pictures that hardly anyone beside New York and Hollywood elites consider to be good movies.

Of the movies that have been nominated for best picture, I have only seen one of them, 'Juno'. However, while 'Juno' is nominated for best picture at the 2008 Academy Awards it is not expected to win because it made too much money at the box office. Only in Hollywood would a movie that millions of people wanted to see be punished come Oscars time. That said, I have seen good movies constantly snubbed when the Academy Awards are handed out because mainstream American enjoyed watching those movies. The last time I remember a movie that was really deserving of a best picture Academy Award, that actually won - was over 10 years ago when 'Forrest Gump' won the Oscar.

Tonight as the 2008 version of the Academy Awards airs, I am thinking that the 'Barbara Walters Special' before the Academy Awards in the Eastern and Central Time Zones and after the ceremony on the West Coast might just draw more viewers than the actual awards show. It has been many years since I have seen a more poor group of best picture nominated movies than has happened in 2008. As mainstream American continues to reward good movies like 'Juno' and the recently released sequel to 'American Treasure', the snobs that make up Hollywood continue to think that regular American move goers are some how delusional in the way the spent their movie dollars.

More than likely I will tune in from time to time tonight to see how the 2008 Academy Awards are playing out, but if recent years are any example, I will be fast asleep before the show is over. I love to watch good movies and I have grown increasingly tired as members of the Motion Picture Academy continue to nominate and vote for movies that are really not that good. However, I am glad that the writers strike is over and hopefully some of the better movie writers are already in the process of finishing up new movies that the American people really want to see.

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