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Funding Ralph Nader

Tuesday, February 24th, 2004

So a piece I did on Ralph Nader and the PIRG groups a while back is getting some love around the blogosphere. On the way home last night, I was listening to “The Chris Core Show” on D.C.’s WMAL, and Core too was bashing Nader, but said the man at least “walked the walk.” Not true. In his own organizations, Nader routinely breaks all the rules he insists corporate America follow, particularly when it comes to labor.

Of course, he’s not alone. The “do as we say, not as we do” credo seems to be pretty common among leftist labor activist groups.

Even more disappointing, I learned after I wrote the Nader piece that Craig Rucker and C-FACT — the conservative group that’s been mounting legal challenges against the PIRGS all over the country — themselves resorted to the same kind of funding scams they built a reputation criticizing the PIRGS for.

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5 Responses to “Funding Ralph Nader”

  1. #1 |  DarkMarshmallow |  February 24th, 2004 at 9:30 am

    They oughta make a law…

    uh.. wait.. i mean… damn.

  2. #2 |  Skip Oliva |  February 24th, 2004 at 10:03 am

    Nader is arguably one of modern history’s greatest criminals. Few have done more to individual rights than he has.

  3. #3 |  Jaisn |  February 24th, 2004 at 1:37 pm

    In light of C-FACT’s actions, at least we know that Nader has told the truth about one thing:

    There really isn’t any difference between conservatives and leftists.

  4. #4 |  Jim |  February 24th, 2004 at 3:15 pm

    Not unlike the item in the WPost today about PETA’s new spokesmodel who is apparently an unabashed meat-eater… PETA’s head office finds nothing amiss about this at all…

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