was ralph nader ever a republican or democrat?

It's true, money is a big issue. You need all of it to put up advertisements and gain popularity, and after being popular, you get more money. Cruel cycle.

Nader was never part of either dominant party, he thinks both are full of evil bureaucrats. However, Republicans did once help put him on the state ballots (that's the only instance I'm aware of).

And you are right, whose to say that the major party candidate doesn't really want to work for change? Unfortunately, a lot of these "change" ideas are repressed and diluted to appeal to crowds that they don't want to, in order to win the popular vote.

You know, who the hell cares! Both the democrats and republicans are snakes in the grass. Jessie Ventura calls them a choice between coke and pepsi. They call the debates that Obama and McCain put on "the plastic debates". Today Joe Bidden, the elitist, like Obama, has decided he doesn't like the question a reporter's asked of him, so he will not allow that smaller station to interview him or his democratic campaign again.

I say it again, our government, owned by big corporations, has us over a barrel. What we see and hear on TV has us in a trance. The speculators on wall street walked away with millions, if not billions, and we the tax payers are paying for its destruction. The Clinton administration started this deregulation, yet we all forget, or just don't want to believe this. The republicans are not better, with their trickle down policies.

Ralph Nader is an Independent, and always was a crusader for the rights of the people.

WAKE UP AMERICA! Vote Nader/Gonzalez 2008!

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I believe he was a Republican at one time.

no he was never a Democrat