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Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man

I just downloaded from my Netflix account the move Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man.  This movie was good.  It covered how hard it is for a third party candidate to get recognized and how the two parties control the presidential debates. The idea that the two parties that run the government are “a corporate snake with two heads”.  Well I guess Obama has proved that.

Nader’s life has been amazing to say the least.  General Motors had him trailed and harassed when after college he started looking in to car safety when a college friend was hurt badly in a car crash.  Nader stood up to GM and won over $400,000 in a suit against them for their harassment, and ironically that money help start his organization and to support his causes.

In the 2000 election he was denied entry to the presidential debates because he was not a factor, then when Gore lost, they blamed it on Nader.   He replies that if he was not big enough to be included in the debates, then why was he blamed for losing the election for the Democrats.  Good point.
Anyway you may want to take a look at this movie if you have ever wondered why there are not more third parties.  It was released in 2006 but just as relevant today.