Nader Interview on Obama, the Clintons and 08

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   Heart of the Rockies on February 8, 2008 at 9:54 am

   I wish you had posted a summary of the interview. I would be interested to hear what was said.  But, I generally don’t have the time to go to videos and watch or audios and listen.

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     martini on February 8, 2008 at 1:41 pm

     http://www.thesuperspade.com/distinctions-without-differences-protective-imitation/

     (which links to http://bravenewfilms.org/posts/edit/28070-distinctions-without-differences-protective-imitation — but I was having problems opening the latter.)

     Quoting SuperSpade,

     Nader ”calls the messages from Obama (and in my opinion Clinton by extension) about “change” and “one people” and “one nation” as ideas that live on a:”

     [Nader’s words]
     …high plain of generality and abstraction…that doesn’t do much for the productivity of the political dialogue. He does not get specific enough. Therefore, I think his main problem is he’s censoring himself, and that is not sufficiently rationalized by saying that’s just a tactic to win the primaries and get elected. After awhile, day after day, week after week, when you self-censor yourself, you become a different person, and it’s a reflection on character.