He went on to launch the modern consumer movement with a number of public interest organizations, successfully pushing for numerous laws to protect consumers, workers, taxpayers, and the environment. And I wouldn't be running if I was worried about either taking votes away from Al Gore or George W. Bush.
Nobody's entitled to votes.
We all have to earn our votes. He will almost certainly not be the next president of the United States, yet his candidacy could make the difference in this year's race. Ralph Nader, the anti-corporate crusader and consumer advocate, is making a third run for the White House as the Green Party candidate, a nomination he is expected to clinch at the party convention today in Denver. The political system has been hijacked by corporate power so that the people are left without a countervailing force against what Jefferson called the excesses of moneyed interests. His opposition to international trade agreements, strong stand on environmental issues and attacks on corporate welfare is attracting support from labor, students and others.