Ralph Nader: Why Bernie Sanders Was Right to Run as a Democrat

I love that he skips over the elephant in the room:that without his independent run, we would not have had G. W. Bush as president.

Because if you want anyone to listen to you at all you have to run as one of the two approved parties.<p>We really need a whole article to state that?

On the other hand, here&#x27;s Karl Popper&#x27;s cause for two-party system: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.economist.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;democracyinamerica&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;karl-popper-democracy" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.economist.com&#x2F;blogs&#x2F;democracyinamerica&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;ka...</a>

The irony is that Nader does not even admit his culpability in this equation. Leaving aside the disastrous Bush v Gore thing, Nader destroyed the Green Party&#x27;s chance at creating a 3rd party movement that could have born fruit about now. He took all of the money that the Greens had socked away for their bottom up strategy, and set back 3rd party aspirations by 20 years.

If you want a progressive party to exist, someone has to step up to try to lead in that direction. Sanders and his supporters are trying.