Nader: Government Missed Chance with Bailout

Third party presidential candidate Ralph Nader speaks during a news conference, Friday, October 10, 2008, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Nader: Government Missed Chance with Bailout

By Becky Ogann

DES MOINES (AP) - Third party presidential candidate Ralph Nader says the government missed a historic chance to rein in greed and excess on Wall Street when it approved a financial bailout package.

Speaking Friday in Des Moines at a Statehouse news conference, Nader claimed Congress could have pushed for reforms but instead, "Wall Street stuffed Washington into a barrel and rolled them."

Nader focused on corporate greed at the news conference. He was set to speak at a rally later at Iowa State University.

This is the third straight presidential bid by the 74-year-old Nader. He is on the ballot in 45 states and the District of Columbia.
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Saturday, Oct 11 at 8:24 AM Alfred Joes Boy wrote ...

Is the mainstream media complicit and compliant in hiding and obscuring the truth. Well, this is the first notice I've seen anywhere that Ralph was speaking yesterday in Iowa. It's almost as if the MSM was trying to hide the fact from us. Well, AP & KCRG? Where WAS the publicity beforehand? Did the PTB that control what you print and publish tell you NOT to print any news about Ralph's speech AHEAD of time? And are too cowardly to admit it if they did?

Saturday, Oct 11 at 3:27 AM me wrote ...

It's a shame Nader isn't a game player, he could have stood a chance at winning.

Friday, Oct 10 at 4:26 PM turned off wrote ...

Too bad Ralph doesn't have a chance of winning - that's too bad because he's one of the several 3rd party candidates that aren't afraid to tell the truth. The truth that The Establishment hides from us and spoon feeds us a bunch of lies. Remember Ross Perot's Giant Sucking Sound? It's been at full volume the past few weeks!

Friday, Oct 10 at 4:18 PM Nathan52142 wrote ...

Do we care what this whack says anymore??

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