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Nader Still Buffering ... Buffering ...

Seeing Internet as 'a snare and a delusion' surely won't help independent's candidacy

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 28, 2008 2:19 PM CST

(Newser) – Ralph Nader might seem like just the crusader to milk the Internet for all its movement-building potential, but, Andrew Rasiej and Micah L. Sifry write in Politico, his “self-defeating attitude” toward the web is likely to keep him on the sidelines. The third-party presidential hopeful claims his “Internet-literate associates” are working on a great campaign site, but indications are to the contrary.

Asked about online activism last year, Nader said, “as a mechanism of actually getting people to do something … it’s still significantly a snare and an illusion.” He also called Facebook “sort of narcissistic” and added, “young people today spend too much time listening to music.” Nader won’t get off the ground, Rasiej and Sifry conclude, if he can’t log on to the 21st century.

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In this photograph provided by Meet the Press, Ralph Nader appears on Meet the Press' Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, with moderator Tim Russert at the NBC studios in Washington. Nader said Sunday he will run for president as a third-party candidate, criticizing the top White House contenders as too close...
In this photograph provided by "Meet the Press," Ralph Nader appears on "Meet the Press'" Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, with moderator Tim Russert at the NBC studios in Washington. Nader said Sunday he will...   (Associated Press)
Ralph Nader, seen during a news conference in this July 14, 2007, in  Reading, Pa., announced that he is launching a third-party campaign for president on the Sunday talk Meet the Press in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Ralph Nader, seen during a news conference in this July 14, 2007, in Reading, Pa., announced that he is launching a third-party campaign for president on the Sunday talk "Meet the Press" in Washington,...   (Associated Press)
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