Ralph Nader talks about the Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Primary on C-Span May 4 2016


All Speakers: Ralph Nader and Greta Wodele Brawner

00:02:02

Greta Wodele Brawner
EN LOT OF MONEY6 HOST: WHAT WILL HE ASK FOR AT THE CONVENTION?

00:02:04
CALLER
CALLER: HE WILL GET A PRIMETIME SPOT BUT CONVENTION, THEY ARE REALLY VAUISHED AND SUPPORTING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION AND HE IS LIKELY TO LEND HIS CREDIBILITY TO HILLARY’S IN CREDIBILITY. Show Less Text
00:02:41

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: SO SHOULD HE LAUNCH AN INDEPENDENT BID?

00:02:46

Ralph Nader
GUEST: IT IS TOO LATE. IT MAKES SURE YOU HAVE TO CLIM MOUNTATO GS OETH — A MILITARIST. THE NEW YORK TIMES IS ENDORSING HILLARY AND STILL HAVING A PAGE ONE STORY ON HILLARY THE HAWK. SHE SCARES OBAMA. SHE SCARES SOME OF THE GENERALS. WAR IS THE FIRST CHOICE AND LOOK AT THE LIBYA ATTACK, WHICH WAS A DISAROUS, CHAOS AND VIOLENCE SPILLING INTO AA Show Less Text
00:04:50

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST:S FOR WALL STREET. IF YAB TWATPE, SHE ISIRST F PREDTABLE. THS, I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING OUT AGAINST COAL COMPANIES LIKE PATRIOT AND PEABODY THAT HAVE TRIED TO SHIRK THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TO WORKERS AND RETIREES. THEY MOVE INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY WORK, WHICH THEY CAN BE PROUD OF AND DON’T HAVE TO DIE FROM. Show Less Text
00:07:06

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: WHAS NA GUT: ITOPEN PRIMARY. SOMEBODY WHO CALLS HIMSELF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST CG AT FAST, HE STARTED AT 3%. WHAT DOES HE DO NEXT? WHAT HE HAS TO DO IS LEAD A CIVIC MOVEMENT. HAS GOT TO VE A BIG RALLY ON THE MALL AND HE IS GOING TO TAKE HIS AGENDA AND SAY WE WANT TO PRESS ALL THE CANDIDATES FROM NATIONAL TO LOCAL TO TURN THIS COUNTRY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF FAIR PLAY AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIVITY. IF HE DOES THAT, HE WILL BE RELATIVELY INDEPENDENT. HE WON’T BE SEEN AS A TOADY FOLLOWING CNTON IF SHE WINS. HE HAS A LOT OF AGONIZING DECISIONS TO MAKE BUT HE HAS A HUGE BASE OF SUPPORT AND VERY HIGH IN THE POLLS. Show Less Text
00:08:40

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: ARE YOU GIVING HIM ADVICE? WE WILSHOWHAT COLUMN THERE AND THE NEW BOOK THAT IS COMING OUT WHY RALPH NADER. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT, BREAKING THROUGH POWER. YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE, YOU CAN FIND MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE BOOK AND THE EVENTS. LET’S GO TO BALTIMORE OENROLEODELOR L T YOU THINK THAT THERE IS NO DOCUMENT AS CLOSELY HELD TO OUR HEART AS THE CONSTITUTION HAPPENS TO BE, THAT IT IS NOT SACROSANCT. IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, PERHAPS ONCE EVERY HUNDRED YEARS. TRYING TO HAVE AN ALL-OUT PROCESS WHERE THE POPULACE — THE CONSTITUENTS, 300 MILLION WOULD PARTICIPATE AND THEN DO A REFEREND, UM TO HAVEHE MAJORITYILL ON T W RISK A CONVENTION IN WHICH YOU MAY LOSEOME OF THE BILL OF GHTS IMAY BE RETROGRADE. THE LARGEST ASMB OF LYCOMPSH LICYROSACCOMPLISHED CIV NATION, THEY ARE NEVER ASKED T PARTICIPATE. THEYRE ELUD.THEY PUT OUT REPORTS TT AFFECT CAIDTH THEY ARE IED.OR 13 PEOPLE WERE ARRESDTE IS I DANGEUS SOCIETY TSIBAY HAVE A COMMERCIALIZED ECTION THAT IS REMOVED FROM THE CIVIL COMMUNITY. THAT IS WHY WE WANT PEOPLE @TO COME TO CONSTITUTION HALL. THESE ARE GROUPS THAT ARE PUSHING SAFE FOOD. PHARMACEUTICALS. DOESN’T MATTER WHAT POLITICAL IDEOLOGY CONSUMERS HAVE HERE. LESS PESTICIDES? FAIRNESS IN THE JUDICIALES ALWAYS LIKE THIS, IS A PRODUCT OF DIVIDE AND RULOWBRES TREGH ENTIMMERSION. IT IS NOT FOR PEOPLE WITH SHORT ATTENTION SPANS OR PEOPLE WITH JUSTICE FATIGUE BECAUSE IT IS EIGHT HOURS A DAY, THE GREATEST CIVICS EXPERIENCE IN ANYBODY’S SI INEFFECTIVE FOR THEIR PURPOSES OR DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS. HE DID IT ON A TINY BUDGET. IT’S LOT EASIER TO THINK AT’S IT’S A LOT EASIER THAN WE THINK TOAKE CNGE AT THE BASIC CHANGE IN A COUNTRY COMES THROUGH CIVIC ACTIVITIES AND IT SPILLS OVER INTO BETTER POLITICS. IF W DON’T HAVE BETTER POLITICS, IT IS BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE CYNICALLY ACTIVE. Show Less Text
00:13:47
Unidentified Speaker
>> HAVE YOU INVITED SENATOR SANDERS TO SPEAK?

00:13:54

Ralph Nader
GUEST: WE CAN’T INVITE PEOPLE SPEAKING — PEOPLE RUNNING FOR ELECTED OFFICE. I HOPE C-SPAN WILLOVER CT. NEXT.

00:14:10
CALLER
CALLER: I WANT TO CALL ABOU THE SYSTEM — THE MONEY AND CORRUPTION IN THE POLITICAL SYSTEM. I AM THINKING WE ARE MORE LIKE A PLUTOCRACY DOMINATED BY THE CORPORATIONS AND BY THE WEALTHY. ESPECIALLY WITH THE CITIZENS UNITED DECISION THAT JUST OPENS THE FLOODGATES FOR MONEY FROM THE CORPORATIONS TO DOMINATE AT AND DERA, POSITIONS. I JUST DON’T SEE HOW MONEY IS — IT IS GOING TO BE A HUGE FLOOD OF MONEY INTO THIS ELECTION AND IT IS GOING TO CONTROL THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS, EVEN STATE ELECTIONS. Show Less Text
00:14:54
Unidentified Speaker
>> THE MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN OF ACCORDING TO THE POLLS, BERNIE SANDERS, IS ON YOUR SIDE. HE IS SAYING WE HAVE GOT TO GET RID OF BIG MONEY, SUPER PAC’S, BILLIONAIRES TRYING TO BUY POLITICIANS, AND HE HAS DEMONSTRATED WITH MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GIVING HIM $27 AVERAGE CONTRIBUTIONS. HE DOESN’T GO TO PARK AVENUE OR BEVERLY HILLS FOR THESE FUNDRAISERS. THIS IS A PERSON RUNNING FOR A MAJOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION. THATUGHTO GI Y JOHNSON. HE HAS TAKEN ON DONALD TRUMP. YOU DON’T SEE THAT ON THE SUNDAY SHOWS. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THE PUBLIC AIRWAVES BELONG TO THE OPLE. Show Less Text
00:17:08

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: YOU CAN HEAR THE CITIZENS VOICE RIGHT HERE ON WASHINGTON JOURNAL. CARMINE IN NEW YORK. REPUBLICAN.

00:17:19
CALLER
CALLER: MR. NADER, HOW DOES A CORPORATION LIKE GENERAL MOTORS KNOWINGLY PRODUCE A CAR WITH THE ADDITION — IGNITION SWITCH DEFECT AND AS A RESULT, PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND MORE ARE INJURED, AND NO ONE GOES TO JAIL. Show Less Text
00:17:37

Ralph Nader
GUEST: THIS IS THE ADDICTION — IGTIONNIWITCH DEFECT THE ANSWER IS INTERNAL COVERUP. THEY COVERED UP FROM REPORTING THEY TOOTHEIK NEY FROM A STATEMENTS AND BIGOTRY, THEY SAY HE IS THE ONE. WE HAVE TO HAVE CORPORATE CRIME ENFORCEMENT. THERE IS A CORPORATE CRIME WAVE. YOU CAN READ IT IN THE WALL STET JOURNAL LOPO LOBIS H DISASTER, SO IT ALL COMES DOWN TO CITIZENS MOBILIZING. IF 1% OF THE CITIZENRY MOBILIZES IN EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, TWO AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE, AND HAVE PUBLIC OPINION BEHIND THEM AND SET UP FULL-TIME OFFICES, THEY COULD CHANGE SS IN ONE OF OUR MOTTOS IS “MAKING CHAN IS EASIER TN WE THINK. LET’S NOT GIVE UP ON OURSELVES. IO HE WANTED TO USE A PROPELLANT. WHERE WAS THE QUALITY CONTROL PEOPLE AT FORD AND GENERAL MOTORS? THAT IS A FASCINATINGRY Show Less Text
00:21:25

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: WHAT A BIG FAN I AM OF YOU. I AM A BERNIE SANDERS SUPPTER. I WILL PROHE INTERN GIVING HIM $27 TODAY. I WILL TAKE MY BERNIE SANDERS WATER BOTTLE WITH HONOR TO WORK TODAY. ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN BUGGING ME FOR YEARS, I KNOW A LOT OF DEMOCRATS AND FRIENDS OF MINE THINK YOU CAUSED — COSTOR THE ELECTION IN 2000. WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST HAWKS 9/11 IGO AND KNOW THAT IN 1998, BOTH GORE AND INTON GOT ROUGTH CONGRESS A RESOLUTION TO TOPPLE SDAMAD HUEIN. GEORGE BUSH USED THAT WHEN HE WAATS G THE DRS FOR TT CRIMINAL WAR OF AGGRESSION THAT HAS TAKEN ER A MILLION OF IRAQI LIVES. NEVER MIND T THERE WAS BELLIGERENT’S. IN THE 2000 ELECTION, GEORGE W. BUSH HAD A SMALLER MILITARY BUDGET THEN GORE WAS PROPOSING. HE WAS TALKING AGAINST NATION BUILDING SO IT IS VERY HARD TO PREDICT. WE DO KNOW IF PEOPLE DON’T GET INVOLVED IN FOREIGN AND MILITARY POLICY, BARNEY FRANK, RON PAUL, TRIED TO DO IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE ECONOMY IS GOING TO BE SUBORDINATED TO THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. SEVERE DEPRIVATION, CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE WE SPEND TRILLIONS ABROAD MAKING THINGS WORSE. Show Less Text
00:23:46

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: HECTOR IS UP IN SAN DIEGO. OF THE PASSION THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY SHOULD HAVE SPE IF THEY WIN THE ELECTION BY A LANDSLIDE?

00:24:35

Ralph Nader
GUEST: I DON’T THINK HILLARY WILL DO THAT. I DON’T KNOW ANY NOMINEE OF A MAJOR PARTY THAT WILL PICK SOMEONE WHO IS HIGHER IN THE POLLS THAN SHE IS AND IS TRUSTED MORE THAN SHE IS. MOST NOMINEES JUST DON’T DO THAT. MY GUESS IS BERNIE WOULD NOT EVEN WANT IT. I DO THINK HE WANTS TO GO ALL OVER THE WORLD LIKE JOE BIDEN AND GO ON ASSIGNMENTS LIKE THAT. I THIS HEEES S Show Less Text
00:25:14
CALLER
CALLER: THANK YOU C-SPAN FOR IS OORNITYTU MR. MR. NADER, HAVE YOU HEARD OF SOMEONE NAMED FUEGO GOING AROUND CIOIT C AND EDUCATING THE ZET MO L O CITYOITY C ANDTI, IOLD MY NOSE FINY CRAFTED ABILITY TO SAY WHATEVER SHE NEEDS TO SAY TO WHICHEVER AUDIENCE SHE IS SPEAKING. SHE IS A VERY WELL PRACTICED AND CUNNING LINGUIST THAT CAN SAY WHATEVER IT TAKES. Show Less Text
00:26:53

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: WHAT JOHN SAID

00:27:03
GUT
GUT: THEY ARE AFRAID OFRUMP THEY THEY HAVE THEIR HOPES INTO BOTH — HOOKS INTO BOTH PARTIES. TO WHICH THEY MOLI BACK ON MAY 20 3:20 4, 25, AND 26 — 23, 24, 25 AND 26. ISIT IS PEOPLE LEARNING HOW CHANGE OCCURS OUTSIDE THE POLITICAL PROCESS. WHEN I CAME TO TOWN, YOU COULD NOT FIND MANY POLITICIANS FAVORING CONSUMER PROTECTION, MUCH LESS OUR SAFETY. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, THEY WERE PASSING THE AUTO SAFETY LAW UNANIMOUSLY. THAT IS BECAUSE THEY HEARD THE RUMBLE FROM THE PEOPLE. THE FACTS GOT FULL-TIME CIVIC ADVOCACY, IT IS A DIFFERENT COUNTRY. THE POLICIANS WILL FOLL.OW TH MASSACHUSETTS. GOOD MORNING. GO-AHEAD, BRIAN. Show Less Text
00:29:11
CALLER
CALLER: YOU SAID IT RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS MR. NADER. I AM WONDERING WHETHER MR. NADER CAN COMMENT ON THE RECENT PASSING OF DANIEL BERRIGAN AND WHETHER MR. NADER EVER MET HIM OR WHAT HEOULDHINK OF THECUENT CAMPAIGN. MR. BERRIGAN WAS ALWAYS CONCERNED WITH THE LIFE AND ADDRESSING THESE NEEDS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Show Less Text
00:29:51

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: LET’S MOVE ON TO JANET IN INDIANA.

00:29:55

Ralph Nader
GUEST: IS A GREAT AMERICAN, DANIEL BERRIGAN.

00:29:58

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: JAN, UT I WANT TO TE A MOMENTO THANK RALP NADH

00:30:27
ST
ST: ROB IN NEW NADER, YOU HAVE HAD A REAL IMPACT ON MY LIFE. WE MET IN 1992. I WAS ENTHRALLED WITH YOANDU STILL AM. YOU MIGHT RECALL IT IS ROB ARNOLD. DONALD TRUMP HAS SAID SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN VERY TO HEAR COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND FRONT RUNNER OF THE REPUBLICAN LINE, BY DON’T SEE ANYTHING HE HAS SAID AS BIGOTED. I THINK IT IS EASY TO AUTOMATICALLY BRAND SOMEONE THAT WAY.YOU REFERRED TO DONALD TRUMP AS BIGOTED , AND LIKE YOU TO GIVE EMPWH OHIM HE WENT AFTER HISPANICS FOR AME. AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND HE ATTACKED THEM AS IF THEY ARE TERRORISTS. THIS IS ANTI-SEMITISM AGAINST ARABS. IT IS NOJUSTT NTI-SEMITISM AGAINST JAEWSEWS WHEN THEY WERE EXCLUDED BECAUSE PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WERE COMMUNIST. HE IS A SERIAL BIGOT. HE COMES BACK AND SAYS THE HISPANICS VE Show Less Text
00:32:49
GUT
GUT:SOI DON’T FLYAG VOTE, BUT I ALWAYS VOTE MY CONSCIENCE. WE HAVE GOOD THIRD PARTIES. OBOUSLM FAVORABLY OS TO EDEL OGREEEPARTY. IF PEOPLE VOTE THEIR CONSCIENCE COLLECTIVELY, THEY WILL CHANGE POLITICS. IF THEY VOTE FOR THE LEAST WARS, THEY WILL NEVER HAVE ANY LEVERAGE. IF YOU SIGNAL YOU WILL VOTE FOR THE LEAST, WHY SHOULD THEY GIVE YOU ANY TIME, THE POTENTIAL NOMINEES? PEOPLE HAVE TO POPULATE THEIR VOTE. STRATEGIC OR TACTICAL VOTE OR LEAST WORST OR THEY CAN DO A VOTE OF CONSCIENCE. I PREFER THE LATTER. WHITE VOTE FOR SOMEBODY YOU DON’T BELIEVE IN JUST BECAUSE THE OTHER PERSON IS WORSE? Show Less Text
00:33:37

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: IN MARYLAND WHO IS A DEMOCRAT, YOU’RE ON THE AIR.

00:33:41
CALLER
CALLER: CAN YOU HEAR ME?

00:33:43

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: WE CAN.

00:33:45
CALLER
CALLER: MR. NADER, I HAVE QUALITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND I RESPECT WHERE YOU’RE COMING FROM. HOWEVER, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT CONGRESS. THE CANDIDATES CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. SOMEONE LIKE BERNIE SANDERS IS 74 YEARS OF AGE AND HAS NO CONSTITUENCY. IF HE GOT THE NOMINATION AS PRESIDENT, WHO DOES HE TURN TO? THE DEMOCRATS? REPUBLICANS WILL NOT FOLLOW HIM. WHERE DOES HE GO? WE HAVE TO GO WITH WHAT WE HAVE. NEED TO HAC 270. CAN VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE IN THOSE STATES. YOU THINK E REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO CAMPAIGN IN MASSACHUSETTS? YOU THINK DEMOCRATS WILL CAMPAIGN IN TEXAS? IF YOU’RE IN ONE OF THOSE 40 STATES, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO. YOU CAN VOTE FOR YOUR CONSCIOUS AND THE LEAST WORST ARE GOING TO WIN BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WE DON’T HAVE COMPETITIVE ELECTIONS. WE DON’T HAVE A COMPETITIVE DEMOCRACY IN ALL THE STATES. BERNIE SANDERS HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR THAT, BY THE WAY. HE CAMPAIGNS EVERYWHERE. ITS NOT JUST CAMPAIGN IN BLUE STATES. Show Less Text
00:35:27

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, CYNTHIA, IENYOU ARE ON THE AIR WITH RAHLP NAR. CA AND MODE OUT EVERY INCUMBENT. BOEVARIRAQ THEY– BLOW APART IRAQ. THEY LET WALL STREET PEOPLE TAKE OVER A SET OF CHALLENGING THEM AN IMPOSING STANDARDS AGAINST THE BAILOUTS. AT LEAST YOU ARE ACTIVE, BUT ALWAYS HAVE A REASON FOR UNIFORM REJECTION. Show Less Text
00:37:10

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: BILL IS NEXT IN MARYLAND. A DEMOCRAT. HI, JOE.

00:37:16
CALLER
CALLER: THANK YOU FOR C-SPAN. I’M CONCERNED THAT THE BAD ACTO WILLING TO GO TO WAR WHEN NOT NECESSARILY SO DEPRIVED ME OF THE LUXURY OF FOCUSING ON A LOT OF THE GOOD LIKIVING THE CONVERSATION IN WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND A GOOD DIRECTION, BUT MY HIGHEST ALREADY PRIORITY IS KEEPING PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO GO TO WAR WHOSE ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEMS ARE EXPENSIVE BLOODY ANSWEROUT OF THE PICTURE. Show Less Text
00:37:59
GUT
GUT: WELL, THAT IS WHAT MADE 25TH — MAY 25 IS ALL ABOUT. HIGH-LEVEL VETERANS AND BECOME SCHOLARS AND ADVOCATES, AND PEACE GROUPS WILL COME TOGETHER. PHIL DONAHUE IS COMING TO SHOW HIS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT A SOLDIER IN IRAQ WHO CAME BACK AS A PARAPLEGIC. THE INT IS ALLMPIR E DEVOUR THEMSELVES. THAT IS THE LESS OF ONSTORY. BREAKING THROUGH POWER AND HOW TO DO IT. THAT ISAY ONE BREAKING THROU CONGRESS IS DAY FOUR, MAY 26. BREAKING THROUGH WAR IS DAY THREE, MAY 25. BREAKING THROUGH THE PRESS. THERE ARE A LOT OF VOICES OUT THERE THAT DON’T GET ON THE EVENING NEWS. Show Less Text
00:40:10

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU HERE. WHAT DYOUO MAKE OF THE DEBATE THAT HAPPENS BETWEEN HILLARY CLINTON AND BERNIE SANDERS DURING THIS PRIMARY NOMINATING PROCESS OVER WHO IS A PROGRESSIVE AND WHO IS NOT? IS HILLARY CLINTON A PROGRESSIVE? Show Less Text
00:40:23

Ralph Nader
GUEST: BY NO MEANS. ONE OF THE DEFINITIONS OF PROGRESSIVE IS CURBING CORPORATE POWER, CRACKING DOWN ON CORPORATE CRIME. WHEN SHE WAS IN THE SENATE, SHE REPRESENTED NEW YORK STATE AND WALL STREET. SHE DID NOT HOLD THE BANNER OF JUSTICE UP. SHE DID NOT ASK FOR HEARINGS. SHE DID NOT ASK FOR STRONGER CORPORAL CRIMINAL LAWS. SHE IS FAR FROM A PROGRESSIVE AS ANY DEMOCRAT COULD BE. THE OTHER THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS IF BERNIE SANDERS HAD MORE DEBATES, ARE THINK THINGS MAY HAVE CHANGED BUT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE WAS FAVORING HILLARY. THEY WANTED TO LIMIT DEBATE AND PUT THEM AT INOPPORTUNE TIMES AGAINST BIG SPORTS EVENTS. IN FIVE MONTHS, HE GOT VERY LITTLE COVERAGE. THERE WAS AN ANALYSIS OF ABC COVERAGE OF TO THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER. THEY GAVE TWO MINUTES TO BERNIE SANDERS AND 80 MINUTES TO DONALD TRUMP. THE MEDIA WILL HAVE TO BE A LITTLE INTROSPECTIVE AS TO WHY THEY DID NOT HAVE AN HIGHER ESTIMATE OF THEIR OWN ABILITIES AND WHY THEY DID NOT STOP THE SHOUTING AND SLITHERING OF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. IT IS A VERY SERIOUS REASON FOR THE MEDIA TO LOOK BACK AND SAY WHAT DID WE DO? WHO DID WE NOT SCRUTINIZE? WHY DID WE GIVE MOST ATTENTION TO THE NOMINEES WHO WERE EXITING FALSE STATEMENTS — EXU ING FALSE STATEMENTS AND BIGOTRY. THEY WERE MAKING MONEY OFF OF THESE DEBATES. THEY WERE SETTING UP DATABASE. SINCE WHEN IS A COMMERCIAL CORPORATION DECIDE WHO IS GOING TO BE DEBATING? WHO IS ON TIER ONE OR TWO YEAR T– OR TIER TWO? THEY SHOULD BE REPORTING. THAT IS WHY I THINK WE SHOULD GET THE CIVIL SOCIETY VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN CAMPAIGNS. Show Less Text
00:42:23

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: FINAL CALL FOR YOU FROM TEXAS, INDEPENDENT. ARE YOU THERE?

00:42:28
CALLER
CALLER: YES I AM.

00:42:30

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: IT IS YOUR TURN.

00:42:33
CALLER
CALLER: I AM CALLING FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS.

00:42:35

Greta Wodele Brawner
HOST: YOU ARE ONLY A. — ARE ON THE AIR.

00:42:40
CALLER
CALLER: WE HAVE VOTER FRAUD HERE IN TEXAS. IT IS NOT DONE BY THE LITTLE PERSON. I HAVE ONLY SEEN ONE CASE OF IT AS BEING AN ELECTION CLERK. NOW WE HAVE GREAT BIG HUGE FRAUD BASED ON THE ELECTION OF GEORGE W. BUSH. 800,000 VOTES THROWN OUT OF HARRIS COUNTY. WE HAVE ELECTION FRAUD. IT IS ALWAYS AT THE TOP. IT IS NOT AT THE BOTTOM. WHY DO I HAVE TO SHOW UP WITH IDS? WHY DO I HAVE TO SHOW UP AND STAND IN HUGE LONG LINES? Show Less Text
00:43:17

Ralph Nader
GUEST: THAT IS A GOOD POINT. , WESTERN COUNTRIES, THE U.S. HAS — AMONG U.S. COUNTRIES, THE U.S. HAS MORE CONSTRICTING LAWS FOR VOTING. WH WE HAVE TDO BALLOT TO GIVE THEM MORE VOICES AND CHOICES? TH IS WHAT GROUPS LIKE SETE FONST CUTIONA RIGHTS AND THE BRENNAN CENTER ARE WORKING ON. WATCH THE SOFTWARE PROBLEMS NOW. THE SOFTWARE IS OWNED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES. AS RESEARCHERS AT JOHNS HOPKINS HAVE POINTED OUT, IT IS EASY IN A CLOSE ELECTION TO RIG THE SOFTWARE AND FLIP IT. WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS. INTERNET HAS PAPER BALLOTS. — CANADA HAS PAPER BALLOTS. THEY DON’T HAVE MACHINES. AT NIGHT IN THIS GIANT COUNTRY, THEY KNOW WHO WON OR LO BECAUSE THEY HAD A PAPER TRAIL. THAT I HAVE MACHINES WHICH ENGAGE IN SHENANIGANS. I THINK THE CALLER MADE A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. THERE IS A STRONG ARGUMENT FOR UNIVERSAL VOTING LIKE AUSTRALIA. IF YOU GIVE THE PEOPLE TO CANDIDATE, I THINK OUR CIVIL Show Less Text

About William Brighenti

William Brighenti is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, and Certified Business Valuation Analyst. Bill began his career in public accounting in 1979. Since then he has worked at various public accounting firms throughout Connecticut. Bill received a Master of Science in Professional Accounting degree from the University of Hartford, after attending the University of Connecticut and Central Connecticut State University for his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees. He subsequently attended Purdue University for doctoral studies in Accounting and Quantitative Methods in Business. Bill has instructed graduate and undergraduate courses in Accounting, Auditing, and other subjects at the University of Hartford, Central Connecticut State University, Hartford State Technical College, and Purdue University. He also taught GMAT and CPA Exam Review Classes at the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center and at Person-Wolinsky, and is certified to teach trade-related subjects at Connecticut Vocational Technical Schools. His articles on tax and accounting have been published in several professional journals throughout the country as well as on several accounting websites. William was born and raised in New Britain, Connecticut, and served on the City's Board of Finance and Taxation as well as its City Plan Commission. In addition to the blog, Accounting and Taxes Simplified, Bill writes a blog, "The Barefoot Accountant", for the Accounting Web, a Sift Media publication.
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