Nader tau tawm tsam cov tuam txhab pov hwm loj, "kev noj qab haus huv koom nrog," thiab "kev sib koom ua ke txaus ntshai ntawm kev lag luam thiab tsoomfwv lub zog." Thaum cov neeg siv khoom tawm tswv yim / tus neeg saib xyuas ib puag ncig Ralph Nader tsis muaj txoj hauv kev los yeej lub Tsev Dawb, nws tau ua tib zoo saib ntawm txoj kev sib tw.

Tseeb tiag, nws ua rau muaj kev hem thawj loj tshaj plaws rau Sen. John Kerry. Cov Democrats ntshai tias Nader yuav yog tus neeg phem, zoo li nws nyob hauv kev xaiv tsa xyoo 2000, thaum nws tau xaiv ntau dua 97,000 hauv Florida. Bush yeej Florida tsuas yog 537 votes. Qhov yeej tau muab Bush qhov kev xaiv tsa. Nader, tus neeg sib tw ywj pheej, uas kuj tau khiav hauv xyoo 1992 thiab 1996, yog nyob rau hauv daim ntawv xaiv tsa hauv 33 lub xeev, suav nrog Florida, Ohio, Wisconsin, thiab New Mexico - lub xeev sib ntaus sib tua nyuaj. Kerry sawv ntawm txoj hauv kev ntawm kev poob cov xeev tseem ceeb no yog Nader siphons tseg cov pov npav ntawm Democrats. Thawj Tswj Hwm Bush thiab Kerry tau nyob rau hauv qhov xwm txheej kub ntxhov hauv kev xaiv tsa thoob tebchaws, thiab kev pov npav rau Nader tuaj yeem qhia qhov sib npaug ntawm Bush.

Ntau tus neeg txhawb nqa Kerry tau sib cav tias qhov kev pov npav rau Nader yog qhov tseeb pov npav rau Bush thiab tau sib koom tes los txhawb Nader pov nws cov kev txhawb nqa tom qab tus neeg sib tw Democratic. Nader, txawm li cas los xij, tau tuav ceev rau nws qhov kev txiav txim siab tias ob tus neeg sib tw yuav luag tsis muaj qhov sib txawv thiab yog cov pawns ntawm kev lag luam loj.

Tsim Tsheb Rau Txhua Yam Tab sis Kev Nyab Xeeb

Nader yug hauv Winsted, Connecticut, Lub Ob Hlis 27, 1934 rau Lebanese cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw Nathra thiab Rose Nader. Nathra khiav ib qho chaw ua mov ci thiab tsev noj mov. Raws li ib tug me nyuam, Ralph ua si nrog David Halberstam, uas tam sim no yog ib tug neeg sau xov xwm heev.

Nader nrog Democratic xaiv tsa Jimmy Carter sab nraum Jimmy Carter lub tsev thaum Lub Yim Hli 7, 1976, tham txog Kev Tiv Thaiv Cov Neeg Siv Khoom. (Qhov chaw / AP)
Nader kawm tiav magna cum laude los ntawm Princeton nyob rau hauv 1955 thiab los ntawm Harvard Law School nyob rau hauv 1958. Raws li ib tug me nyuam kawm ntawv ntawm Harvard, Nader thawj zaug tshawb fawb txog kev tsim tsheb. Nyob rau hauv ib tsab xov xwm hu ua "Lub Tsheb Nyab Xeeb Koj Yuav Tsis Yuav," uas tau tshwm sim hauv Tebchaws Meskas xyoo 1959, nws tau xaus lus tias, "Nws yog qhov tseeb tias Detroit niaj hnub no tab tom tsim tsheb rau cov qauv, nqi, kev ua haujlwm, thiab suav cov khoom lag luam, tab sis tsis yog - txawm hais tias 5,000,000 tau tshaj tawm cov xwm txheej, ze li ntawm 40,000 tus neeg tuag, 110,000 kev tsis taus mus tas li, thiab 1,500,000 raug mob txhua xyoo - rau kev nyab xeeb."

Xyoo Thaum Ntxov raws li Tus Neeg Siv Khoom Tawm Tswv Yim

Tom qab ib tug stint ua hauj lwm raws li ib tug kws lij choj nyob rau hauv Hartford, Connecticut, Nader mus rau Washington, qhov chaw uas nws pib nws txoj hauj lwm raws li ib tug neeg pab tswv yim. Nws tau ua haujlwm rau Daniel Patrick Moynihan hauv Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ua Haujlwm thiab ua haujlwm pub dawb los ua tus kws pab tswv yim rau Senate subcommittee uas tab tom kawm txog kev nyab xeeb tsheb.

Xyoo 1965, nws tau luam tawm Unsafe at Any Speed, qhov kev foob zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev lag luam tsheb thiab nws cov qauv kev nyab xeeb tsis zoo. Nws tshwj xeeb tsom rau General Motors' Corvair. Feem ntau vim nws lub hwj chim, Congress tau dhau xyoo 1966 National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. Nader kuj tseem muaj feem cuam tshuam rau hauv nqe lus ntawm 1967''s Wholesome Meat Act, uas tau hu rau tsoomfwv kev soj ntsuam cov nqaij nyug thiab nqaij qaib thiab tau tsim cov qauv rau kev tua tsiaj, nrog rau Txoj Cai Huv Huv thiab Txoj Cai Lij Choj ntawm Cov Ntaub Ntawv.

"Nader's Raiders" thiab Modern Consumer Movement

Nader's crusade ntes tau, thiab swarms ntawm activists, hu ua "Nader's Raiders," koom nrog nws cov neeg siv khoom niaj hnub no. Lawv tau nias rau kev tiv thaiv rau cov neeg ua haujlwm, cov neeg them se, thiab ib puag ncig thiab tiv thaiv kom muaj zog ntawm cov tuam txhab loj.

Nyob rau hauv 1969 Nader tau tsim lub Center for the Study of Responsive Law, uas nthuav tawm cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis muaj lub luag haujlwm thiab tsoomfwv tsis ua raws li kev tswj hwm kev lag luam. Nws nrhiav tau pej xeem pej xeem thiab US Public Interest Research Group nyob rau hauv 1971, ib lub kaus rau ntau lwm pab pawg neeg.

Ib tus kws sau ntawv muaj txiaj ntsig, Nader' cov phau ntawv suav nrog Lub Zog Hluav Taws Xob hauv Tebchaws Asmeskas (1973), Leej Twg Ua Phem America (1981), thiab Yeej Kev Pov Hwm Game (1990).