Ralph Nader Visits South Carolina With Campaign Issues He Says McCain and Obama Don't Represent

Independent Party Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader campaigns at the South Carolina State House Friday.

By: Jewell Washington | WSPA-TV
Published: July 25, 2008

Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader was at South Carolina's State House Friday to talk about his campaign issues.

Ralph Nader is running as an Independent Party candidate. He says his campaign focuses on wages, health care, and removing the troops from Iraq.

Nader said these are issues that Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain and Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama do not represent. He also said his campaign redirects the country and focuses on issues that are supported by large numbers of Americans.

"The stands McCain and Obama have taken again and again do not have the support of the majority of the American people...", said Nader, "leading the White House would give me considerable more leverage."

Nader called the national media's coverage of McCain and Obama trivial and said he hopes to get more television coverage for his campaign.

Nader did feel that his campaign is attracting a lot of young people. Google has plans to sponsor future debates not controlled by the Democratic and Republican parties in September. Nader says he hopes to get as many of his supporters as possible involved so that his party can join in the debate.

"You have to keep fighting and if you keep losing... in the process of losing you're building for the future a greater public awareness for the need of political and economic reform" said Nader.

The Nader-Gonzalez campaign submitted 18,000 signatures in South Carolina to get on the ballot this fall. Nader said he hopes to be on the ballot in 45 states.

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