# Ralph Nader = hypocrit.....
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph-nader-hypocrit/161149
**Category:** Great Debates
**Created:** [March 13, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph-nader-hypocrit/161149 "2003-03-13T18:53:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@klas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klas)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph-nader-hypocrit/161149/1 "2003-03-13T18:53:03Z")
Nader Scams College Kids
Thursday, March 13, 2003
By Radley Balko
Each semester, Meremac Community College in St. Louis, Mo., charged Crystal Lewis for a service called “MOPIRG.” “I hadn’t the slightest idea what it was,” she says. The fine print on her bill read: “If you opt not to support MOPIRG, please deduct this amount from your payment.” So she did. But she still wasn’t sure what she was no longer paying for.
She was paying for a myriad of causes and advocacy efforts sponsored, endorsed and overseen by Ralph Nader. […].
Radley Balko is a writer living in Arlington, Va. He also maintains a weblog at [www.theagitator.com](http://www.theagitator.com).
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### Author:  [@ScoobyTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScoobyTX)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2003, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph-nader-hypocrit/161149/2 "2003-03-13T19:58:01Z")
This is interesting, but do you have any thoughts of your own, or are you just going to cut and paste an entire article?
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### Author:  [@klas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/klas)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph-nader-hypocrit/161149/3 "2003-03-13T23:01:16Z")
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> \*Originally posted by ScoobyTX \*
> \*\*This is interesting, but do you have any thoughts of your own, or are you just going to cut and paste an entire article? \*\*
Just going to cut and paste an entire article…
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### Author:  [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2003, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ralph-nader-hypocrit/161149/4 "2003-03-14T00:11:20Z")
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klas said:
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> Just going to cut and paste an entire article…
Well, good, that makes my job a lot easier. I cut out most of the article and now I’m going to close the thread.
If you’d like to actually have a discussion, you can try again – but not with a full copy of an article. This forum is called “Great Debates,” not “Great Copy Machine.”
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David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator
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