Nader Crashes the GOP's Bash -- Assails Republicans

Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader is crashing the Republican National Convention, stopping by Madison Square Garden, giving a flurry of media interviews and offering a running critique of nearly every major policy initiative of the Bush administration. President Bush "has plunged our nation into a war that was unconstitutional from the get-go -- a war that was premised on false pretenses, on a platform of fabrications and lies," Nader said Wednesday, reiterating his call for the president's impeachment. He criticized the administration's support for free trade agreements, accused it of "coddling" the Chinese government and mocked the Republicans' efforts to put a moderate face on its convention. "This corrupt Republican Party that has the brazenness to headline its day yesterday 'People of Compassion,' " he said. "Where are you, George Orwell?" [more ]