Forget Clinton, Obama and McCain.
Ralph Nader says he's the only candidate who has the experience, change and straight-talk to be the next president of the United States.
On Saturday at the National Constitution Center, Nader, an independent presidential candidate, spoke against corporate greed and the current "two-party dictatorship" running the government, referring to the Republican and Democratic parties.
At a rally of more than 200 supporters, Nader said that neither party was addressing the most important issues facing Americans.
During the press conference and the rally for supporters afterward, Nader spoke for two hours on the logistics of his current campaign, single-payer health insurance, the economy, foreign policy and the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Referring to Bush as a "fugitive from justice," Nader mocked the Democrat-controlled Congress for not moving forward with impeachment hearings against "the most impeachable president in American history."
On education, Nader blamed the Department of Education for "standardizing minds" with its emphasis on standardized testing and said tuition at public universities should be more affordable, or even free.
"Students should be able to get adequate student loans from the government," Nader said. "They should be able to afford college without risk to their futures."
Nader proposed paying for such a program by removing troops from Iraq, and ending the "military-industrial complex."
But Nader's fight was not merely against the Republicans. He also criticized the Democratic National Committee for removing him from the Pennsylvania ballot in the 2004 elections.
In 2004, the Commonwealth Court found Nader in violation of election law when only 37 percent of his 51,273 required signatures were deemed valid. He was then removed from the ballot in Pennsylvania.
Nader still has $61,000 in legal fees after battling the removal in court, and blames the corrupt court system for "partisanship."
Nader said the 2004 incident represented "corruption, tyranny and exclusion" at its worst, but said the DNC should "think twice" before trying to get him off the ballot again.
In the 2000 presidential election, Nader was on the ballot in Florida, where he garnered roughly 92,000 votes. Many Democrats blame Nader for then-Vice President Al Gore's slim defeat in that state to Bush, where it is believed Nader votes might have gone to Gore instead.
Yet Nader is undeterred from seeking the presidency a third time and remains determined to get his name on the ballot in Pennsylvania.
"If we keep voting for the least-worst candidate, then we will slowly have more of our votes taken for granted," Nader said.
