Ralph Nader is an Arab-American attorney of Lebanese descent, as well as an author, lecturer, political activist, and a frequent, independent candidate for President of the United States presidential election.
Areas of particular concern to Ralph Nader are consumer rights, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government.
Nader has run for President of the United States four times (in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004), and will make a fifth attempt in 2008.
In 1992 he ran as a write-in in both the New Hampshire Republican and Democratic primaries, and other primaries. In 1996 and 2000, he was the nominee of the Green Party. In 2004, he ran as an independent and was endorsed by the Reform Party.
His campaigns are controversial, and his role in the 2000 election in particular is subject to much debate. Many Democrats accuse Nader of siphoning Democratic votes in key states that might have cost Al Gore the presidency.
Ralph Nader himself recently stated in a live interview that he actually believes Al Gore won the Presidency but that it was "stolen from him ... by the Secretary of State and Jeb Bush" and the Supreme Court.
It is generally stated in the media that Nader himself blames Democrats themselves for George W. Bush's victory that year. On February 24, 2008, he announced on NBC's Meet The Press that he is running again in 2008.
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