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“He was not good on the environment. On our issues of consumer protection, he w
as almost contemptuous. He campaigned in Michigan in 1980 against air bags, say
ing that air bags interfered with personal freedom. Well, in some way he was ri
ght,” Nader said. “[It] interfered with the freedom to go through a windshield.
“

“I wouldn’t classify him as one of the great presidents of all,” he said. “I th
ink the Soviet Union collapsed out of its own corruption and its own internal a
buse and inability to put food on the table. . . . He developed a huge military
budget. He developed more national debt than all the presidents from George Wa
shington through Jimmy Carter combined.”

“On the other hand, Nader said, “compared to this president, he was kindly, con
genial. He was not nasty in any way, and he didn’t have a messianic streak.”

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