Going Through the Motions

The Washington Post announced that "Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said on Sunday that he is launching another long shot independent campaign for president of the United States."

If you ask me, I think that "consumer advocate" should be replaced by "perrenial presidential candidate," because Nader has long ago lost any credibility he ever had. He's the Harold Stassen of the new millennium. It's kind of sad, actually.

Nader says that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are addressing the real problems of Anericans, and that, my friends, is total bullshit. Nader doesn't have a reason for running so he uses as a pathetically lame pretext that neither party is addressing the concerns of Americans.

The fact is that Nader's first ego-driven run for the presidency was directly responsible for the fiasco in Florida that enabled George W. Bush to weasel his way into the White House -- therefore, if you ask me, all the casualties of the War in Iraq, all the dead and all the wounded can, in a very real sense, be laid at his feet.

And he wants to run again? Who the fuck does he think he's kidding?

This is not about what Americans want. This is about what Ralph Nader wants. It's about the dictates of his ego, and nothing else.

It's sad. Very sad.

Tom Moran