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A reader at Altercation gets it exactly right about Ralph Nader ...
With all due respect to Mr. Nader, who certainly has the right to run for president, the problem is, he's running only for president. He's not building a party, he's not trying to elect congressmen and Senators and state legislators and mayors and governors. He has no chance of being elected -- he also has no chance of expanding the political discourse to include his region of the spectrum - because it's all about him. It's always about him. If Nader truly wanted to make a lasting difference in the American political arena (as opposed to the lasting difference he has already made in other areas), he would make it be about far more than just him. He'd start a real party and recruit talented like-minded people to run for other offices. Until he does that, however, he leaves himself open to the kind of criticism he has received (rightfully so, in my mind).To pretend, at this point, that Ralph Nader does anything for the betterment of others, is to delude one's self to an astonishing degree. Ralph Nader is about as interested in helping others as the vast majority of the Republican party. Well, that's a low blow.
He may be more interested, but he's been even less effective. The time has come for Ralph Nader to go home and shut up.
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