Word on the street is Ralph Nader is really a Republican. Seriously, what other possible explanation is there? Yeah, I know Ralphie and his cronies contend it was not his intent to giftwrap the Presidency for W, but if you believe that I'd like you to help me transfer my inheritance from a Nigerian bank. When a conservative is running against a liberal, and an ultra-liberal joins the race, from whom do you think the ultra-liberal will siphon off votes? This is not rocket science. And if you know something's going to happen and you do it anyway, isn't that a textbook definition of intent?
But putting aside intent for the moment, is there any doubt Nader's presence in the 2000 race actually swung the results? Without getting into the seven or eight states that would have been toss ups without Nader, take a gander at these numbers:
New Hampshire: Nader got 22,198; Bush won by 7,211.
Florida: Nader got 97,488 votes; Bush won by 537.
If Gore wins either of those states he wins the election. You do the math.
I've seen Nader speak, in person, and he seemed to be an intelligent guy. If he's not a closet Republican, the only thing I can come up with is he's got a crystal ball and he knew that by running he'd free up Al Gore to become the planet's biggest advocate against global warming. After all, Ralphie was the Green Party candidate. Since so many more people watch movies than listen to what the President is saying, Mr. Gore's doing more now for the environment than he ever could have done in the Oval Office, right?
If either Hillary or Obama win the Presidency, the nation will have its most liberal Commander-in-Chief since Kennedy. And right now the Democrats are the favorites to win in November. So, of course, Mr. Nader has chosen this moment to announce his candidacy for 2008. Which means I'm junking the crystal ball theory. Ralph Nader has a life-sized poster of Dick Cheney on the ceiling above his bed.
You heard it here first.
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