Politics: The Nader Hater

Ralph Nader recently announced that he's entering the presidential race, and as you might imagine, Obama and Clinton had some choice words to say about it. Now, a lot of Democrats blame Nader for spoiling the 2000 election (never mind that Pat Buchanan took votes away from Bush, or that Gore couldn't even win his home state). Republicans seem to be happy he's joining the race, as well they should.

Listening to Nader talk right now is like hearing the Bizarro version of reality. Here's a choice quote from the CNN article:

Nader, who turns 74 this week, complained about the "paralysis of the government," which he said is under the control of corporate executives and lobbyists.

Man, I wish the government were paralyzed. While government is surely influenced by corporations and lobbyists (who represent the interests of millions of people), it doesn't seem to stop the issuance of kooky legislation on a regular basis from the Capitol Dome. And it seems weird for someone to criticize corporations when he holds millions of dollars worth of stock in said corporations.