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...Nader once ride in former New Republic Writer Andrew Kop-kind's convertible without fastening his seat belt? Apparently...
...Nader jump into Washington Lawyer Simon Lazarus' Corvair after a party, then warn the attorney not to mention that Lazarus had been stopped by a cop for exceeding the speed limit because Nader feared the headline: RALPH NADER CAUGHT SPEEDING IN CORVAIR? Undoubtedly...
Sanford's point is that Nader needlessly either denies or tries to conceal such trivialities out of his obsession with protecting the myth of an unblemished David in mortal combat with a corrupt Goliath...
More substantively, Sanford contends that Nader is as secretive about the finances of his consumer groups as are the corporations he repeatedly attacks. Nader does, for example, refuse to divulge the names of all contributors to his causes, contending he does not want them harassed. Sanford further claims, convincingly, that despite Nader's poor-mouthing, his major lobbying organization, Public Citizen Inc., had a net worth of $1.3 million as of 1974, the date of its most recent public report...
Although it is often catty and petty, Sanford's book nevertheless does seem to have a point about one of Nader's fund-raising tactics: the Public Interest Research Groups raise money on many college campuses through an automatic fee that all students must pay, applying for a refund if they do not wish to be assessed. Yet Nader has sharply assailed the practice of book clubs that send volumes monthly to members unless they ask the clubs in writing...