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...called Nader because I alone knew how to save his candidacy. I like his bits about taking on the multinational corporations that have usurped the political process. That's going to appeal to everyone except those who realize they work at, shop at and invest in multinational corporations. Nader's huge problem is that you can't demand financial honesty from politicians when you can't be honest yourself. Nader just can't admit that he's at least a little responsible for Gore's loss. And that he may have gotten it at least a little wrong when...
...told Nader my outline for a campaign plan that would fix his image. My idea: apologize like crazy. I suggested that he adopt the slogan "My bad!" and produce campaign buttons with his head on Urkel's body, saying DID I DO THAT? Nader would come out onstage to Britney Spears' Oops! ... I Did It Again and maybe do one of those supershort apology trips to rehab, blaming his involvement in the 2000 election on Quaaludes or yerba mate or whatever drug someone like Ralph Nader might take. If the subtext of John McCain's and Hillary Clinton's campaigns...
Some of these references were not caught by Nader. But he embraced the general idea. We honed it down to a slightly less catchy "It's all my fault, so I owe you to be a really good President" and dropped the Urkel bit entirely. He says he's going to try the concept first on The Daily Show next week and then, depending on how it plays, platform it out nationally. And we devised a pretty smart argument that while Nader might be responsible for every drop of blood spilled in Iraq, he also helped end global warming. Nader...
...party is not Nader's goal. He simply wants to give people--especially those who are independent and didn't vote in the primaries--a chance to register dissatisfaction so extreme that they're willing to hurt themselves to express it. He exists for the same strange reason as Jack...
...Part of Nader's problem is that the Democrats are so good at self-righteous anger. Perot cost the first Bush the 1992 election, but no one got too upset when he ran again in 1996. People just ignored him. That's how third parties are supposed to work...