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We're talking about politics here, not about consumer safety

Sry for the misunderstanding. I very much appreciate Nader's early work, of course. His determination on making cars more secure really saved countless lifes. No doubt about that.

However, when he went into politics, he didn't accomplish anything anymore, and his running in 2000 undoubtedly took away some very much needed votes from Al Gore. If this did or didn't turn the election will always be a matter of discussion. So, sry, not to deminish the other qualities of your hero, but I can only see his totally useless running for president as a vain act of self-aggrandizing. If he would have seriously wanted to accomplish something in politics, he should have run for Senator or Representative instead, where he may have had a chance. A fierce advocate of consumer safety in Congress certainly would have been a positive influence. However, he decided instead to not achieve anything anymore, but to simply become the poster guy for the politcally disenfrachised. And imho that's nuts. Just my personal opinion, of course. Sry.

Let it be said by our children's children that when we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, that we did not turn back, nor did we falter

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by: Gray @ Tue Jun 16, 2009 at 11:50:46 AM CDT