Re: cruise update: the Ralph angle
On Aug 4, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Michael Perelman wrote:
Chuck’s last sentence is important.
On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 06:23:53PM -0500, Chuck wrote:
Nader is probably a complex person like the rest of us. In the big picture, his personality is irrelevant.
No it’s not. It explains why he ran for president as a star turn
rather than building a movement. It explains his paranoia about
trade, which is way out of proportion to reality. It explains why
he’s such a dismal politician who earned a shrinking share of the
vote on every outing. It explains why he can’t work in coalition with
anyone. The contrast between him & Rocky Anderson was really striking
- to be a successful politician you’ve got to like people and be able
to connect with them. You can’t do that if you’re idea of fun is
staying in your room to read the Federal Register.
Doug