Go Away Ralph Nader

First of all, anyone who thinks Ralph Nader cost Al Gore the 2000 election is a moron who is devoid of any ability to understand even the most basic logic. It might be time to end your life, because you're just too stupid to live.

So Ralph Nader is running for president again. Hopefully, Nader's candidacy can keep Obama to the left in the general election. Besides that, Nader's decision to run is pretty terrible. Nader claims that his message is righteous and many Americans should be receptive. So why has his candidacies failed so miserably? Maybe it's the messenger.

In 2000, Nader got 2.73% of the vote. So he barely beat out Strom Thurman and the Dixiecrats (2.41%) who ran on a platform of segregation in 1948 and only campaigned in the south! In 2004, Nader got only 0.38% of the vote. This is customary for third party candidates in recent years; their vote percentage tends to go down because their novelty has worn off. To compare, Ross Perot won 18.91% of the vote in 1992 and only 8.4% in 1996. Perot got more raw votes in his worst year, than Nader could dream of in all of his runs combined. Perot intelligently didn't run a third time. It's not a good sign when Ross Perot is more reasonable than you.

The Socialist candidate Eugene Debs did better than Nader during the former's chase for the presidency during the early 1900s. Perhaps that's Nader's angle. He can claim, "Hey, I'm only slightly worse than Eugene Debs."

Nader's decision is fairly embarrassing for everyone. If he truly cares about his message, he would have supported a new fresh voice to run in his place or run for a smaller office that he could actually win. But this is clearly a self-serving decision. He wants the publicity. He doesn't care about what is best for liberals, for third parties, anyone who isn't Nader himself. Maybe Nader is a very vengeful man who feels, "If I have to view at my ugly face in the mirror every day, I'm gonna make damn-well-sure everyone else has to look at me too!"