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Oct. 29, 2004 Ralph Nader may be titling at windmills, but he might stir up a breeze that tilts the election to John Kerry. Nader and his clique of sycophants must be salivating at the prospect that the race between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry is so close that his measly support could tilt the election in a handful of battleground states. The race is so tight that if Tinky Winky were on the ballot in Florida, his handful of devotees might tip the balance, left or right. Nader disingenuously claims that he takes as many votes away from President Bush as from Sen. Kerry. Public opinion polls dispute that absurd claim. Most surveys show him taking more than twice as many votes from Kerry as Bush. Nader is a Democratic nightmare and a Republican wet dream. Nader's contention that there's no real difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is hogwash. A Bush Supreme Court will take our nation on a widely divergent path from a Kerry Supreme Court. There's a wide chasm between a Global Test philosophy and a Preemptive strike strategy. Nothing less than the survival of our way of life is at stake in this election; millions of Americans will be casting their ballots because they strongly believe that their vote will make a difference. How sad it is to witness a once respected consumer advocate fiddle away his legacy while the world burns with extremism, fascism, and Islamic radicalism. How tragic it is to see a political gadfly responsible for constructive change metamorphose into a troublesome parasite responsible for so much political mischief. How depressing that history will remember Ralph Nader not as a quixotic champion of the people, but as a selfish spoiler who can't see past his own press clippings. ------------ About the author Robert Paul Reyes: I am a columnist for the Lynchburg Ledger. Email: rreyes4966@aol.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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