Ralph Nader, in effect the best friend giant corporations ever had, may have completed the self-destruction of his entire legacy on election night. (Also, he somehow managed to make me think “I kind of like that Shepard Smith guy”).
Will Barack Obama be, Ralph asks, an “Uncle Tom for the giant corporations?”
Once upon a time, Nader’s stubborn sense of committment was a good thing. Now, his complete refusal to live in the real world seems to have combined with something else (insensitivity? racism? regular old narcissism?) to make him a really sad figure.
And Ralph appears to think that his way of advocating for important issues has changed. It seems that monkeying with presidential elections is now his way of contributing. Well, I must say that I really, really don’t like his last contribution. Not at all.
I’m humbly asking you to reconsider your vote, and to support Barack Obama for President of the United States. As election day is near, I will try to make my appeal brief. So, in the spirit of democracy and free exchange of ideas, I hope that you will consider the following five factors, in no particular order, before casting your vote:
1. The Supreme Court: John Paul Stevens is 88 years of age, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 75, Steven Breyer is 70, and David Souter is 69. If John McCain is elected, he will likely make at least one, maybe several SCOTUS appointments, and they will definitely be more conservative than any of the four justices mentioned above. This could have far-reaching influence over our nation for decades, especially since any McCain appointments would be joining the likes of Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito to form an overwhelmingly arch-conservative court.
2. Energy and the Environment: I’ll leave it to the Sierra Club, who makes the case for Obama in a handy clean-energy scorecard. The difference between the two candidates is stark.
3. The Iraq War: We all know the difference: Obama had the foresight and good judgement to question this war from its inception, and is committed to ending it.
4. The Vice-Presidency: If Obama loses this election, Sarah Palin will be President of the United States if anything happens to John McCain. Sarah Palin. President. John McCain is a 72 year-old cancer survivor.
5. The 2000 Election: (This one speaks for itself).
Thank you for your consideration, and I hope that you will vote for the Obama-Biden ticket.
