Ralph Nader tells Mike Gravel to get out of the
presidential race, at least in this satire. A lot of liberals
remain angry at the spoiler role played by Nader in the 2000
presidential race, which suggests to me that very few of them are
going to be buying what he or any other left-wing third-party
candidate sells in 2008 (few did in 2004). It also suggests that a
third-party candidate on the right who did well enough to tip the
election to the Democrats wouldn't do much for his reputation among
conservative Republicans. Perhaps this is why even Ron Paul seems
to be thinking twice about endorsing the
man who would pose the strongest third-party challenge from John
McCain's right.
topics:
Satire, Oil
