Why doesn' t the same thing applies to Nader? Recently I was discussing politics with an experienced conservative and I borrowed Vidal's line about the two parties being two butt cheeks on the same derriere and his retort was that then Nader was the asshole. And when Nader met with Lenin-fan Grover Norquist's conservative weekly get-together, his base was disparaged as spoiled suburbanites. When you're called spoiled, this means you're pissing them off. Like "spoiled" US or European workers and their unions. Pehaps these conservatives just don't know the real Ralph. And then again the right detested Clinton (even though some admited he did good by killing the McGovernite wing of the party).
Peter