On Aug 4, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Michael Perelman wrote:
> Chuck's last sentence is important.
>
> On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 06:23:53PM -0500, Chuck wrote:
>> Nader is probably a complex person like the rest of us. In the big
>> picture, his personality is irrelevant.
No it's not. It explains why he ran for president as a star turn rather than building a movement. It explains his paranoia about trade, which is way out of proportion to reality. It explains why he's such a dismal politician who earned a shrinking share of the vote on every outing. It explains why he can't work in coalition with anyone. The contrast between him & Rocky Anderson was really striking - to be a successful politician you've got to like people and be able to connect with them. You can't do that if you're idea of fun is staying in your room to read the Federal Register.
Doug