Ralph Naders blood soaked hands

Few people in the history of civilization sleep in a bed of blood as big as Ralph Nader.

Nader ran in the 2000 presidential election and siphoned enough votes off Vice-President Gore causing George Bush to be elected. Freedom and peace loving people across the United States begged him not to run or to withdrawal, but his warped perspective of America allowed him to continue on seemingly enjoying interfering in the political process.

Liberals and Libertarians have a soft spot for Ralph Nader in their hearts because he is credited with being Instrumental in forming the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and his followers, Nader’s Raiders have an impressive list of accomplishments to help improve government.

However, Ralph Nader keeps justifying that he runs for office because he says it does not matter which party you vote for, Democratic or Republican it does not make any difference. This cynical view trivializes all the efforts of thousands of good people of many stripes who work within the system as elected officials.

Nader definitely caused George Bush to win the vote in Florida, which was won on as few as 500 votes in 2000. And, Florida resulted in George Bush being elected and ultimately invading Iraq after the 911 attack. Based on reasons never fully understood, President Bush attacked Iraq instead of going into Afghanistan and Pakistan to find the terrorists that actually killed our USA citizens. Many hold the view that Al Gore would never of invaded Iraq and concocted the weapons of mass destruction justification for its invasion.

And it follows that the 4,000 US soldiers that have died in the war is an enormous tragedy.

So based on this logic Ralph Nader has the blood of all innocent Iraqi citizens killed during the Iraq war. Numbers vary on what the number is varying from tens of thousands to as high as several hundred thousand. I posted 200,000 as a kind of average number to represent the enormity of his impact on death in this new century we have started.

Nader seems irreverent and blind of the hurtful impact his running for office has had on the of the innocent civilians around the world.

Hatred of the political parties for which Nader is emblematic has spurned him to run for the Presidency in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. He claims its a way to get topics into the public discussion that otherwise would not find it there. And, that is certainly true, but typically candidates withdrawal from the election before the final election letting the will of the people decide the outcome, and not have it siphon votes from the Party closest to his position.

Yes, I do think Ralph Nader has come to run every four years for office for self aggrandizement and to remind them more of HIM than to actually promote interesting discussion in the public debates. Where was he during the primary process?

How does he sleep at night with all that blood on his hands? Perhaps seeing his name on TV everynight helps.