David Plouffe called me tonight, and said, “Guess what? Ralph Nader is going to run for President. Again.”
Again? I thought Nader was dead. Honestly. Not politically dead. But dead dead. How can you run for President if you’re not even alive, politically?
Anyway, David got the news from one of his sources at NBC that Nader would show up on Tim Russert’s Meet the Press tomorrow. Only a last place television network would consider a Nader candidacy as news worthy of broadcast. Note to General Electric, there’s a reason why NBC is the last place television network.
A Nader for President campaign has all the excitement of a Jack Kervorkian for President campaign, in a Wes Craven sort of way. One of the first questions that Tim Russert should ask Jack, uh, Ralph, is “Why?” Or, maybe, “Why bother?” Or, perhaps, “Can you prove to me that you’re not really dead?”
This is definitely a presidential campaign for the ages. Every nut case with a cause wants to run for political office. That’s what’s wrong with politics in America. Politicians are too representative of the American people. Politicians should be the domain of the elite, an aristocracy of sorts. John Kennedy was the last aristocrat President, flawed but admired and loved by everyone except the right wing.
Since then what have we had? Nixon? Carter? Ronald Reagan was an actor, for crying out loud. For all the personal theater, Bill Clinton was at least a smart political guy with an addiction to sex.
Honestly, I thought Ralph Nader died. If he’s really not, then he’s jumping the shark. Again.
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