Nader called Washington "corporate occupied territory" that turns the government against the interests of the people. "In that context, I have decided to run for president," he said.
Nader followed with "I before E except after C" and "A stitch in time saves nine." And I thought Bush was out of touch. Most Americans--and particularly people in the younger generations--don't go for this crap (see: John Edwards). A good number of us are employed by corporations and do pretty well for ourselves. To play the "evil corporation" card will fall on deaf ears, save the few sophomoric pseudo-hippies out there.
What we do know is that there are a lot of idiots running these corporations and can't wait until the old guard leaves (see: Obama). One has to be smart to be evil. Stupidity and incompetence reveals itself as vulgar, ugly, and unpredictably dangerous (see: Pres Numbnutz and a good number of American corporations out there).
Nader would be wiser to bash corporate idiocy rather than corporate "evil." And, at 74, it seems better for him to continue to write, speak, and petition the government rather than make a ridiculous run at the presidency when all of the press is following Obama around like lovesick teenagers. The only possible answer that can even begin to answer why he would run for the presidency is ego. Only ego. And that, IMHO, makes him not just a turd, but a heaping plate of turd, garnished in turd.
