Friday, May 16, 2008

Ralph Nader is a Moron

What is it about people who wear their technological illiteracy as a badge of honor that is so damn irksome?

From the most recent Nader/Gonzalez campaign solicitation I received:

While most of us sit in front of screens typing and searching, Ralph Nader still types out his prose on a manual Underwood typewriter.

On Monday, Mr. Underwood traveled to Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Nader is not easily dazzled by technological wonders.

Throughout his career, Nader has confronted head-on the downside of nuclear, automobile, genetic engineering and other industrial advances.

And now he's questioning the enormous amount of time we spend in front of our computers.

Has Google and the information revolution that it leads made our society better?

Or is it just another mass diversion from the reality of the corporate takeover of our democracy?


This is Ralph Nader's concept of leadership: confront potential allies with a big "fuck you," then ask for their money and support. Then brag about the whole episode afterwards. I mean, what leadership! What chutzpah! What integrity!