mea culpa.



in writing this:



why is it that when some people gain some celebrity, they seem unable to stop themselves doing stupid things which are damaging to others? ralph nader made a name for himself in u.s. safety campaigns, for which he was rightly lauded, but now he thinks that his celebrity confers on him some reason to keep fucking about in the presidential elections over there.



he has no chance of becoming president. what he did in the last election, and what he will do in this next one, is take votes away from the democratic candidate.



he will ensure that the murderous cunt george w. bush is re-elected. proof, if it were needed, that nader, like many other pseudo-greens over the years, is really a right-winger who uses his somewhat green image to get himself publicity and acclaim and then, later, shows his true colour - deep, deep blue.



i was wrong.



mr nader has every right to stand if he wishes and my criticism of him was not justified. his policies are extremely anti-corporatist (and therefore close to my heart). there are many reasons why the u.s. would be a damned sight better off with someone like him as president than the likes of kerry or bush. i should have researched his beliefs more before criticising him.



if the u.s. has a grain of sense between its 300 million population, then he'll be its next president - although some corporation-paid cunt would probably assassinate him within a few days of him taking power.