Well, Nader is becoming the second Republican candidate - which I'm assuming will tell him absolutely nothing about his campaign whatsoever.
Nearly 10 percent of the Nader contributors who have given him at least $250 each have a history of supporting the Republican president, national GOP candidates or the party, according to computer-assisted review of financial records by The Dallas Morning News.
Among the new crop of Nader donors: actor and former Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein, Florida frozen-food magnate Jeno Paulucci and Pennsylvania oil company executive Terrence Jacobs. All have strong ties to the GOP.
They all deny doing it to help Bush, but I really wish I had a thousand dollars to drop out of a sense of offended propriety.
Posted by Jesse Taylor at March 27, 2004 08:28 AM | TrackBackThis needs to be very widely disseminated, and given persistent high-visibility placement on blogs and such.
I suspect that if Nader-leaners get wind of his GOP backing, it would be toxic to Nader's candidacy. Except for the really, really hardcore reality-impaired personality cult types.
Posted by: Jon H at March 27, 2004 07:19 PMWhat's wrong with this? Nothing. Ben Stein et al have been giving Ralph Nader money for years.
At least the last four years.
ha ha
Later!
Posted by: Daddy-O at March 28, 2004 03:18 AM
Nader has to be the most self-deluded man in the country. The only way he helps, ultimately, is as ballast. If he stays in through mid-October, then drops and puts his full weight behind Kerry. History shows this to be wishful thinking on my part, though. He will bash Kerry hard, in battleground states, right to the end.