This is going to be a short diary, and I'm sorry, but I just heard Ralph on Democracy Now!, and I have to say, I can't stand this son of a bitch.
Apparently, this pompous fuck still hasn't learned his lesson from 2000. He had the audacity to rail against "King George IV", when he was largely responsible for getting Shrub into office, and then to criticize the Congress, despite the fact that he's spent the last decade on self-aggrandizing Presidential campaigns rather than any realistic, long-term opposition movement.
Worst of all, when Amy Goodman gave him a way out of being a complete dickhead, asking him if he would encourage his supporters in swing states to vote for Obama, this was his response:
"We're active in 45 states and D.C., we're polling at 6-7%..." blah blah blah, millions of voters, I'm amazing, Obama is not impressive, and finally, "I think Obama supporters should vote for Nader/Gonzales".
Eat a dick, Ralph.
I live in a safe Democratic district in a safe Democratic town in a safe Democratic state, and I'm still not voting for your ass.
I wouldn't vote for you if my polling place was in the middle of Humboldt State.
I wouldn't vote for you if my polling place was The Socialist Township of Hammer and Sickle, Vermont.
Even if we were in fucking Iceland, and I was absolutely gauranteed a moderate Leftist government without lifting a finger, I wouldn't vote for you.
Retire, Ralph. Retire, and ask your supporters to do the real work required to get a political foothold for Progressives in America. Use your clout to help win some school board or city council seats. Actually do something useful for electoral politics for a change, so that when you die, the American left doesn't curse your name.
And if Ralph stroking his own ego wasn't enough, Amy and Juan interviewed Ahmadinejad, and he's better on climate change than Bush.
At least Ahmadinejad realizes we're going to run out of oil one day. That's more than you can say for Sarah Palin, or most of the Republican congressional delegation, for that matter.
UPDATE 1
In the interest of making this diary useful, discuss: Have you seen visible Nader support in your town? If so, what are you doing to stop it? And does anyone know if there is an organized effort to stop Ralph in the swing states?