Ralph Nader is running for president again.
His name on the ballot in Florida in 2000 probably led us to 8 years of George W. Bush, but Mr. Nader is unrepentant. He said last Sunday "If the Democrats can't win by a landslide this year, they don't deserve to govern." Well, that's one way to look at it.
Mr. Nader apparently believes that his is the only voice in America speaking about poverty, the environment or universal health care, and that running for president is the only way to be heard.
I struggled to find a poem to express my feelings about Ralph Nader, and finally came up with song lyrics written by Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins:
What a Fool Believes
He came from somewhere back in her long ago
The sentimental fool dont see
Tryin hard to recreate
What had yet to be created once in her life
She musters a smile
For his nostalgic tale
Never coming near what he wanted to say
Only to realize
It never really was
She had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
Hes watching her go
But what a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be
Is always better than nothing
And nothing at all keeps sending him...
Somewhere back in her long ago
Where he can still believe theres a place in her life
Someday, somewhere, she will return
She had a place in his life
He never made her think twice
As he rises to her apology
Anybody else would surely know
Hes watching her go
But what a fool believes he sees
No wise man has the power to reason away
What seems to be
Is always better than nothing
Theres nothing at all
But what a fool believes he sees...
