Random thought about Nader

The New Republic had a great piece a few weeks back about how Ralphie Nader is acting true to form insofar that he has spent his career being a monomaniacal crusader with a flawed moral compass. Evidently, his compass is *so* flawed that, by pure chance, he can actually do something right. That's a longer issue.

The random thought is this: as an ardent dump-Bushie (me) I naturally fear what any other dump-Bushie candidate will do the (legitimate) Democrat's chances. However, as opposed to 2000 when misguided people actually thought their vote was meaningless, anyone who votes for Nader in 2004 would probably have just stayed home were it not for a spoiler.

So maybe, just maybe, Nader running in 2004 will actually bring more people to the polls. And maybe, just maybe, those idiots who left home to vote for Nader, will encounter (on the way) just one more instance of Bush evil. And maybe, yes - just maybe, they'll be swayed on the way to the booth and actually vote for a real candidate.

Whew. I'm outa breath just thinking about it.