The Appeal of Ralph Nader

Another nice post this morning from Maimon Schwarzschild at The Right Coast, rapidly becoming one of my essential morning visits, on the straight-talking appeal of Ralph Nader, even to those on the right.

My thoughts:

I know exactly what Schwarzschild means. If only the GOP had some leaders who were as direct and no B.S. as Nader, but without the leftist policies, the Dems would have a hard time getting away with a lot of what they presently do. I think the general public would be quite willing to get beyond the meaningless political blather that so often makes up campaigning and discourse today.

Particularly in the wake of Obama (but he's certainly not the only one to blame, on the left or the right), the American people are anxious for a politician who actually does what he says, a straight-talker who actually talks straight (yeah, McCain doesn't count) who is willing to call out his opponents, or his allies, for misleading, or outright lying, to the people.

So much of politics these days is spin, and is controlled by the media and the PR flacks, that there is no time for any actual policy or substance to get through. Too many of our leaders behave as if they are in politics for the money, or the respect, or the perks, instead of doing it because they believe in their ideals and want to make the country better. Whether or not you agree with Nader, at least he acts like he genuinely agrees with what he's saying. Our government could use more people like Nader.