Boy, Hillary Clinton was really angry over the weekend regarding some Barack Obama campaign mailings, wasn’t she? And that came just a few days after the two appeared to be happy friends with a simple good-natured rivalry over the nomination in that televised debate.
And to top the weekend campaign scramble off — Sir Ralph, the White Knight of the Common People, has entered the presidential fray.
I confess, I used to be one of those Democrats who blamed the Bush II presidency mainly on Ralph Nader’s presence spoiling the vote for Al Gore in Florida in 2000. I used to be.
Then I listened to Nader’s comments a few years back in a televised interview. He pointed out that, had Gore won his home state, Tennessee, the Florida debacle never would have taken place. We never would have heard of a hanging chad or any other sort of chad, and I personally believe the country would have been better off under a Gore presidency.
But, that’s past. What the present presidential race may hold with Nader involved is uncertain. Perhaps his presence will cause Obama and Clinton to squabble less and show a united, intelligent front for the Democratic Party.
Yeah, right.
Ah, well, what do I know? I’m just a guy who reads the papers.
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