Nader firing up the African American base for Kerry?

Not surprising, really. The whole Green movement is a "soccer mom", white-based cause that is very unconfortable with sweaty workers or minorities who aren't concerned enough about global warming.

Mr. Judd;

So, is Meeks saying that the meeting was about profanity? Sounds like a Kerry fund raiser - no wonder Nader was upset.

AOG - agreed. How dare Nader get upset at being cursed and ridiculed by the CBC.

Extreme racial epitaph? Is that really what Nader wrote in his letter?

Mr. Nader hasn't learned his lesson as well as Joe Lieberman. When you enter a presidential campaign, and the CBC takes you to the woodshed for a spanking, the proper response is "Yes, sir, and may I have another, sir."

Thirty-seven years of unquestioned adulation by the mainstream press helped boost Nader's ego to the point that he believes with absolute certainty in his cause, which in no small part is about the aggrandizement of Ralph Nader.

However, his self-importance has made him blind to the fact that the press and others on the Democratic left began losing their taste for him four years ago, when he ran to the left of Gore and then when he was blamed for the Florida defeat (well, blamed when the Democrats weren't howling about Bush's theft of the election). Now he's running again, and with the closeness of the polls and with no candidate running to Bush's right with any name recognition at all, Democrats like those on the CBC can picture a repeat of 2000 and are getting angrier and angrier at Ralph over his refusal to bow out of the race.

But, of course, if he does take the hint and drops out before the end of October, he'll be a patron saint of the American left once again.

I think the CBC is just jealous because Nader is less marginalized than they are.

Thank heavens Bush isn't going to speak at the NAACP convention. That would be nothing but a losing proposition. Too bad it has to be that way. When Nfume(SP.) was in Congress I was impressed by his realistic objectivity. No more. Now Cosby is left carrying the real cross for Americans of African Descent. I hope a majority get Cosby's message and strive to become a part of the American community, so those who have may go on with their lives without the pain of embarrassment for those intent on holding themselves apart from fear they can't compete and are enthralled by the self interested demagogues, including the Democrat Party.

I don't think this is about Nader's ego. He really believes what he says, and sees no important difference to either party when it comes to meeting his causes.

Chris --

I don't doubt Nader believes in his causes. It's just that 37 years of adulation has built up his ego enough to think both that Ralph Nader is the only one who can fix the nation's problems, as outlined by Ralph Nader, and also that there's a bigger gap ideologically between him and John Kerry than between Kerry and Bush.