Joe Conason

Conason asks one extremely important question in this column that has been lost on the national media and on most mainstream democrats since the election. Where the fuck are all the idealist Naderites now? They compared their movement to that of Gandhi's and swelled themselves up with so much righteous indignation that their egos allowed few others in the room. I know, I had to sit with many of them. So now that we have a full frontal attack on abortion, gay rights, environmentalism, and civil rights in the form of the Attoney General, Health and Human Services, Interior Secretary, and now, lest anyone actually believe what Ashcroft said in his testimony before the Senate, Solicitor General, Thed Olson. Where are all the Nader-ites now that Bush's grossly corporate driven initiatives are threatening everything from civil rights to environmentalism? Oh wait, I forgot, school's back in session. I guess his "grass-roots" support has gone back to the quads of Brown and Hampshire and can't really be bothered to do something about the current president. After all, that would entail admitting that they may have had a hand in this whole mess, and if they had a hand in it, then it would behoove them to speak out. Pass the bong, I'll speak out against whatever I think politics is in four years. Until then, I have more important things to do, like hoping Phish will tour again soon. What's a gamehendge again?
- posted by levinson @ 1/30/2001 08:03:00 AM