Reaching Its Nader
An editorial by Jason Salzmans in today's Minneapolis Star Tribune explained why he had supported Ralph Nader in 2000 and now wishes he hadn't. If he had to do it over again he would have voted for Gore to avoid the horrors of the Bush presidency. It's full of the standard boilerplate paranoia of the far left; Bush's tax cuts help the rich and hurt the poor, the Patriot Act is a repressive instrument to stifle dissent, the war with Iraq was unjustified, we live in a "climate of fear" etc, etc. There's no point in addressing all of his silly little points as they've already been effectively debunked many times over. But there is one quote that really stands out for me:
The United Nations, which is our greatest hope for world peace and global prosperity, stands no chance of recovery as long as Bush is in power.
The United Nations is our greatest hope for world peace and prosperity? Jason lives in a hopeless and rather frightening world if he actually believes that to be true.
Would this be the same UN whose members include such beacons of freedom as Syria, Cuba, Somalia, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, and Vietnam? The same UN that allowed Libya to chair its Commission on Human Rights? The same UN that did nothing to prevent the ethnic cleansing in the Balkans and Africa in the 90's and is proving powerless to prevent the massacres and civil wars in Africa taking place now? The same UN that would have preferred that the Iraqi people continue to live under the tyrannical rule of Saddam Hussein?
Jason doesn't believe in the United States as a force for good in the world. He believes in the UN.
But at least it appears that he's found the right party to support when 2004 rolls around:
I've decided to support the Tweedledee most likely to defeat Bush in the next election.
That Tweedledee will be a Democrat. I think Jason's found a new home
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