Man, get a load of Ralph Nader's rosacea. That's a skin condition that causes reddened welts on the nose and cheeks of the sufferer. It's not a happy thing, certainly, and I wonder whether stress can intensify an outbreak. My father suffers from it, and it's hard to bring under control.
But more to the point, Nader says he wants to break up the two-party system. This may or may not be a good thing. On the pro side, it would certainly end the "imperial" presidency. How can someone behave as president Bush has behaved, ignoring the opposition, when they were elected with as little as 34% of the vote?
The one thing that makes the presidency such a powerful office is the two party system, where someone is elected, perhaps in a landslide, but certainly with a clear majority. Add a third party would mean that the president could be elected with less than a majority of the American vote. That would have extreme implications for the office of the President. He (or she, but not likely) would then be more or less forced into consensus building. Actually, with the track record of our current president, maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing after all.
But not in this election. Don't vote for Nader.
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