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Jewish World Review Feb. 25, 2008 / 19 Adar I 5768
Nader Announces Plan to Wreck Election
By Andy Borowitz
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But prominent crackpots are cool to bid
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Appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press" today, consumer activist Ralph Nader told host
Tim Russert that he has officially decided to wreck the 2008 presidential election.
Mr. Nader had been huddling with prominent crackpots over the weekend to determine
whether he had enough support among his natural constituency, self-absorbed
whack-jobs, to mount an entirely meaningless campaign.
"If I wreck the 2008 election, I intend to wreck it in all fifty states," Mr. Nader
told Mr. Russert today. "I have no intention of being merely a regional spoiler."
When asked if his candidacy could hurt the chances of the first African-American
nominee for president, Mr. Nader put his fingers in his ears and started going,
"Lalalalalalalala I can't hear you."
But across the country, significant numbers of crackpots who have supported Mr.
Nader in the past appeared to be cool to his latest bid to wreck a presidential
election.
"If I'm going to waste my vote, I want to be sure I'm wasting it on the right
wingnut," said longtime crackpot Stacy Klujian, who has supported Rep. Ron Paul
(R-Tex) in his 2008 campaign. "It is time for Ralph Nader to step aside for a new
generation of bananaheads."
For his part, Mr. Nader said that he had already begun preparing for his latest run
as a spoiler by sneaking up behind people who were watching "No Country for Old Men"
and telling them how it ended.
"It wasn't as challenging as spoiling an entire election, but it was fun," he said.