For one, why he never ran for public office in his heyday. The great consumer champion of the little people should be a leader in government, that sort of thing. He said he could accomplish more as a private citizen, and he was right. People thought he meant achievement , but it turns out accumulation was more appropriate. After all, he s a lawyer and committed no wrong.
Deception carries no criminal or even civil penalties.
Maybe so, but you overlook guys like John Glenn and Lyndon Johnson. Both came into government poor as the proverbial church mice and amassed fortunes far greater than Nader s claiming all the while that they were slaving away for Everyman . Compared to Glenn and those like him, Nader is Einstein. True, but he still looks like a disgusting hypocrite now that it s out news he was trying to hide, by the way. Even in these degenerate days it takes time and maneuver to build money like that, most of which was probably amassed by college and university speaking fees.