When asked, as Lieberman has been on several occasions, if he would meet with Farrakhan, he soiled himself with equivocation. It was an ugly sight. He is Albert Gore Jr., the son of a senator, which is why he got into politics in the first place. It's the moralism of the naive. This insistence on going it alone, on proving he can do it all by himself, is troubling.
Loyalty is admirable, even loyalty to the flawed.
I am no Naderite, although I tip my hat to the man. He has truly made a difference, which is more than most politicians can say. But he is wrong on globalization and wrong on trade and just plain idiotic when he says there's no difference between Gore and Bush. On the environment alone, the difference is immense. Nader is exquisitely unsuited for the presidency.