The Green Party frontman is slipping in the polls, but still drawing crowds, according to yesterday's New York Times . His reformist image and message are provoking the ridiculous idea that the two big party candidates are exactly alike. Nader is a true anti-establishment candidate who has caught many a liberal's eye. But an extremist like him will obviously make Gore and Bush look alike. Much of the mainstream press has latched onto the idea that we're choosing between evil twins.
Pundits think they're being keen and clever when making such an observation.
One television commentator recently said, we have two candidates that aren't like apples and oranges, but rather red apples versus green apples. A Gore administration would be very different from a Bush administration. On a basic level, the candidates are similar people. But just because they both went to Harvard and both of their fathers were politicians does not mean they will be pressured to do the same kinds of things if elected to office. The best way to figure out what kind of candidate you have is to figure out who his key supporters are.