Nader’s Take on 2000 Election

I’d love to avoid coming off as a grumpy old alum. I love Princeton with all its warts. Class officer, leader in Annual Giving, co-chair of the ’66 Reunions. And I admire that PAW tries to write stories with balance.

But I just have to say that Ralph Nader ’55’s claptrap about what he did is laughable (“Spoiler Alert,” January issue). He cost Al Gore the presidency, and thus deserves indirect blame for George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq, which changed the international landscape forever. For years he tried to say that all his voters were “new voters” and thus he didn’t take anything away from anyone. Having been exposed for that nonsense, he has come up with new explanations as to how the Democrats are to blame for having lost.

This otherwise great Princetonian, who deserves much praise for a lot of his work over the years, damaged the country terribly to satisfy his own ego. Shameful.