Ralph Nader continued his personal and political disintegration this week. <\/p>\n
He suggested in interviews with Fox News that America’s first black president, Barack Obama, could turn out to be an “Uncle Tom.”<\/p>\n
Most pundits have observed that Nader has already slouched into irrelevancy, following his dramatic spoiler role in the 2000 elections.<\/p>\n
But it now appears that Nader did give manage to give some very real aid and comfort on Tuesday — once again to the Republican ticket.<\/p>\n
In the battleground state of Missouri, John McCain won 1,442,673 votes, a scant 5,800 more than Barack Obama.<\/p>\n
Ralph Nader’s role? He stripped away 17,769 votes from the Democrat, apparently costing Obama the state. (Missouri hasn’t been officially called yet.)<\/p>\n
Of course, it turns out that this is a bit of election night trivia. <\/p>\n
But imagine a different (and entirely plausible) scenario, where Missouri had turned out to be the Ohio of 2008.<\/p>\n
If Obama had needed the Show-Me State’s 11 electoral votes to put him over the top, then Nader would have been the spoiler once again.<\/p>\n
Well played, Ralph — well played.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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