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Murray Charters wrote: > > On 7 Aug 2000, at 16:13, Marjorie L. Moorefield wrote: > > I was just reading the ABCNEWS.com articles > > on the Presidential hopefuls. Its very good. > > I ran across this on Ralph Nader In my view, Nader is the man who began his long prosperous career as self-appointed, uncalled, guardian of innocent consumers with his book "Unsafe At Any Speed" which trashed the GM Corvair auto, an otherwise commendable design based on the well-engineered and successful Porsche and Mercedes-Benz. My own Corvair had its faults, but they were correctable and had nothing to do with Nader's claim that bad suspension design caused the Corvair to overturn more easily than others. The "scientific" data in that case is typical of dubious statistics all but outright fraudulent, used by demagogues like Nader to terrify the ignorant public and promote their personal agenda. From then I've observed Nader's career with morbid fascination, as I might observe a beautiful iridescent horsefly sitting on my potato salad, and must say he's true to form. Cheers, Joe