Criticism of Ralph Nader
Alterman was and remains a critic of Ralph Nader for Nader's actions in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election, arguing that Nader is to blame for the election of George W. Bush because of vote splitting. He has called Nader "Bush's Useful Idiot," myopic, and a deluded megalomaniac. In the documentary An Unreasonable Man, he is quoted as saying:
The man needs to go away. I think he needs to live in a different country. He’s done enough damage to this one. Let him damage somebody else's now.
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