ah, yes, realchange.org, the Weekly World News of political web sites. Particularly interesting is the "quote" from Charles McCarry, which looks like an outright fabrication.

In the '96 campaign Nader kept financing below the $5000 limit, above which he would have had to open the books. The speculation is that he did so to avoid jeopardizing the tax-exempt status of his various citizen action groups. In any case, it's a moot point in the current campaign, the books are open.

Nader is worth about four million, invests in the stock market (duh!), and is an extremely capable and aggressive litigator. I'm not aware that these are crimes, what am I missing here?

OK, here's a "scandal" they missed. Nader is heavily invested in Cisco, which holds a position in the server market similar to that held by Microsoft in the desktop OS market. I'm sure we can make something ominous of that...

PIRG funding through student fees at participating universities IS voluntary, the issue has been whether a student enrolling in a participating school should submit the form to opt out (the current system), or to opt in. Make of that what you will, but the story as reported is deceptive.

enh -- if anyone's read this far, I can personally refute the idea that Nader is humorless: he's made me laugh. If your taste runs to big shoes and seltzer bottles, Ralph is not your man for comedy, true.

To be fair (oh, why bother) the site doles out its hysteria and incompetence in somewhat equal portions for all the candidates. I'm not sure I'd call that an endorsement, though. If I may be allowed to speak plainly, what a load of horseshit.