Nader is a humorless and rather paranoid character--and is said to be considerably more wealthy than he allows people to know--he has been reported to control singificant amounts of stock and security through dummy corporations, and is reported to have deliberately kept his campaign spendings below the level that require financial disclosure--

He is said to be something of a cruel task master, and apparently fired a number of employees who tried to unionize his staff.

It has also been said that, when a university tried to make student contributions to his organization voluntary rather than required, he responded with threats of lawsuits on a variety of unrelated but polically correct issues, unless they rescinded the change immediately.

And, though he claims to lead a simple life, he seems to own and reside in a very expensive home in a very exclusive part of Washington.

As to his belief in democracy and citizens, he seems more inclined to believe in rule by the Trial Lawyer's Association--