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Edited on Tue Jun-24-08 03:19 PM by PATRICK
He has a clear reputation for uncompromising and then vindictive relationships with other environmentalists. This purity extends clearly to judge his rivals. In the political game a sudden madness overtakes him in suddenly loving all to hell the "bi-partisanship" that Labor and other groups yield to undefeatable "moderate" GOPers(that is, those who will not hurt them so bad and support Labor issues somewhat and at least slow down the extremists). Gladhanding blinds him almost totally when added to ire against the Dems. In the political game he further yields the GOP podium delivered to him for their ends, yields the fraud vote cover it gives to them, and does not enjoy much exposure to his issues and message. His sole message, front and center, in fact, is how terrible the Dems are and that they have to be purged and destroyed first.
The priorities are all reversed so badly it must be one of two things, both centering on pride more than filthy lucre or power. He IS working hand in glove for the GOP, and doing so to regain his lost stature and podium has passed to pure habit as much as his righteous recitation of principles. Or, he is just personally ticked off, too proud to see it and takes the rebuffs of Dems vengefully to heart. That is exactly what it sounds like unless he is exactly correct- which evidence examined by the sane says would have to turn the world upside down in favor of the GOP pirates.
Can't get exposure. Attack Dems. That is what makes it to the papers and he probably doesn't care at this point to think this a strategy to force people to reconsider his value and get his voice back front and center. He lurks the halls of GOP exploiters, one of the directives being to be nice to Ralph to exploit him as one of a musty compendium of ploys and fun manipulations of prideful purists, high blown suckers who can't see their sell out through the red glaze and are ripe for stroking and leashing.
Too simple for a smart proud man used to voice power to see, too typical of his dealings with environmental groups that parted the ways, whether their own corporate compromises are somehow more impure than Ralph's high vengeance tragedy or not.
And what Ralph, from now to the end of media unfairness you know so well, will ever see light of day except your attack on the only hope left to the people to move toward the goals you say you champion and working in a "bi-partisan" way with rational decent republican leadership- wherever it is hanging out these days? You are a simple tool of the GOP and that is as tired as the issue pleas you have made and the GOP has dumped like the morning trash.
I am even trying not to be simply vituperative either. This is embarrassing tragedy of a once great champion of the right ideas. Damaged goods gets in the way of objective testimony and he will always be in all his dealings good or bad, unrepentant and a poor judge of himself in relation to others who "cross" him.
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