Nader’s unintentionally hilarious novel is called “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!” No. Seriously. That’s what it’s called. And it’s everything you could hope for from perennial presidential candidate and left wing lunatic.
First of all, it’s long. 736 ponderous pages long. And it’s all about super-rich lefties banding together to save the world by turning America into a European-style welfare state. (May we suggest that you read it now, while it’s still fiction.)
Here’s how the Wall Street Journal reviews this instant classic:
Here, for instance, is an actual passage from “Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!”: “As promised, Ted Turner and Phil Donahue had put their heads together to brainstorm about a mascot for the group’s efforts. Ted’s thoughts naturally ran along avian lines, and it wasn’t long before they hit on the idea of a parrot. . . . Patriotic Polly hit the airwaves in fifteen-second spots shown on thousands of stations, and it was an immediate smash.”
The parrot, see, appears on TV and squawks, “Get up! Don’t let America down!” Then there’s an email address for viewers to use to join the movement to redirect America. Which the viewers do, and off we go.
Because that’s what it takes, really, to get America to agree with you, according to Ralph Nader: a parrot, a couple of TV spots, some billionaire’s cash. Why so easy? The premise of the novel is that ordinary people love Ralph Nader’s politics. They all agree with his progressive, left-wing agenda—even though, for some reason, they didn’t vote for him, in huge numbers, in two presidential elections. But with a little Hollywood pixie dust and some community-organizing money, the entire grocery list of left-wing causes from 1960 to 2009 can be enacted. The whole story is presented with such sweet earnestness that it almost seems mean to laugh at it. Almost.
Ahhhh, we’ve missed you, Ralphie. Presidential elections just don’t come around often enough for us to get our fix of Naderisms.
Source: Wall Street Journal
