JoeMulk
Banned
I was watching "An Unreasonable Man" the documentary on the life of Ralph Nader and it was mentioned that McGovern asked him to be considered to be on the shortlist of VP picks in 72. He didn't accept because he wanted to remain independent but suppose that he did? Obviously it would have no impact on the 72 election...a McGovern/Nader ticket would do about as well as a McGovern/Shriver ticket did OTL but it does put him in the position of being inside the Democratic Party. Maybe in 76 as a popular national figure he runs a grassroots campaign and wins the nomination and we get a Nader/Carter ticket. At that point he probably could have been elected since he was a very popular national figure then.
Obviously given Nader's personality and charachter him accepting the VP slot is ASB but still...
Obviously given Nader's personality and charachter him accepting the VP slot is ASB but still...