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Mar. 9th, 2007
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A fairly reasonable review...
Mar. 9th, 2007 11:30 am...of the Ralph Nader bio pic, An Unreasonable Man.
I left the movie with more respect for Ralph Nader the 60s and 70s activist, and less for him the man.
I was aware of Nader's influence in the 60s and 70s, but not the extent and his ability to mobilize gangs of law students and young lawyers to effect policy, forming Public Citizen, the first real activist think tank. Unfortunately, no other liberals followed in his footsteps, and the conservatives founded think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation that nurtured Republican henchmen during the 1970s.
It's also interesting that much of Nader's success in legislation was during the Nixon Administration.
Unfortunately, Nader also came off as being thin-skinned and jealous, particularly in his dealings with Joan Claybrook, his colleague and successor as head of Public Citizen. Instead of continuing his work on auto safety with a receptive head of NHSTA (Claybrook) during the Carter Administration, Nader feuded with Claybrook.
I left the movie with more respect for Ralph Nader the 60s and 70s activist, and less for him the man.
I was aware of Nader's influence in the 60s and 70s, but not the extent and his ability to mobilize gangs of law students and young lawyers to effect policy, forming Public Citizen, the first real activist think tank. Unfortunately, no other liberals followed in his footsteps, and the conservatives founded think tanks such as the Heritage Foundation that nurtured Republican henchmen during the 1970s.
It's also interesting that much of Nader's success in legislation was during the Nixon Administration.
Unfortunately, Nader also came off as being thin-skinned and jealous, particularly in his dealings with Joan Claybrook, his colleague and successor as head of Public Citizen. Instead of continuing his work on auto safety with a receptive head of NHSTA (Claybrook) during the Carter Administration, Nader feuded with Claybrook.