............ In 2000, Nader got 2.7 percent of the votes in the general election. Democrats say he siphoned votes from the party's nominee, Al Gore, in Florida, New Hampshire and elsewhere, giving the election to Republican George W........... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070715/ap_on_el_pr/on_the2008_trail_10 If he did so and by doing so he put Bush in office. That means that he was working (willingly or unwillingly) for the OIL companies and the very Big corporations. Ralph's image is built on the idea that he is somehow pure, not motivated by power, fame or money like those nasty politicians.