He did a lot of (controversial) good in the 70s and 80s in terms of consumer protection. Then he threw it all away by running for president in 2000 and staying in til the end.

If he had just dropped out when it looked like the race was going to be close… he could have endorsed Gore in exchange for a prominent advising position in Gore’s administration, giving Gore the win. In such a position, he could have gotten a LOT done for the causes that he claims to care for.

Instead his overinflated ego and self-righteousness made him stay in until the end, even though he knew he couldn’t win, and now he’s nothing more than a blowhard gasbag has-been who’ll go down in history not for being a consumer protector or environmental activist, but for playing the spoiler in the most contentious election in U.S. history and playing a large part in allowing for the appointment of the worst president ever.

I hope he’s skull-fucked by a rabid bison in front of his family on live television.

From your posts, BowToMe, I gather that you don’t understand the definition of the term “most contentious” (it doesn’t necessarily mean “most important” or “closest”) and that you have no problem with Supreme Court judges halting perfectly legal recounts and declaring their buddies the winner of Presidential elections (and declaring that such actions shall not set precedent, meaning it will only work for Bush Jr.). Also you seem to think a less-than one-term impotent douche bag who got almost nothing done is somehow worse than a 2-term soulless monster who wreaked incalculable damage on the country’s foreign and domestic policies while his party and his opponents alike fully capitulated, but that’s a matter of opinion I guess.