The Anti-Matter Universe Sucks

From Tom Tomorrow we have this:

Nader’s critique of corporate power and its corrosive effect on American democracy is spot-on. But if the point of these third-party runs is to inject that critique into mainstream discourse — well, we’re way past the point of diminishing returns, and actually deep into some sort of anti-matter universe, in which information is literally sucked out of people’s brains at the first mention of his name. In the way that Dan Rather’s report on George Bush going AWOL turned into a discussion about Dan Rather, the only debate another Nader candidacy is going to inspire is a debate about Nader himself, and I just don’t see the point.

Perhaps this also explains the sucking out of people’s brains the information that John “The Tri-Bomber” McCain is very likely a hypocrite when it comes to lobbyists, and it being replaced by a discussion of whether the New York Times is still a legitimate news organization.