[AlexM]

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Perhaps you should know that we don't live in a actual two party oligarchy, even though it seems that way. And people have a right to choose whatever candidate they want to vote for. Nader provided the needed service of standing as a candidate who represented a group of people who were not represented in either major party. His determination in the face of assured failure should be applauded not denigrated. It's repugnant that people actually blame this man for the 2000 election when all he did was provide an alternative choice.

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Indeed. And even if 100% of Nader's votes would have gone to Gore, people should be blaming the system, not the candidate. Implement Instant Runoff Voting and this simply isn't a problem, so the Democrats once again have no one to blame but themselves.