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Old 11-02-2007, 10:38 AM
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Default Re: Stephen Colbert, Ralph Nader

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Amen, Johnny.

If 1/2 the Nader voters in Nevada had voted for Gore, then Gore would have clinched the Electoral College, and Bush would never have been President.

Did those couple of thousand votes matter ? Hey, we have been at war for years because of them.

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And if Gore has carried his own state he would have won.

If Gore protested the disenfranchisement of Floridian black voters he would have more of a chance.

The voters for Nader were pulled from approximately half democrats and half republicans.

Perhaps Gore should have utilized his greatest campaign asset, the Clintons instead of running scared from a supposed political liability.

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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