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In reply to the discussion: David Carr-NY Times "For One Night at Fox, News tops Agenda"- article & MY RANT against CTers. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)stops anyone from voting as they please. He is not a factor in how people vote. This obsession with Nader is confined to a very tiny minority in this country. And because of their obsession with him they refuse to acknowledge that he remains a very highly regarded public figure in this country. Attacking him constantly therefore is more likely to have the opposite effect.
Republicans attacking him is expected. But when people see Dems doing it also, then all that happens is they start believing that he might have been right, 'there is no difference between the two parties'. I hope you are not a strategist for the Dem Party. If you want to win votes from Independents eg, you would need to show respect for Nader, as he is far more highly respected than many of our elected officials among Independents and left wing Democrats.
You are in a bubble when it comes to the Real World on issues like Nader. Seriously I don't know a single Dem or Independent who blames Nader for 2000 or who doesn't view him very favorably. They would look at you with great suspicion if you tried to push this Nader Hate in the real world. And it doesn't work here either, as you should know by now. We all know what happened in 2000.
And btw, Americans are not children. They don't need people trying to 'teach' them lessons by using, incorrectly at that, a fabrication about Nader to ensure they know the right way to vote. That is so insulting frankly.