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In reply to the discussion: Why is it so important to blame Nader for the 2000 election? [View all]Octafish
(55,745 posts)10. Odd that many of that small group seem to forgive the crimes of the national security state.
Whether it's Dallas or Iran-Contra or Lies for War or Selection 2000 or Lies for More War etc. etc. etc.
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Right, the only reason anyone would ever disagree with you about anything is bad motives.
Jim Lane
Jul 2014
#86
It's the same small group that assiduously attacks anything left of their center/right perspective
villager
Jul 2014
#4
To discourage people from voting for a third party or anyone considered unelectable
abelenkpe
Jul 2014
#6
Hey look at this poll, which is asked properly, unlike that one, just today...
onehandle
Jul 2014
#7
It's the obligatory pre-election Nader hate fest that's as regular as the Olympics on DU. I
ChisolmTrailDem
Jul 2014
#8
Maybe the Democratic Party should worry more about why some of its members are "unhappy"
Maedhros
Jul 2014
#24
Odd that many of that small group seem to forgive the crimes of the national security state.
Octafish
Jul 2014
#10
Because then they don't have to blame Gore for failing to appeal to the 50% of the electorate ...
Scuba
Jul 2014
#11
If Gore won, why blame Nader? Blame the electoral college. Blame the BFEE and the SCOTUS.
Scuba
Jul 2014
#30
Please link to any post of mine that supported Nader. Doesn't even have to be this thread.
Scuba
Jul 2014
#72
Should we kick your NSA loving, Greenwald hating, social justice loving ass? Because if you're not
bettyellen
Jul 2014
#29
And by running for President, he turned the nation over to the predations of corporate greed.
conservaphobe
Jul 2014
#20
Wouldn't have even needed the Supreme Court if Nader had stayed the fuck out of the way.
conservaphobe
Jul 2014
#25
So, refusing to hop onto the "Blame Nader!" bandwagon is me advocating for third party?
Oakenshield
Jul 2014
#48
So the realists should just stay out of all the Nader-bashing threads that keep appearing?
Doctor_J
Jul 2014
#63
Nader was not the sole reason and if people are saying he is the sole reason Gore lost they are
hrmjustin
Jul 2014
#27
It's important to blame Nader, because otherwise we'd have to look at the warts on our own Party.
Maedhros
Jul 2014
#28
Their actions are sending a loud and clear message that they DON'T WANT votes from the Left.[n/t]
Maedhros
Jul 2014
#91
Primarily because we don't want to lose another big election because of people who
DanTex
Jul 2014
#43
Some people are more concerned with being self-righteous than with the real world
YoungDemCA
Jul 2014
#49
Why worry or work for November, when we can rehash the past? It's not like we need to GOTV...
genwah
Jul 2014
#47
nonsense, I'm a leftist, Nader put bush in the oval office. that's fact not opinion.
bowens43
Jul 2014
#67
Because if leftist purists continue to demand ideological purity in national elections...
MohRokTah
Jul 2014
#68
"Ideological purity" and "pragmatist" are bullshit memes used to dismiss the left.
winter is coming
Jul 2014
#78
legally yes- but in the nations best interest? Only in their dreams. Idiotic thing to do in a swing
bettyellen
Jul 2014
#111