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In reply to the discussion: Why is it so important to blame Nader for the 2000 election? [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)39. This is odd behavior imo...DEMS that hate democracy?
At one time I only thought Repukes were that narrowminded...but alas we have them in our own party too.
Of course Al Gore WON the election...the fact that some here LOVE to carry water for the GOP (by NEVER talking about their part in this) is telling imo.
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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