Reply #156: When the vote tally is split nearly 50/50-

[He loved Big Brother]

2-3% can and does make a difference.

And yes, what about all those Dems who stayed home? I know a few that did...I was also 21 at the time, and couldn't have named 10 out of appx 100 of my friends in my age group who went and voted. None of the candidates bothered to acknowledge this demographic's existence in 2000, let alone actually attempt to court their vote, so they responded in kind. By voting for Nader or not voting at all.

And it pisses me off. Dems could easily avoid stupid fuckups like ignoring the youth vote, picking Lieberman for a VP, etc.

I also wholeheartedly think Gore decided not to run again because he knew he would *have* to pick a different VP to have any shot at winning, and that would be the same as admitting he made a mistake by picking Lieberman, and thus make him look bad/indecisive, etc, and in the end it was a catch-22 so he just said "forget it". I really think Lieberman is what is depriving us of Gore as a candidate. All the same, if my theory is correct, I am proud of Gore for not spending the campaign dollars on a ticket that has a Repuke-lite VP. Those monies could be better spent on candidates that actually do have the ability to instill a passion within us to get our party's message out there as much as possible.