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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 11:53 PM
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82. Some people have such short memories.
Here's a little fact that I think a lot of people have forgotten. During the 2000 election a lot of people were concerned that the Nader vote would cut into the margins in important swing states. There was enough concern that there was an organized effort to "swap" votes for Nader and Gore in swing vs. non-swing states, with Democratic voters in safe or hopeless states agreeing to vote for Nader, in exchange for Nader people in swing states agreeing to vote for Gore.

But would Nader ever endorse this? No, because he didn't care whether Gore or Bush won. All he wanted to do was attract attention to himself. So he made a special effort to campaign hard in Florida and other swing states.
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