Oregon takes a pass on Nader

[No Passaran]

The Nader campaign attempted to qualify for the Oregon ballot with a nominating convention, which takes 1,000 voters to show up in one place. But after two hours Monday, only 741 voters appeared, and the Nader people -- in a phrase you might hope to see again sometime -- called it off.

The candidate explained that the problem was scheduling the event at the same time as the NCAA championship basketball game, in which Connecticut beat Georgia Tech without third-party involvement.

"The ballgame, it had to be the ballgame," Nader muttered, according to the Associated Press. Well, it's better than blaming Antonin Scalia.

If the NCAA basketball tournament was indeed a powerful distraction to Naderites, then Monday evening was a strange time to hold the nominating convention. This might, on the other hand, be another example of the kind of political masterminding that insists Nader running as an independent is a way to help John Kerry beat George Bush.

"The Republican Party is not a monolith," Nader spokesman Kevin Zeese told the Los Angeles Times. "Nader can expect to take more votes from their camp this time around."

But that justification seemed to be another Nader fader. Monday afternoon in Seattle, Nader declared that neither party deserved a thoughtful vote
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[Old and In the Way]

1. Go UConn!

:-)

[Tom Kitten]

2. Pathetic...

knowing my hometown, most Nader supporters here could not care less about college basketball...unless one of the teams wore uniforms made from hemp!