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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader ABSOLUTELY Helped Cost President Gore the Election in 2000 despite these revisionists [View all]noiretextatique
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indeed. it was a GOP coup, for fuck's sake. that should trump blaming nader...then and now.
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Ralph Nader ABSOLUTELY Helped Cost President Gore the Election in 2000 despite these revisionists [View all]
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
OP
This is very true, but that doesn't mean that Nader had nothing to do with abetting the theft in
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#3
Yes, if all the votes were there and counted, Al Gore won a landslide (100,000 votes in Florida???)
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#26
Ralph Nader himself made sure that a 3rd party vote will never interfere with the democratic party
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#100
No. He wasn't. He was a wolf in sheep's clothing and he wanted BUSH over Gore and said as much
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#66
We have been paying for nader's arrogance since 2000, and it isn't getting better
still_one
Jun 2013
#2
+1 he doesn't sound "clearly sympathetic" to me. he sounds like he blocked them.
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#67
Yes, thanks for reminding me there's even more to be pissed about. I shouldn't
okaawhatever
Jun 2013
#78
In the other thread, I argued that Nader cost Gore the election. Being a true contrarian...
Buzz Clik
Jun 2013
#4
Link to what or it did not happen? Nader saying he wanted Bush over Gore? Would that help you?
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#61
yeah, the rest of us were in suspended animation under rocks. only *you* 'lived it'.
HiPointDem
Jun 2013
#69
let's entertain for just one second your fantasy that ralph nader single-handedly cost gore..
frylock
Jun 2013
#79
It's even more strange that the contradiction is what happened, but considering back pedaling and
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#21
If Gore wanted the votes of the left, he should have appealed to the left.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#15
He got the votes of the left and won. But, the left didn't vote for him so he lost?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#55
So, what is it? It's Naders fault the votes weren't counted? Or, the people who did the counting?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#75
Hammer meets nail! Posts like yours are why need individual Rec function. Thanks!
Melinda
Jun 2013
#38
Yep, Nader didn't have caging lists, unverified electronic voting machines, the Supreme Court...
arcane1
Jun 2013
#129
Katherine Harris, SCOTUS et al, stole it with Nader driving the getaway car...
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#60
Hahaha a *blog*. Quick! I'll link to a blog that says he stole it single-handedly.
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#68
The Centrist, Anti-LABOR, Free Trading, Deregulating Clinton Administration CREATED Nader.
bvar22
Jun 2013
#44
Bullshit. Nader was around & seeking POTUS long before Bill Clinton was ever elected anything. nt
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#72
So H. Ross Perot, who got 19% of the vote, unfairly and cravenly deprived G.H.W.Bush of his rightful
byeya
Jun 2013
#45
And many on the right said Clinton was not "legitimately" president thanks to Perot's 19%.
arcane1
Jun 2013
#131
Exactly. If there's one thing about this whole discussion that pisses me off...
beerandjesus
Jun 2013
#86
This is material designed to absolve Republican theft and Democratic cowardice.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2013
#51
Those instances happened AFTER Ralph drove the get away car on the theft of democracy
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#140
when democratic politicians lose votes to third parties it is the democratic politicians' fault, not
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#56
they know voters are unhappy and want to make sure we know if we don't vote the way we are told
liberal_at_heart
Jun 2013
#80
First, you don't seem to understand the basic concepts on which our government
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#116
Oh no, I do. YOU don't seem to understand the letter of the law and the spirit of those laws...
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#117
Hey, no problem. If getting your righteous outrage on let's you pretend it's all
Egalitarian Thug
Jun 2013
#142
Nope. It was candidate Nader saying there's no difference between Gore and Bush. nt
LaydeeBug
Jun 2013
#118
Bottom line: SCOTUS unconscionably stopped the recount. Ralph yam what he yam and that's all
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#98
Pope of the PROFESSIONAL "Left". I've been asking his gatekeepers since 2009 who. . .
Aunt Bold Ire8
Nov 2015
#146
A future that never happens is hard to defend. The Nader lovers will hit you with every
bluestate10
Jun 2013
#132
Oh Good Lord, didn't you watch Fahrenheit 9/11 for the clip of George and Jeb when W says
Fire Walk With Me
Jun 2013
#141
Our War on Iraq, Nader's first salvo in his strategy of Disaster Anti-Capitalism
Aunt Bold Ire8
Nov 2015
#145