Reply #27: Doesn't Kerry Think He Can Win Over Potential Nader Voters?

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H2O Man wrote: (1000+ posts)

"Of course the Kerry supporters are going to tell democrats not to support Nader's effort to help elect bush."

That's a misrepresentation of what Nader's supporters are doing. They are not telling voters to vote for George Bush and they don't believe that they are helping George Bush in any manner.

If you want to find out honestly what they really believe I'd suggest you visit some Green Party websites. I'm not a Green Party member but I'm not afraid to visit their websites to find out what they think rather than rely on anti-Green Party activists for guidance and unbiased information.

Now there is nothing wrong with John Kerry appealing to Greens and Nader supporters for their votes. In fact, that's what he should do if he's not trying to marginalize liberals and progressives in the Democratic Party. Maybe he just doesn't care believing he's got the vote of progessives "in the bag". And rather than challenge the views of Nader and compete with him for votes, he prefers denying people the right to vote for Nader by keeping his name off the election ballots. That's not very democratic and undermines the concept of free and democratic elections.