Reply #38: My "Sectarian Bashing Rant":

[Warren DeMontague]

Hmmm. I looked for it in that post, and all I could find was this:

"most Nader people that I know do seem to be so blinded by hatred, or at least contempt, of Democratic party "sellouts" that they have no problem cutting off their nose to spite all of our faces. They remind me of wannabe radicals who are constantly trying to prove who is keeping it "the most real".

That's a "bashing rant?" No, it isn't. Hardly. That's a cogent analysis of the situation, and certainly warranted considering that every single poll shows a significant problem for Kerry (or, if you will, a much more likely victory for Bush) when Nader is included as a choice. If I wanted to "attack" Nader or his people, it would sound a helluva lot stronger.

Left wing reformer? Please explain to me how the cause of "left wing reform" is aided by throwing the election to Bush? But the bottom line is, Nader people and Nader apologists don't want any criticism of Nader's idiotic and egotistical refusal to concede that his presence on the ballot Hurt Gore in 2000, and there is no way in hell it won't hurt Kerry in 2004. So, we who presumably want Bush out of the white house are supposed to play nice and say what a swell guy Ralphie is, and kiss his ass, and say, yes, we as democrats are sellouts who don't espouse the kind of real reform embodied by Nader, please, please we're just so happy to have him reminding us what we ought to be standing for (which is... what, again, exactly?)... At which point, the self-righteous Nader voters will vote for Nader anyway.