Reply #47: Nader didn't lose the 2000 election for Gore, Gore and the democratic party did!

[AnArmyVeteran]

Gore was pathetic debating the imbecile Bush. I could have debated Bush and made him a laughingstock. If Gore had the guts the vote wouldn't have even been close enough for the Supreme Court to steal the election. And because the CPD, headed by one democrat and one republican, decided to prevent Nader from participating in the debates we ended up with Gore nodding in agreement with most of what Bush said. It looked like a charade, and the people who I knew at the time wondered if the fix was in. It looked like a corporate sponsored debate with those pulling the strings totally unconcerned whether it was Bush or Gore in the White House. But those same powers that be were terrified of Ralph Nader and his message of truth, which would have exposed massive corruption in Washington. Remember: It was Nader who said, "Bush is nothing but a corporation masquerading as a human being". If he was allowed to debate Bush it would have destroyed any chance Bush could have been elected. But once again: Corporations 1, People 0.

If democrats weren't so terrified of Ralph Nader and true democracy, they would have let him debate, and since Gore didn't have the guts to expose Bush for what he was, Nader sure would have. Nader would have made Bush look like the laughingstock he was. But the corrupt powers that be (CPD) were so terrified of Nader they excluded him from the debates. Hell, at one debate they even prevented him from showing up and entering a screening room, far away from the actual debate, even though Nader had a ticket. They had Nader escorted by police away. Corporations feared Nader, so did the democratic leaders who were in bed with those same corporations.

And then Gore made the blunder to ask for recounts of just a few of Florida's districts, instead of a statewide recount. Even the Supreme Court could not have prevented the state from a statewide recount.

I'm always amazed at how people are still blaming Nader, when democratic candidates seem so eager to give away elections because they are so gutless to have real debates.

Having said all the above. I like Gore. But I know with 100% certainty that I could have debated Bush and made him look like an imbecile. Why Gore refused to go after him is still a mystery. And frankly, no one should be president if they can't beat the likes of a corporate prostitute like Bush.