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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 08:42 AM
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A vote for John Kerry is a vote for Nader's ideals.
By taking funds and campaign help from the Pubes, Nader is enabling those who want to destroy consumer protection, liability law, ad infinitum.

If he enables a win for the Kennebunkport Kowboy, every piece of legislation he's successfully pushed through FOR US, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, is at least vulnerable; at worst, as good as dead.

John Kerry may not push through any Nader-type legislation, but he sure as hell won't seek to destroy it. The current administration has proven time and time again they aren't interested in Mr. Nader's substance.
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comradebillyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 08:44 AM
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1. if i believed that, i would not vote for kerry
i am pretty underwhelmed by nader's ideals, but then i have never thought very highly of saint ralph
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 08:44 AM
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2. interesting twists
Hey, sorry you lost your least libertarian title. I've read the kinds of legislation, he seeks to push, sounded pretty good to me.
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amber dog democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 08:51 AM
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3. Nader reminds me of Leon Trotsky.
He may have been able to achieve great things in his time, but his ego and his self serving, cynical myopia have made him an ineffective, irrrelevant cult leader who is destructive to the Ameican political process as a whole.

Yes, Nader did some good things IN THE PAST. Yes Kerry may do good things.
but the comparason ends there - in my opinion. Wonder if he will end up like Trotsky.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-04 08:56 AM
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4. Interesting analogy; I hadn't thought of that but it's fitting.
Yup, ego has taken over Nader.

The worst part is, what I've posted in the OP doesn't seem to occur to even Nader.

By taking Repug money, how on earth can he continue to offer himself as an "alternative" to the 2 parties?

I think he's just pissed that the Dems won't contribute now.
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