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Re: Is Nader really a threat to Democracy?
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Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:32:54 GMT
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"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote in message
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> Once again, Ralph Nader is shooting for the impossible, and once again
> (hopefully NOT, this time, as people will remember last time), he will
> take votes from the Dems, possibly putting GWB back into office.
If you look at the two states where the Bush/Gore decision was narrow,
you'll find that even if Nader hadn't run, the non-Dem non-Rep votes for
fringe candidates would have put Gore over the top.
It seems typical that the Dems. (or Reps. for that matter) lay claim to all
non-major party votes.
The fact is that in the upcoming election, I could vote for the party that
brought me "The Digital Millennium Copyright Act", or the party that brought
me "The Patriot Act".
...or I could vote for a party that actually represents my views.
If more people took the time to learn about the other parties, they might
find one that met their views better - instead of sucking up republicrat
nonsense about how the two parties platforms are so vastly different.
I don't want Bush in office. I don't want Kerry in office. I don't really
want Nader in office, but of those three he's the only candidate I haven't
ruled out. A vote for Nader (or any fringe candidate) is a vote against a
two party system.
The Dems. need to face the music though. If they can't beat Bush in an
election, they need to reconsider their platform to appeal to a wider array
of Americans. They already have one strike against them - and so far
they're on track to nominate another dud.
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| (...) Get real. You're deluding yourself. A vote for Nader at this point is *a vote for Bush*. Keep voting indirectly for Bush. But don't whine if GWB gets reelected and continues hauling the US into a decline that may take decades to reverse. I (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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