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Re: It's All Over...
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Date: 
Wed, 8 Nov 2000 18:40:46 GMT
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Jeremiah VanderMark <doggybot_37@yahoo.nospam.com> wrote:
everything. Who'd have thought that a vote for Nader really *was* a vote for
Bush...

No it's not. Although there is some difference between Gore and Bush,
they're both corporatists, they both want to increase military spending,
they both support the death penalty, etc., etc., etc.

A vote for Nader is *not* chosing the lesser of two evils.

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  Re: It's All Over...
 
(...) Ah, but you've got to look at the rest of the government right now - Republican Senate and House, and, should Bush win, more Rep judges. That's a big step backwards this country doesn't need. -Jeremiah- (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: It's All Over...
 
(...) I was quite shocked by some of the liberal commentary on this. The two-party (equals one-party) system is pretty entrenched in Australia too, but no-one goes around saying that a vote for a third party is some sort of "betrayal". If Gore (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: It's All Over...
 
(...) Well, it's choosing a totally different sort of evil, one could say. :-) But the basic point that a vote for a third party candidate is a thrown away vote is VERY entrenched in certain circles, and it's wrong. It's extremely unfortunate that (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  It's All Over...
 
That's it. It's over. Bush is the president and the Republicans own everything. Who'd have thought that a vote for Nader really *was* a vote for Bush... Canada, do you think you have room for a defecting American? -Jeremiah- (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.us)

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