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Re: It's All Over...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 9 Nov 2000 00:28:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Matthew Miller writes:
> Jeremiah VanderMark <doggybot_37@yahoo.nospam.com> wrote:
> > everything. Who'd have thought that a vote for Nader really *was* a vote for
> > Bush...
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> 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.
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> A vote for Nader is *not* chosing the lesser of two evils.
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 it's such a widespread viewpoint, because it keeps us stuck
in a duopoly. And not just any duopoly, but an amazingly broken one, which
gives us candidates of the stunningly low quality of Bush and Gore (or was
it Gush and Bore, I forget)...
(that was satire, in case you were wondering)
++Lar
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| (...) Or to put it another way the election was not about choosing the lesser of 2 evils but the evil of 2 lessers :) Having voted straight libertarian I am today watching the outcome of the presidential race with sheer joy! --Jim (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) The system the way it is set up (winner takes all - I'm refering to virtually all political elections in the U.S.) encourages just two parties, and the blandifying of positions. Say the Green party gains momentum and strips liberal votes away (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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