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backwoodsbob

(6,001 posts) Tue Apr 28, 2015, 05:30 PM Apr 2015

in Florida in 2000 95k people voted for Nader..Dems..repukes..Indies...all in total

200k Moderate Dems voted for Bush.

Someone explain to me how the stupid left caused Gore to lose?

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in Florida in 2000 95k people voted for Nader..Dems..repukes..Indies...all in total (Original Post) backwoodsbob Apr 2015 OP

The New Democratic Party does not like the Left one little bit, so the Left is used as a djean111 Apr 2015 #1

Choicepoint lame54 Apr 2015 #2

All told, 308,000 Democrats voted for Bush in Florida in 2000. nt Zorra Apr 2015 #3

but but...NADER backwoodsbob Apr 2015 #4

Well, he did win FL. Wilms Apr 2015 #6

Heh.... Fumesucker Apr 2015 #5

ya. they also had a really fucked up ballot created by repugs. nt seabeyond Apr 2015 #7

30,000+ votes for other than gore, bush or nader. blaming nader is lamest shit ever. KG Apr 2015 #8

djean111

(14,255 posts)

1. The New Democratic Party does not like the Left one little bit, so the Left is used as a

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 05:43 PM

Apr 2015

whipping boy for everything. I believe they have already decided that if Hillary runs, and loses, it is the fault of the Left. It is how the Third Way rolls.

lame54

(40,083 posts)

2. Choicepoint

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 05:46 PM

Apr 2015

Zorra

(27,670 posts)

3. All told, 308,000 Democrats voted for Bush in Florida in 2000. nt

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 05:57 PM

Apr 2015

backwoodsbob

(6,001 posts)

4. but but...NADER

Reply to Zorra (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 06:00 PM

Apr 2015

Gore ran a shit campaign.If he had won HIS OWN STATE florida wouldn't have made a difference.

Wilms

(26,795 posts)

6. Well, he did win FL.

Reply to backwoodsbob (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 06:27 PM

Apr 2015

Another reason the attacks on Nader are specious.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

5. Heh....

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 06:14 PM

Apr 2015

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

7. ya. they also had a really fucked up ballot created by repugs. nt

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 06:28 PM

Apr 2015

KG

(28,797 posts)

8. 30,000+ votes for other than gore, bush or nader. blaming nader is lamest shit ever.

Reply to backwoodsbob (Original post)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 06:55 PM

Apr 2015

George W. Bush–
Dick Cheney 2,912,790 48.847% Republican
Al Gore–
Joe Lieberman 2,912,253 48.838% Democratic
Ralph Nader–
Winona LaDuke 97,488 1.635% Green
Patrick J. Buchanan–
Ezola B. Foster 17,484 0.293% Reform
Harry Browne–
Art Olivier 16,415 0.275% Libertarian
John Hagelin–
Nat Goldhaber 2,281 0.038% Natural Law
Monica Moorehead–
Gloria La Riva 1,804 0.030% Workers World
Howard Phillips–
Curtis Frazier 1,371 0.023% Constitution
David McReynolds–
Mary Cal Hollis 622 0.010% Socialist
James Harris–
Margaret Trowe 562 0.009% Socialist Workers
May Chote–
Miriam E. Lancaster 34 0.001% Write-in
Ken C. McCarthy–
Frank Beifus 2 0.000% Write-in
Total 5,963,110
Sources:[36][37]

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