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DonCoquixote

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44. Maybe, although
Tue Mar 6, 2012, 09:02 PM
Mar 2012

If you go that route, you better be satsifed with the "we never win" side, especially as right now, therer are not enough people to support a Dennis K. If you do, you better get used to the right wing knowing that the greens are useful allies, which is why they send money to them.

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We're still arguing about Nader... Skinner Feb 2012 #1
and some haven't figured out that stealing elections is a crime? nt G_j Feb 2012 #6
+ a zillion emulatorloo Feb 2012 #7
There is no better way to say that. Thank you. nt TheWraith Feb 2012 #8
Voting, too. LanternWaste Feb 2012 #9
+1 n/t FSogol Mar 2012 #38
And screw up the country for at least a decade. RiffRandell Mar 2012 #41
And just think if Clinton had not stolen it in 1992 from Nader Snotcicles Mar 2012 #82
Clinton stole the election from Nader in 1992? SunsetDreams Mar 2012 #102
Mention any other third party candidate hifiguy Feb 2012 #2
+1 n/t JTFrog Feb 2012 #4
Abso-fucking-lutely... SidDithers Feb 2012 #5
Tell that to kendrick meek DonCoquixote Feb 2012 #20
I can't speak for everyone that does JonLP24 Feb 2012 #18
I can't believe this guy is still running after all these years liberal N proud Feb 2012 #3
MAybe I've missed the news, but Raine1967 Feb 2012 #10
This guy only shows up at election time liberal N proud Feb 2012 #11
I can't believe that there are people who still feel that he is relevent enough to bring up . . grantcart Feb 2012 #12
Not true. He successfully agitated for a lot of consumer protection laws eridani Mar 2012 #84
Name one important law that he has gotten passed in the last 10 years. grantcart Mar 2012 #91
None, but this is supposed to negate his prior achievements? eridani Mar 2012 #94
a long time ago he was relevent, he no longer is. Quite a shame too, really. grantcart Mar 2012 #95
It's an election year. Expect it. mmonk Feb 2012 #13
I can.. there were lessons learned nadinbrzezinski Feb 2012 #14
That is it right there! While the narrow-minded blame Nader Rex Mar 2012 #99
people need to be paying attention to all the voter suppression laws noiretextatique Mar 2012 #106
The votes of the left were available in Florida. Gore failed to attract them. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #15
Failed to attract? DonCoquixote Feb 2012 #21
So, if Gore wanted/needed the Green vote why didn't he try for it? Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #32
The Green vote DonCoquixote Mar 2012 #35
Would the Democrats have been satisfied with anything less than a complete rejection of everyone not Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #36
Sadly yes DonCoquixote Mar 2012 #37
Maybe it's time we stop being satisfied with the "not as bad" of American politics. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #39
Maybe, although DonCoquixote Mar 2012 #44
I've been living with that knowledge for a long time. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #45
Because DonCoquixote Mar 2012 #46
Delete Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #48
As I said, it makes no difference as far as my vote. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #50
Why would the party bosses care about the left? BzaDem Mar 2012 #56
The Bush "enablers" are the Democratic politicians who vote with the Republicans. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #60
So people who vote for a policy that Bush supports are Bush enablers. But people who enable the BzaDem Mar 2012 #61
As a Florida person DonCoquixote Mar 2012 #74
Except that Ford outselling Chevy does not result in a dangerous moron being elected President. Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #30
Some people won't settle for the "lesser of two evils". Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #33
You mean....we lose...... FrenchieCat Mar 2012 #62
You just proved the OP's point nt One of the 99 Mar 2012 #53
It isn't Gore's responsibility to "attract" them. That premise is completely upside down. BzaDem Mar 2012 #55
Got it. So, Gore didn't need to campaign at all. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2012 #73
This assumes that they would have voted for Gore JonLP24 Feb 2012 #16
The Democrats that voted for Bush is the one's that Gore went after. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2012 #17
But again, isn't that equally their problem? If a voter makes a decision to enable the inauguration BzaDem Mar 2012 #57
Gore couldn't even win his home state.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #19
If the next Democratic candidate came from Idaho (but was as liberal as Kucinich), would you be BzaDem Mar 2012 #58
And politicians of course bear no responsibility at all for the choices they make.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #64
We're still arguing about Nader because he is convenient scapegoat MadHound Feb 2012 #22
This is the correct answer. nt woo me with science Mar 2012 #24
That's just not true One of the 99 Mar 2012 #52
Yes, that is true MadHound Mar 2012 #65
And how would that have changed the results One of the 99 Mar 2012 #66
He told Gore during the recount, when it certainly could have made a difference. MadHound Mar 2012 #68
Again, not true One of the 99 Mar 2012 #72
No legal remedy? MadHound Mar 2012 #86
Really??? One of the 99 Mar 2012 #87
ah, the DLC hfojvt Mar 2012 #54
What, you think that the DLC would lie about this? MadHound Mar 2012 #67
.. mdmc Mar 2012 #23
You made a post that keeps the debate going but that isn't your point, is it? TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #25
If one person determines an election, then do we really have a democracy? nt ZombieHorde Mar 2012 #26
Yes. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #27
I second that emotion. Nader = Egotistical has-been still trying to be viable. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #28
Nader made it possible for Bush to steal the election. Nye Bevan Mar 2012 #29
Here's what made it possible for Bush to steal the election.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #31
That's as ignorant and short-sighted as saying it was all Nader's fault. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #49
Did you note where the picture was taken? Fumesucker Mar 2012 #63
Did you notice 8 years elpased? Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #69
Eight years in which Republicans wrecked the nation? Fumesucker Mar 2012 #75
Eight years in which the man changed. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #76
No he didn't change, he just revealed who he really was in the first place.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #77
In your "expert" opinion, and yet, he was not the reason for the lost election. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #78
Go tell all those who say it's Nader's fault.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #79
You mean like I did in post #49? Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #81
An observation, not an attack.. Fumesucker Mar 2012 #83
Ron Paul? Really? Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #85
Nader is no longer a factor Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2012 #34
It helps hide the fact that despite knowing that election was stolen, Democrats sabrina 1 Mar 2012 #42
Can you point to one person on this board who claimed that Nader did something illegal, in running BzaDem Mar 2012 #59
Well that is just stupid imo. Rex Mar 2012 #98
The Democratic Party establishment needs to get clued in rudycantfail Mar 2012 #40
Why argue? quaker bill Mar 2012 #43
Not me. Iggo Mar 2012 #47
There were many things that cost that election. Behind the Aegis Mar 2012 #51
You forgot the FL Dem party quaker bill Mar 2012 #80
You forgot the corporate media, Al Gore wasn't popular at all with them precisely because Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #93
Then why did you start a thread to argue about Nader? Lil Missy Mar 2012 #70
One of the reasons we're still arguing about Nader MineralMan Mar 2012 #71
And thanks for adding to the debate!! WI_DEM Mar 2012 #88
Without a runnoff system, a popular third party liberal candidate can only acomplish one thing Bradical79 Mar 2012 #89
Nader only pops his head out of the hole when the Dems have a good chance at winning thw WH. JoePhilly Mar 2012 #90
You left out something. Gore won the 2000 Election. It was stolen and not by Nader. Better Believe It Mar 2012 #92
Yeah he did. Funny ain't it Rex Mar 2012 #97
That leaves Joe Leiberman, the Supreme Court and Bush off the spot. How convenient! Better Believe It Mar 2012 #100
I JUST learned yesterday that Joe is a or was a big big FAN of Glenn Beck!!! Rex Mar 2012 #101
and there's that little fact noiretextatique Mar 2012 #105
I wasn't sure if this was a pro-nader thread or a nader bashing thread. Rex Mar 2012 #96
Anyone that supports a Nader run this time around is a damned fool. bluestate10 Mar 2012 #103
the bush cabal in florida and SCOTUS deserve ALL the blame for bush noiretextatique Mar 2012 #104
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