Sic semper Naderus. (A response to the recent pro-Nader posts)

[Gothmog]

126. The Democrats are and have been trying to address most of the issues that caused the 2000 theft

It is not that easy but steps have been and are being taken. In 2004, I was one of 3,000 out of state attorneys who went to Florida as part of the Kerry Edwards voter protection team. We had attorneys at most of the key precincts throughout the state. The theory was that if we had a similar force on the ground in 2000, someone could have got an injunction for the butterfly ballots or at least been there to pass out instructions on how to deal with that ballot.

Unfortunately, the election was different 2004 and Bush got lucky with the Bin Ladin tape the Friday before the election. I was in the war room in Broward county where reports from the early voting over the last weekend indicated that the tape was having an effect.

In 2008 and 2012. I volunteered for the Obama voter protection team and over all the Obama team did a good job of blocking vote caging and some of the GOP tactics.

Right now, Democrats are fighting voter id laws and gerrymandering efforts. Democrats are not rolling over. I have been following the pleadings in both the Texas redistricting and the Texas voter id cases. I can assure that every effort is being made to combat these voter suppression efforts.

I followed the recount efforts in Florida and it is clear to me that Bush won because of Nader. I heard the same thing from the Florida legal team when I was in Florida in 2004 (there are some outstanding Democratic lawyers in Florida). I am not going to forget what happened in 2000 and I will not forgive Nader for his actions.