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In reply to the discussion: Ralph Nader's Open Letter to former President George W. Bush: "The Country You Destroyed" [View all]bonzaga
(48 posts)138. A lot of people are forgetting that Gore actually WON THE ELECTION
My how short the memories in here. DU itself was founded because of it.
It was stolen. Remember?
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Ralph Nader's Open Letter to former President George W. Bush: "The Country You Destroyed" [View all]
HughBeaumont
Jan 2014
OP
Could you indulge me in writing an open letter of your own to Mr. Nader on this very point? If
ChisolmTrailDem
Jan 2014
#95
Blame yourself, Ralph. Absent your vanity candidacy, Bush would have lost.
Lizzie Poppet
Jan 2014
#90
Democracy doesn't mean you get to turn off your brain to the reality of your political system.
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#10
That might be an argument for settling electoral ties in a different fashion,
winter is coming
Jan 2014
#26
Democracy means that when the system you have isn't working for a majority of the people, the people
sabrina 1
Jan 2014
#118
Or the fucked up butterfly ballots that gave thousands of Gore votes to Buchanan
progressoid
Jan 2014
#74
Factcheck.org is wrong about one part, Gore's team did ask for a statewide recount at the end.
stevenleser
Jan 2014
#37
"The reason Nader got any traction at all is because Gore ran a terrible campaign.. "
SomethingFishy
Jan 2014
#28
Bullshit. We don't know whether the Nader voters would have turned out at all
winter is coming
Jan 2014
#13
It was known that it was likely Nader was going to throw the election, before the election
Major Nikon
Jan 2014
#36
You can't "poach" someone else's votes. Votes belong to the voter, not any candidate.
winter is coming
Jan 2014
#65
It's not the figure of speech, but the attitude behind it, that I was decrying.
winter is coming
Jan 2014
#127
I lay it squarely on the Supremes. They went where they had no authority to go but went anyway then
shraby
Jan 2014
#15
Did Ralph Nader forget he helped elect Bush by running his go no where election and.....
DrewFlorida
Jan 2014
#22
I wonder what order of the players gets the blame for the Failure Fuhrer's ascendancy?
HughBeaumont
Jan 2014
#30
I would add the Lewinsky scandal that was still on the radar of many of the idiotic public. Clinton
adirondacker
Jan 2014
#80
Nothing makes me more embarrassed to be liberal than watching liberals trash Nader
NoOneMan
Jan 2014
#45
Ironically the 'he has a big house' accusation was used against Gore by Republicans
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#133
It's funny that you can't forgive Nader for practicing democracy and agree with him
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2014
#132
Nader had a far greater impact on all our lives than anything Pope Francis has done.
pnwmom
Jan 2014
#142
During the impeachment, Bill's approval ratings were higher than Raygun's highest
Major Nikon
Jan 2014
#86
It's like a dinner bell for the 3rd way Nader Haters. Awesome letter, btw and nice donation to the
adirondacker
Jan 2014
#68
When I saw the title, I thought Nader was talking about the United States of America.
calimary
Jan 2014
#96
Nader should'a never picked Lieberman for his running mate...oh, wait..
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2014
#102
I waited and waited every day in the 2000 campaign for Nader to drop out and endorse Gore
bluestateguy
Jan 2014
#114
since he must take most of the blame for the reign of error, where the fuck was he DURING georgee???
pansypoo53219
Jan 2014
#117
Irregardless of him taking votes ...he does say some interesting things worth thinking about.
L0oniX
Jan 2014
#136
Is there any doubt now that CommonDreams is a third party mouthpiece?
great white snark
Jan 2014
#147