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In reply to the discussion: Why is it *my* #%^*ing fault? [View all]pragmatic_dem
(410 posts)You know the kind of liberal who would vote for Bush, right? The so called "independent" conservative/centrist who is comfortable with the status quo.
It's the kind of person who doesn't want change, is fiscally conservative, socially liberal (which just means they oppose abortion but might support gay marriage as long as it is a civil ceremony and their kid doesn't bring one home, etc etc).
It's the 3rd way advocate who believes corporations should be chartered by government to solve difficult problems like pollution, income disparity. You know, in olden times they were called Chartered Monopolies and it's why the constitution is filled with anti-trust law and regulations on banking etc. Well used to be, until Washington decided to subsidize mortgage fraud.
Oh, and you can be sure, the Dems who voted for Bush are fine and dandy with spying.
That's the kind of Democrat who blames Nader.
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There are plenty of other points that can be made about Gores loss, including the fact that if hed carried his own state of Tennessee (where Nader was not a factor), all of this would be moot.
Jim Hightower
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The conservatives will blame Nader, selectively filtering out that Clinton was banging Monica with cigars in the Oval office while not understanding the meaning of the word "is". I'm pretty sure that also had something to do with Gore's loss.