This "Nader" talking point is convenient

[Uncle Joe]

94. I view the coup of 2000 as a perfect storm of events arrayed against Al Gore.

1. The corporate media literally pre-screwed the American People in their coverage of that election/selection as they would go on to do again during the run up to the war with Iraq. I view the corporate media as the prime culprit had it not been for them, I'm Al Gore would've won in a landslide too large for the Republicans too steal.

2. Bill Clinton's irresponsible actions in the White House, he literally had Gore fall on his political sword for him, testifying on the White House lawn that he believed Clinton and that the charges regarding the Lewinsky Affair were baseless. Later Clinton comes out and tells the truth but the mass psychological damage had been done. By lying to the American People and tying it to Al Gore making the corporate media's mass brainwashing job of portraying Al Gore as the chronic liar/exaggerator, it was a seamless propaganda transition going from "I did not sexual relations with that woman" to "Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet, etc etc etc, for at least a year and a half prior to the election that was the meme.

3. The Florida debacle, purging and disenfranchising the American Peoples' right to vote and actually have their votes counted, The confusing Butterfly Ballot Katherine Harris, Jeb Bush and the Republican controlled Florida Legislature.

4. Whether one wishes to admit it or not, Ralph Nader's run damaged Gore by taking votes from him, this was especially true in a couple of key states. Nader's message that there was no difference between the parties essentially also worked to muddy the waters, had Nader campaigned for Gore the outcome would've been entirely different. I'm not suggesting that Nader didn't have a right to run, but that doesn't make it smart that he did.

5. The Republican controlled Supreme Court without a doubt worked their hardest against the peoples' interest and kill any semblance of democracy. I believe they will be held in the same regard as the Supreme Court which affirmed separate but equal.

Of all those dynamics, I place preeminent blame on the corporate media, they worked from the mid 90s with one witch hunt after another, through the pre-election, recount and the Bush years to screw the American People with one lie after another. Had it not been for their reprehensible actions as an institution, none of the rest would've mattered. There were some cases of good journalists but they were as a sparse oasis in a vast desert.