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In reply to the discussion: I'm told "If you ever want a balanced SCOTUS, set your values aside and shut up and vote for HRC." [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)Alito. And please see Reply 64.
Also, bear in mind that Gore was a candidate who could not even carry his home state--and not because of Nader. Also that the Clenis and perjury resulted in the second impeachment in US history and certainly the most embarrassing one for high school history teachers to cover, enabling Bush to run on restoring dignity to the White House.
It's funny how Republicans don't curse Perot anywhere near as much as Clintonites curse Nader. For that matter, Republicans don't seem to have a whole lot to say about any of their third party challengers, yet Democrats seem to think they have a God given right to no third parties.
And remind me who Americans have to thank for NAFTA, extraordinary rendition, the Telecommunications Act, lobbying Democrats to vote for repeal of Glass Steagall, the "end of welfare as we know it," etc.?