I am not a registered Democrat. I can't be. Neither can Bernie

[Jim Lane]

118. An interesting article, but it provides zero support for your assertion.

The clear implication of your posts in this thread is that Nader said he wouldn't run in the general election (in some year or years) and then did so. Nothing in the article comes close to saying that.

It does recount Nader arguing that he wouldn't be a spoiler, in two ways -- first, that Gore would beat Bush (by 20 points!) despite Nader's draining off some votes that would otherwise have gone to Gore, and second, the one I anticipated, that there was nothing to spoil because there was no significant difference between the "Tweedledee and Tweedledum" parties. The first point was a prediction that was ludicrous when he made it and was of course shown to be far off the mark. The second point was a matter of opinion, not susceptible of objective refutation but rejected by (IMO) everyone with a lick of sense.

Nevertheless, although these two Naderite arguments were garbage, neither of them amounted to Nader reneging on a stated intention not to run in the general election.

The article doesn't prove (or even assert) such perfidy on Nader's part, but it's definitely worth reading as an excellent takedown of his whole candidacy and its horrific effects.