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In reply to the discussion: In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by attacking the Dem party from the left? [View all]BzaDem
(11,142 posts)Nader's endorsement of Gore would not have hurt Nader in any way (since he wasn't going to win), but it could have saved the country. Apparently, according to you, actually helping the country was not part of Nader's job description. (After all, the worse the country is, the more Nader and like-minded folks can complain about the state of the country.)
Yet instead of doing something to help his country, such as causing a Democratic Supreme Court that could overrule voter suppression laws nationwide, he chose to not do so (perhaps claiming it "wasn't his job" -- oh poor Nader!). So here we are, 16 years later, arguing about whether Democrats are vigorously fighting voter suppression (spoiler alert: they are, and their lack of success has far more to do with Nader than it has to do with them).
Similarly, Jill Stein couldn't stop talking about money in politics. But rather than devoting her time to explaining the importance of voting for Hillary Clinton, who would fill the Scalia vacancy with the fifth Democrat that would overturn Citizens United, she chose to spend her time arguing that people NOT vote for Hillary Clinton. Low and behold, her vote totals exceeded the difference in all three states. So now, like clockwork, she and her ilk can spend the next 16 years complaining about money in politics.
I wonder how bad things have to get before Nader and Jill Stein defenders wake up.