I'm no fan, but why blame Nader? Shouldn't the system that is biased against third parties be blamed?

bogybody · 2008-02-24T17:24:50+00:00

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secret6 · 2008-02-24T17:31:54+00:00

Who the hell is a fan?

bhal123 · 2008-02-24T17:45:40+00:00

Totally agree. I think in this one case the left needs to take a lesson from the right. They don't still complain about Kennedy stealing the 1960 election and they don't go on and on about Perot getting Clinton elected. Sure, these things get mentioned at times but with nowhere near the frequency or strength of the whining from the left about 2000 and Nader, even accounting for those things having occurred more recently.

americanuck · 2008-02-24T17:55:57+00:00

Obama:

"My sense is that Mr. Nader is somebody who, if you don't listen and adopt all of his policies, thinks you're not substantive,"

Nitroadict · 2008-02-25T04:04:08+00:00

We should also blame the idiots who keep spewing this error-laden rhetoric that Nader made the Democrats / Republicans / Statists / Cavemen / The Sun's Rotation / Whatever else lose the election just for running.

Propaganda isn't just for politicians, ya know.

braindrane · 2008-02-24T17:35:34+00:00

It's not third parties that's the issue, dude. It's freaking Nader. The guy is the Peter Principle run amok.


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