Christ, I remember the last election and arguing that voting for Nader was the same thing as voting for Bush, because he (Nader) didn't have snowball's chance in hell and his campaign was just a way to cripple Gore. (Not that I liked Gore, or like Kerry, Dean, Edwards, etc. much either, but I'll be holding my nose and voting straight Democrat anyway this year.) You can bet the Bush campaigners were all dancing little glee jigs when they heard the news Nader was running again.
Wouldn't it be nice to some day go vote for someone you believed in, rather than whoever you hope might beat the guy you really don't want to see win?
Excuse the rant, please, but I'm with you on the Nader issue. Idealism is lovely, but doesn't appear to have much place in our country's politics.
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Date: 2004-02-22 01:56 pm (UTC)Wouldn't it be nice to some day go vote for someone you believed in, rather than whoever you hope might beat the guy you really don't want to see win?
Excuse the rant, please, but I'm with you on the Nader issue. Idealism is lovely, but doesn't appear to have much place in our country's politics.