For the record

[vaznetti]

If you disappointed Howard Dean supporters vote for Nader and we're all stuck with another four years of our current President, I will be furious. Furious in that "I respect your right to vote your conscience and hope you can understand my never speaking to you again" way.

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[auburnnothenna.livejournal.com]

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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[vaznetti]

You can bet the Bush campaigners were all dancing little glee jigs when they heard the news Nader was running again.

I suspect so. Perhaps I'm being over-paranoid, but really, Bush has been such a disaster as a president that I think four more years of the same would be a catastrophe.