Nader also swung NH Bush's way & had Gore won NH, Florida would have been irrelevant.
And had Kerry won New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, yada yada.
There is a sense of entitlement, an arrogance, that the political parties have, that we the People buy into, that really doesn't serve us (the People). I happen to think it conflicts with the very core of democracy It's that somehow only the candidates of these two parties are legitimate and "How dare anybody else challenge them?"
If we've learned nothing else from the last 20 years in American politics, it's that when you are not at the table, you're on the menu. And those in power do everything they can do to keep the interests of the individual American citizen off the table.
We make a lot of excuses for Democratic politicians. We hate to admit that Bill Clinton was not a friend to the People, to the little guy, and helped lay the foundation for Republicans' vision of our country & the world, & for what Bush&Cheney managed to do.
For whatever the reasons that Nader ran in either 2000 or 2004, his candidacy resonated with many voters whose interests were being ignored by both parties. So why blame Nader?
Only 50% of those who are eligible to vote in the US actually vote. If everybody voted, perhaps the People's interests would be served instead of the interests of transnational corporations. I think that if that 50% did vote (and voted for the candidate who would govern in their best interests), it would likely be Nader and not Yin (a DLC-controlled Democrat) Yang (a Republican).
We can go around and around (and I think it merits doing, discussing it, considering all of the angles), but I ultimately keep coming back to the same conclusion: A President Gore and a President Kerry just wasn't meant to be. Whatever the reason, neither wanted it enough, neither had the right stuff to make it happen. And, had it happened, perhaps there wouldn't have been a war in Iraq or the annihilation of New Orleans, but there would have been other catastrophes with plenty to complain about, just like during Clinton's time and Carter before him.
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