s. hall sez:
Nader cost us 2000 . . .

Donna Brazile, Gore’s campaign manager — great ‘judgement’ there, Albert — desperately wants you to believe that. It makes a great excuse (for her own ineptitude), don’t you think? Howard Dean certainly does; he repeats it for her at every opportunity.

Big Al lost his home state of Tennessee, just as he did Big Dog’s home state of Arkansas. Oh-for-two. Donna probably won’t remind you of that, though.

Plus, there’s that little matter of roughly a quarter million of your fellow Democrats (in Florida alone) who intentionally voted for the Republican candidate. (Just as some are already proactively planning to do this year.)

[. . .] During almost all of 2000, Bush led Gore with the major exception of a month-long period following the Democratic convention. During this high point for Gore, Nader was pulling a running average of 2-4% in the polls. While it is true that during October, Nader began pulling a running average of 6% at a time when Gore was fading, Gore continued to lose ground even as Nader’s support dropped to its final 3%. In other words, despite the help of defectors from Nader, Gore did worse.

Further, as Michael Eisencher reported in Z Magazine, 20% of all Democratic voters, 12% of all self-identified liberal voters, 39% of all women voters, 44% of all seniors, one-third of all voters earning under $20,000 per year and 42% of those earning $20-30,000 annually, and 31% of all voting union members cast their ballots for Bush. [. . .]
— http://www.prorev.com/green2000.htm

If assigning blame where it least belongs makes it easier for you to remain a good Democrat . . . well, I’m sure Donna will be very happy.

grlpatriot said:
I wonder how Nader’s poll numbers are looking these days?

Six percent nationally, as of July 1st, even without the wall-to-wall coverage given McCain / Obama by major media.

In a four-way matchup that includes independent candidate Ralph Nader and Libertarian candidate Bob Barr, Obama’s lead over McCain dwindles to 3 percentage points, 46 percent to 43 percent. Nader registers 6 percent, and Barr gets 3 percent.
– votenader.org/blog/2008/07/02/six-dollars

Now, if Ralph and Bob were allowed into the debates . . .

Obama doesn’t work for the people. He works only for himself.

What good change has Obama created? He has caused a huge rift in the party with his incessant race-baiting and immature attacks.

Why do you people insist on having your head in the clouds? OBAMA IS A FRAUD. That’s all there is to it.

He is selfish, egotistical, and doesn’t give a damn about the American people.

I don’t see much difference. Well, McCain will occassionally tell you the truth – that’s one difference I guess, but not in BO’s favor.

But the biggie is still to come.
Dateline September 5, 2008
Barack Obama said today that his position on Iraq is not that different from John McCain’s.

Remember kids, don’t share the needle ..m’kay?

He’s already backing away from his “commitment” on Iraq which was the ENTIRE BASIS for his campaign. Like McCain, he hasn’t got a clue what to do about the economy, but it’s such a train wreck nobody does. Why am I supposed to vote for him, again??? Oh yeah, Roe, Roe, Roe!!

My protest vote is going to Nader….cause I think after the 2000 debacle it will be kind of ironic to vote for Nader.

Like all sociopaths he has no core values or principles by which he will stand. I’ve had 8 years of a sociopath called GW Bush and I don’t want to trade him in for one call BH Obama.

A benevolent dictator is still a dictator. Barry believes he will win, and that’s why he’s all for keeping the tools in the box.