It seems to me that Nader decided to get in the race not a moment too soon [View All]

[Walt Starr]

For DemocraticUnderground at any rate. In fact, I'd say he's damn near a week late!

Ralph Nader appears to have now replaced Howard Dean as the favorite whipping boy for DU.

You know what? IT CRACKS ME UP!!!!

I, for one, sign EVERY petition to get a measure on the ballot or get a candidate on the ballot. I signed to get Nader on the ballot in 2000 and I'll sign again this year because that's democratic principles at work. If The Ham Sandwich (D) is to win, it must win against all candidates in the free marketplace of ideas, else, The Ham Sandwich (D) is not electable and does not deserve to be president.

So, either you believe in the Democratic Party's ability to defeat all comers, or you're terrified of some potential competition. If you truly believe that one of the two remaining potential nominees is actually electable, you should welcome Nader's hat into the ring.

For me, the blame Nader game is the biggest joke I've ever seen. The REAL voter's to blame for Bush being in office are those 50 million idiots who didn't vote. Maybe you all need to be reminded that Nader's followers didn't even amount to 2.8% of those morans (sic).

Talk about Bush refusing to be accountable for what he's done, the Democrats who blame Nader are more to blame than Nader and his followers in my book. If you want to win and you believe that the nominee is a good man, get out and get some non-voters to vote this year and Nader won't even be a blip on the radar screen. If not, you can always sit on your collective asses an bitch about it on internet message boards.

:shrug: