Nader is nothing.

[Touchdown]

It's very simple. we got the goods on the Chimp*, and we're on the attack. Now Nader crawls out from his little gopher hole to start, once again his insipid, one note spoiler campaign (they're both alike). Let's squash him, get him out of the way, and re-focua all eyes on *Bush. Like it or not, he is an opposition to the Democratic candidate, and thus he should be treated like any other opposing candidate.

Here's a couple of links on this little pebble in our shoe...

In an interview with Bill Oh' Really? (I know, but the enemy of my enemy...etc ;-) ), He stated that he would not have had air support for the troops in Afghanistan, and would've negotiated with the Taliban. This, IMO, would've put more of our troops in danger, and killed many more Afhgani civilians than the bombing raids actually did.

"O'REILLY: But I still don't know how you would have driven the  Taliban from power and have bin Laden on the run?  If you're not going to use air power because you don't want civilian casualties, and you don't want massive U.S. casualties, what do you do?   Send in 50,000 ground troops to do the job?  You wouldn't have done that, would you? 

NADER:  No, I wouldn't.  It wouldn't have required that. 

O'REILLY:  So all right, yes. 

NADER:  Spies, bribes and commandos, a very surgical effort.  And saying to... 

O'REILLY:  Without the bombing? 

NADER:  Well, wait, you say to the Taliban, you choose.  You want to stay in power, get  out of the way.  "

http://www.thecriticalvoice.com/reilly_nader.html

A pretty nice read here. I didn't know he crusaded against the evils of whole milk and the Elvis Stamp. Now THAT'S Presidential material.:eyes:

http://www.realchange.org/nader.htm

secret luxury houses, union busting, worker abuse, and a hypochondriac to boot!

Oh' what a danger to Democrats he is.:eyes: He's a jerk, a worm and is insignificant.

[CMT]

1. to many on the left

the thing will be to get Bush out of the White House. I predict that Nader would only get about half of his 2000 vote because many people who voted for him then and have gotten a taste of Bush will either enthusiastically or hold their noses and vote for the Democratic nominee as the best vehicle to get Bush out of the white house.

[Terwilliger]

2. Yet here's ANOTHER thread denouncing him

If he's so insignificant, why do you find yourself compelled to attack him?

[Iverson]

3. Nader is a centrist obsession

This, by definition, is not nothing. The original poster's thesis has been disproved several hundred times in the last couple of days.

[mdguss]

4. You Know Why:

Us CENTRISTS are pissed at the bungling administration in Washington. Don't tell me that a Democrat wouldn't have passed a better medicare bill or come up with a real energy plan. And don't tell me that a Democrat would be as inept at diplomacy than Bush.

We're tired of it. And we know (because we actually WIN elections) that we're going to need everybody on our side to win this one. Instead of being able to go swing states like Colorado, Louisana, and Nevada, the Democratic nominee will be forced to play defense because of "Ralph I'm going back on my pledge because I'm having the biggest rallies Nader."

Meanwhile, Bush will be able to go to states like Florida and Pennsylvania. If Nader runs again: it'll be 278 electoral votes for Bush; 260 for the Democratic nominee.

So, if you don't like Bush join us. If you don't, we'll be forced to look to the right for more votes. With that in mind, I think I'll vote for Joe Lieberman.

[newyawker99]

5. I am locking this thread.

4. If you wish to start a vanity thread (ie: a discussion thread in which the sole purpose is to share your personal opinion) you must state your opinion in a non-inflammatory manner which respects differences in opinion and facilitates actual discussion.



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