[Vision2020] Don't Blame Nader! (was Stop corporate tax dodging)

[Bob Hoffmann]

At 08:39 AM 4/20/2003 +0000, Mike Curley wrote:
>There are certainly
>many reasons that Al Gore is not the President, but Prince
>Ralph can claim a primary role (no pun intended).  And
>while you are there, thank him for the war in Iraq and
>wherever else the USA may next invade in the name of
>weapons of mass destruction and terrorism.

Yup, I'd like to chime in on this one as well.  Mike, I don't think you 
would ever accept this logic on a playground or in a classroom:  "One child 
did something wrong, and we can blame another child for it."  Al Gore 
couldn't win the election in his own state, and Nader is not to blame for 
that.  George Bush decided to go to war against Iraq, and he is responsible 
for his decision on that.  End of story.

Of course, if this country ran its elections like European parliamentary 
democracies, Gore would likely be president, and Nader would then be 
secretary of the interior.  But we live in a country where you can be 
president with 40% of the popular vote (which is about what Clinton got the 
first time).  Democracy?  Doesn't seem like a democratic structure to me.

Bob Hoffmann
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