Ralph Nader Supporters Warn Third-Party Voters: Don’t Make The Same Mistake!

[Rose Siding]

.....But this cycle, Savage isn’t even considering voting third party. He’s now an outspoken Hillary Clinton supporter and literally works for the establishment as Democratic Party chair of Washtenaw County in Michigan.

And he wants to make sure that disaffected voters know exactly what they’re doing in this election before they go pull the lever for a third-party candidate like Jill Stein of the Green Party or Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party.

“I was somewhat uninformed and felt like there wasn’t that big a difference between Gore and Bush, believe it or not,” he said. “Obviously, in retrospect, it was a moronic way to look at things......The Huffington Post spoke with Nader voters who have since figured out that the best way to fix the two-party system is to join it. They’ve worked in Democratic politics for years ― some as penance for what they did in 2000 ― and they worry that Stein voters are going to be making the same mistake they did with Nader.

“If you think there’s no difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, then you’re not paying attention,” said Joe Rospars, who was the chief digital strategist for both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns and voted for Nader in Virginia when he was 19.....

Jesse Berney was 25 when he voted for Nader and has since worked at the Democratic National Committee and for Clinton’s 2008 campaign.

When asked if he regretted his vote, he replied, “Of course! John Roberts and Samuel Alito, the Iraq war, the huge irresponsible tax breaks, the pushing of abstinence-only education. The list goes on and on.”

........mucho mas...........

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ralph-nader-voters_us_57f55aa4e4b0b7aafe0ba7f1?

I hope their message gets through to whoever needs to hear it.

[Hekate]

1. 5th Rec!

[ProudProgressiveNow]

2. K&R nt

[TonyPDX]

3. Thanks for this.

The people who need to hear this message are probably too busy driving off the cliff to notice, but if it persuades one voter not to Whine with Stein it'll have served its purpose.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. bill maher and sarah silverman also said that their third party vote was a mistake

[retrowire]

5. i think, if you dont see the difference between Trump and Hillary

Then you're making excuses.

[msanthrope]

6. 30th rec. nt

[BobbyDrake]

7. What works best is what they did here: compile the list.

John Roberts and Samuel Alito could have been liberals instead. That means Citizens United never happens. The Voting Rights Act would have been preserved. Torture would have gotten no legal cover.

How many other blatantly bad "butterfly effects" stem from Nader enabling Bush Jr?