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In reply to the discussion: In 18 years since Naders run, what has been accomplished by attacking the Dem party from the left? [View all]BzaDem
(11,142 posts)Or should I say, you want to know what really would have helped?
A Nader endorsement of Gore 5 days before the 2000 election.
As much as other forces did what they could to ensure a Republican win, NOTHING would have been able to prevent Gore winning in 2000 if even 10% of Nader's 100 thousand votes went to Gore in Florida. There would have been no Supreme Court case, and nothing the Secretary of State could have done, to wipe out a margin that large.
A Gore election would have eventually given us control of the Supreme Court, and we would see most attempts at voter suppression struck down nationwide. Nader could have single-handedly caused that, but decided that it (and all other differences between Gore and Bush) just weren't important enough to him.
And now, instead of acknowledging how much devastation has been wrought by Nader's decision (in a thread entirely about the damage that Nader and his enablers cause), you are blaming *Democrats* of all people. Democrats! Democrats who warned the country about the negative consequences of voting for Nader, and who, despite your claims to the contrary, are fighting very hard with the very limited toolset they have. Of all people you could blame for the current situation, you pick Democrats. Utterly mind-boggling.