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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]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Yes, it would have been better if Gore had beaten Bush, but that fact doesn't mean that we have the right to simply demand that all progressives vote for our presidential ticket no matter how far to the right it gets.
In the last election, we'd have won a lot more of those voters if we'd emphasized that the platform was more progressive and that activist work had made a difference-the approach you call for, simply demanding votes because Trump is a nightmare, wasn't even needed.
We could have flipped a lot of those vote ON THE MERITS OF OUR PLATFORM. Why didn't our campaign even consider trying that?
And why are you focused on calling people out today for what happened seventeen years ago, rather than working for common ground and greater support on positive grounds NOW?