Is Gore Really The Lesser Evil?

[Brad De Long]

>This op-ed "Is Gore Really The Lesser Evil?" by John Buell ran in today's
>Bangor (ME) Daily News.
>
>Thought it would be of interest to you all.
>
>Craig Brown
>for NewsCenter
>www.commondreams.org
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>Published on Tuesday, June 20, 2000 in the Bangor Daily News
>http://www.commondreams.org/views/062000-103.htm
>Is Gore Really The Lesser Evil?
>by John Buell
>
>Are progressives irresponsible in supporting Ralph Nader? Won’t they enable
>a Bush presidency, just as liberals’ aversion to Hubert Humphrey helped
>elect Richard Nixon? As a Nader voter, I accept the importance of this
>question. Nonetheless, I am not convinced that progressives today must
>support Al Gore to avert social catastrophe.
>
>I am more impressed by the similarities than the differences between the
>major candidates.

Ah. Another person for whom the EITC, abortion rights, and a less 
regressive tax system mean nothing at all...

Brad DeLong