> My frustration with the Nader campaign and most third party efforts is
> that they seem to be based on nonsense like this, as if the average person
> is an idiot who needs to have the false illusions dashed from their eyes.
> Most folks know exactly the score, recognize that special interests run
> most of the show, but make the best of a bad situation.
>
Do you really think so, Nathan? In my (limited) experience, the average American, though not in the least stupid, is completely clueless, lacking the minimal knowledge base and analytical tools to interpret the world beyond his most immediate environment. One crucial example is the widespread inability to distinguish between social democracy and soviet communism. But I am willing to defer to your much larger experience here (no sarcasm).
>
> Getting the Greens matching funds may get activist saliva running, but for
> most people, that's not a strategy, just the Greens sounding like they
> want to join the same old game.
>
Do you really see no value to, say, a few ads on TV and a candidate on the debates talking about how much better socialized medicine is? Or about the SS 'crisis' myth? Or about the role of the IMF in financial crisis?
>
> -- Nathan Newman
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