The View from Tennessee

Jeff Downing popsnob at hotmail.com
Wed Nov 8 10:11:16 PST 2000


Leo wrote:
> Similarly, Oregon is now in play only because of the Nader vote, and
> although the numbers are not yet completely definitive, Nader may have
tipped
> a number of very close states, such as Nevada and Tennessee, to Bush.

In case people were under the impression that Gore's homefield loss was a squeaker, Bush's margin of victory was approximately 80,000 votes (out of roughly 2 million cast). I'm disappointed to report that Nader didn't have as great an impact as we had hoped, gaining only 19,651 votes. If you consider that Buchanan attracted 4200 and Harry Browne 4250 (constituencies that were closer in spirit to the Bush crusade), the various third parties virtually cancelled each other out.

Kevin Quinn goes on to say:

> I dare Nader to explain to the unions and
> blacks why his ideas deserve a hearing after this. Of course, he would
have
> to start by telling them what dupes they were to turn out in such
> phenomenal numbers for Gore. The Young White--oh sorry, Green--Party is
> dead. RIP

Thanks, Kevin. Could you also please instruct us on how to turn out the lights? In the meantime, let it be noted that our candidate for U.S. Senate, Tom Burrell, an African-American farmer from Covington, garnered 6,000 more votes than Nader. Considering that he had almost zero visibility going into yesterday's scrum, this was a very encouraging development.

Jeff



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