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Pride before the fall By Todd Gitlin
http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/11/08/nader/index.html
At this writing, there's a good chance that Ralph Nader's self-declared "conscience" vote in Florida will have lubricated young George Bush's way into the White House. The most fatuous president since Warren G. Harding, the most lackadaisically friendly to corporations since Reagan, the least primed for any governing activity besides rolling over for big oil, will come to power with a Green escort. Talk about making a difference. And if, on the other hand when the absentee ballots are counted in Florida, it turns out that Bush fails, it won't be for lack of the vehement Green shrug. CNN reported that about half of Nader supporters there would have voted for Gore if Nader wasn't on the ticket -- more than enough votes to put Gore over the top.
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