>I agree with Max that the explnatioon for liberal Nader-blaming is not fear
>of material loss in the most part, but I disagree that it is a sort of
>shame
>at being shown up as somehow "ordinary" by extremists to one's left. That
>might bother leftists, but not liberals--not much. I thinkit is rather a
>more common phenonemon: blaming the safe target. Ofa ll the counterfactual
>factors to pick out of the campaign that might have gone differently, it is
>easierst to imagine victoty had Nader not won, particularly because that
>way
>it doesn't have to be faced that the Dems screwed up. It makesjust as much
>sense--maybe more--to blame the Florida Dems fora pproving the Palm Beach
>Ballot that cost Gore 20,000 votes, and the legality of which the campaign
>is now challenging, but why blame yourself and your friends when you can
>blame your (weak) antagonists? --jks
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