He also has gotten kids on campuses interested in politics. Now it's up to the Democrats to show those kids that the Democratic Party is more than just "Republican lite."
-- Jim Cullen
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peter K." <peterk at enteract.com>
>
>
>>Gore handed Shrub the election. He seems to be coming back for
>>more, too.
>
>I have all the criticism of Gore in the world - remember I was the one who
>bet on him blowing the election, while everyone on this list was confidently
>predicting he would win the election.
>
>But the fact is that he won more votes than Bush and actually won a higher
>percentage of the vote than any Democrat since 1976. And if Nader hadn't
>divided the progressive vote, he would have translated that numerical vote
>into winning the election.
>
>Folks can blame Gore for all his failings, justifiably, but the refusal to
>deal with Nader's responsibility as well shows how absolutely resistant
>third party folks are to analysis. They make predictions and when they are
>proven false, they just pretend they didn't make them.
>
>Nader folks said that electing Bush would make little difference and that
>Gore's defeat would force the Democrats to move left. Both predictions have
>proved to be massively false.
>
>So again I ask, name one good thing that has come from Nader's run for the
>Presidency?
>
>-- Nathan Newman