[lbo-talk] Targeting Only "the Likely Voters" -> Attacks on the GP

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Feb 17 15:17:02 PST 2004


Michael Dawson -PSU wrote:


>Has he had any influence on
>> politics since his 2000 run?
>
>I definitely agree with this criticism of Nader. Back in November of 2000,
>why in the hell didn't he come out yowling about electoral reform, voter
>registration, and Gore's failure to acknowledge us Naderites? I remain
>mystified by the silence, which seemed like a huge waste of a big
>opportunity to help both himself and the left.

It's almost enough to make you think he was in it for the ego boost alone. In any case, in the immortal words of George W. Bush, "There's an old saying in Tennessee-I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee-that says, fool me once, shame on-shame on you. Fool me-you can't get fooled again."

Doug



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