<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2737.800" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 7/2/2004 12:00:56 AM Mountain Daylight Time, lweiger@umich.edu writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Maybe if Nader actually had a chance at winning the presidency, his position<BR>on gay marriage would mirror Kerry's.  It's pure fantasy to think that<BR>someone with a platform like Nader's (as wonderful as it is in many, many<BR>respects) could win.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>But herein lies the constant moving of goalposts on the part of those who criticize nader.  First say his positions are bad, that he's a homophobe and racist.  Then, when his own dang platform refutes that, invoke lesser-evilism.  Conversation over.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>stannard</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>