I think I know who will vote for Ralph--conservatives who are pissed at Bush but can't bring themselves to vote for Kerry. It's the perfect protest vote--albeit, one whose message would have to be spelled out in big letters using small words for the Bushies to understand.

I think Ellen's got a great point; Dems probably have little to fear from Ralph this cycle - the drive to oust BushCo is too strong to dilute the vote to any great degree. Most especially because he's running as an independent - not even the Greens are endorsing his run.

Fewer "lost votes" from Dems, more protest votes from Rethugs... Ralph's a non-entity this time around.

Hope you are all right... but I'm still afraid of the Nader Traitor effect. Even if he steals 1% of the vote, that could mean so much in November.

Thankfully, as you point out, most people aren't taking his egocentric run seriously this time.

Nader won't be an issue this year. I just wish people would quit blaming him for Bush. Gore should have won his home state. Shouldn't have laid down over Florida. Should have used Clinton on the campaign trail. The people responsible for Bush are the people that voted for him. It seems strange to me that if Democrats want those votes that went to Nader in 2000, that calling them traitors seems a little counterproductive. How many liberals are now ann coulter fans?

How much work did he do to block Bush enviro policy? How many people did he help in 2002 to get elected as Greens?
Nader/Bush 04, the worst ticket ever.

The guy makes good points, then ignores his own statements of merit. The Diebold scandal gave him votes. He is still undertaking this without suing diebold...something is up. If the election is scandal why give your name to it?

Either sue diebold and force the issue or GTFO and take your one percenters with you. He didnt lose the election, McAwful did. They spoonfed Bush the office because of his family per issue/debate, media helped do this.

Giving them another excuse to steal, saying you are not there to take Dem votes then refirring to the Dems in 75% of your appearance time does not merit you either.

The sleeping giant is awake, and we'll flush you and Bush down with no afterthought. That is coming from an Independent.

Perhaps people will countersue you as well once they get tired of your rants Ralph mouth. No more happy days. Enough of people treating you like Fonzie.

a vote for nader is a vote for bush

one more time, paul... a vote for nader IS NOT a vote for bush. it is a vote for nader. and the assertion that a nader vote = a bush vote actually reinforces nader's central point about the current stagnancy of the two-party system. that is, a vote for nader doesn't actually make sense in your mind, since he doesn't belong to either the Red Team or the Blue Team. and since you are unused to thinking of more than two things at once, it is understandable that since a nader vote is not for Team Red, it must be for Team Blue. but in this way you end up defining nader in terms of what he is not, instead of what he is. this is ironic since by far the overriding dynamic in this election is kerry being defined as 'not bush'.

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