Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader has the potential to be the biggest wildcard in the November elections... it's not for nothing that republicans are supporting his efforts in the election. There are a number of things that are fundamentally wrong about the two party system, not the least of these reasons being that marginal candidates like Nader cannot participate without substantially improving the chances of the candidates on the other side of the political spectrum.
Consider this line of political proclivities:
You may disagree with the placements, but hey - get your own blog you whiny bitch.
Consider people on the mid-left part of the spectrum. Who are they going to vote for? Some are going to vote democrat, and some are going to vote nader . What about people on the mid-right? Well, they're not going to be voting for Nader, regardless of what he may think.
But in all of this, it's important not to fall into the trap of thinking that Nader is stealing votes from the democrats - that's ludicrous. The votes don't belong to the democrats, they're just where the votes went in the absence of a better alternative. However, like many people, I feel this election is too important on a deeply immediate, practical level to risk it on the grounds that 'Nader has a right to run'. He does, and I applaud him for his willingness to fight for a three party political system - but this year, getting Bush out of office is vastly more important... and many previous nader supporters agree.
There's too much being risked here - I'm not sure that the world can survive another four years of the Bush-Cheney junta.
Consider this line of political proclivities:
Left <----------------------------------------------------------------> Right
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Nader Democrats Republicans
You may disagree with the placements, but hey - get your own blog you whiny bitch.
Consider people on the mid-left part of the spectrum. Who are they going to vote for? Some are going to vote democrat, and some are going to vote nader . What about people on the mid-right? Well, they're not going to be voting for Nader, regardless of what he may think.
But in all of this, it's important not to fall into the trap of thinking that Nader is stealing votes from the democrats - that's ludicrous. The votes don't belong to the democrats, they're just where the votes went in the absence of a better alternative. However, like many people, I feel this election is too important on a deeply immediate, practical level to risk it on the grounds that 'Nader has a right to run'. He does, and I applaud him for his willingness to fight for a three party political system - but this year, getting Bush out of office is vastly more important... and many previous nader supporters agree.
There's too much being risked here - I'm not sure that the world can survive another four years of the Bush-Cheney junta.
2 Comments:
I agree with where you're coming from. I'll be the first to say the Democratic party is far from pure and I'll never fully defend their actions. At the same time every single issue from civil rights in the 60s to environmental policy now was never a main stream Democratic principles. Democrats were against civil rights. What Martin Luther King and his supporters did was change the Democratic party from within. MLK never ran for the presidential ticket, but by advocating the way he did, he changed the hearts of many racist Democrats, Lyndon Johnson included, and brought about changes we still feel today. Right now we can't be selfish with our vote. I will be the first to say that I don't agree on a lot of issues with John Kerry, nor do I agree with everything that Ralph stands for, but people really have and will continue to suffer under Bush and his Republicans who have all three branches of government if we don't do something now!
Thank you for stating this so very much, "But in all of this, it's important not to fall into the trap of thinking that Nader is stealing votes from the democrats - that's ludicrous." We may agree to disagree on many points but it is a breath of fresh air to hear some one that is not voting for Nader state what you just stated! I thank you for that! :)
NaderNow
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