Ralph Nader running again for president - The lefties are upset over this. They blame Nader for Gore's loss in 2000. Cry babies. Gore's problem in 2000 was not Florida nor Nader. Gore lost his home state of Tennessee. If Gore had won TN, he would have been president. In 2000, the final electoral college count was Bush 271 and Gore 266. Tennessee was worth 11 electoral votes. In 1984, Reagan crushed Mondale 49 states to 1. The only state Mondale won was his home state of Minnesota. Why did Gore, the Vice President for eight years, lose Tennessee?
The popular vote tally for Tennessee in 2000:
Bush = 1,061,949
Gore = 981,720
Nader = 19,781
Buchanan = 4,250
Other = 8,053
Total votes = 2,075,753
If all of Nader's votes went to Gore, the total for Gore would have been 1,001,501, which was still 60,000 votes short of Bush. Therefore, 11 electoral votes for Bush and the Presidency, with or without Nader in the election.
Libs like to whine about Gore having more of the popular vote in 2000. Grade school Social Studies will tell you that this doesn't matter. Besides, Clinton only had 43 percent of the popular vote in 1992, and he won the Presidency. Did the Democrats thank Ross Perot for that? George W. Bush had 48.7 percent of the popular vote in 2000. So spare me.
Some people cannot let go of the past. Heck, some are still stuck in the 1960's. Learn from the past, yes, but don't dwell in it. If you want to live in the past, that's fine. Step aside while the rest of us move forward. Don't stand on the side of the road, because we need that room for road-kill. Stand in the field or in the forest, preferably behind a tree, since we want to control roadside blight.
posted by jr to politics at 11:40 P.M. EST
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Apparently Nader has said that he believes many Republicans and Independents will vote for him. I agree. I can't vote for the incumbent because this administration has turned its back on the middle class and poor, and is kidding itself about the shape of the economy. I certainly would not vote for someone with questionable morals like Kerry. So IF Edwards does not get the Democratic nomination, that will leave a whole lot of us with the following options:
Stay Home (don't want to)
Vote for Ralph (be glad to)
The mistake the administration is making is that they (and surprisingly many mainstream publications) are assuming that evangelical Christians and other conservatives have nowhere to go.
AU CONTRAIRE... because the same people and groups this president and his muddle-headed advisors have turned their backs on - including the unemployed - will turn their backs on this administration in November.
posted by edie at 06:04 P.M. EST on Mon Feb 23, 2004 #
I wouldn't advocate staying home on election day either, because there are too many local issues on the ballot. Marcy Kaptur is up for re-election. TPS will have another renewal levy on the November ballot. The Toledo Arts levy may be up for vote too. And of course there are the other local politicians. We're probably affected more by what happens locally than what happens at the national level, which is why people should vote. Who said 'All politics is local?'
Evangelicals frustrated by Bush
"Their list of grievances is long, but right now social conservatives are mad over what many consider the president's failure to strongly condemn illegal homosexual "marriages" being performed in San Francisco under the authority of Mayor Gavin Newsom. Top religious rights activists have been burning up the telephone lines, sharing what one privately called their "apoplexy" over Mr. Bush's failure to act decisively on the issue, although he has said he would support a constitutional amendment if necessary to ban same-sex "marriages." "
Well, a short time ago, Bush to Back Gay Marriage Ban Amendment.
"President Bush backed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Tuesday, saying he wants to stop activist judges from changing the definition of the "most enduring human institution." "
He's trying to win votes. I don't agree with this. It's still just February, so there's plenty of time to decide how to vote in November. The majority of Americans aren't paying attention to politics right now. Interest probably won't begin until September.
posted by jr at 12:00 P.M. EST on Tue Feb 24, 2004 #
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