I am sickened by all the people claiming that Nader is a spoiler, or that a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. I, myself, voted for Nader on the principle that both "Major" candidates consider themselves entitled to votes that go to 3rd party candidates. Not only that, but he was kept from debating, in my opinion anyone who is considered enough of a candidate to be put on the ballot should be allowed to debate. Even sadder than that was the fact that with the proper credentials Nader wasn't even allowed to sit in the audience says something. Nader brought 2,647,464 votes nationally with 99% of precincts reporting. That is not a small number, and it definitely does not say spoiler. If anything maybe Nader could say that Gore was a spoiler, keeping him for getting more than that by using such lame tactics as saying in his campaign things like "spoiler" and "Nader vote=Bush vote" If you ask me maybe the doj is looking into the wrong monopoly, wanna talk about having a monopoly and trying desperately to hold on to it. Sounds like strongarm tactics to me.
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I am sickened by all the people claiming that Nader is a spoiler, or that a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. I, myself, voted for Nader on the principle that both "Major" candidates consider themselves entitled to votes that go to 3rd party candidates. Not only that, but he was kept from debating, in my opinion anyone who is considered enough of a candidate to be put on the ballot should be allowed to debate. Even sadder than that was the fact that with the proper credentials Nader wasn't even allowed to sit in the audience says something. Nader brought 2,647,464 votes nationally with 99% of precincts reporting. That is not a small number, and it definitely does not say spoiler. If anything maybe Nader could say that Gore was a spoiler, keeping him for getting more than that by using such lame tactics as saying in his campaign things like "spoiler" and "Nader vote=Bush vote" If you ask me maybe the doj is looking into the wrong monopoly, wanna talk about having a monopoly and trying desperately to hold on to it. Sounds like strongarm tactics to me.