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In reply to the discussion: Sic semper Naderus. (A response to the recent pro-Nader posts) [View all]Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)59. Democrats accept support from Republicans every election.
Why do you think that voters voted for Nader if he's so "perfidious"? Because they wanted Bush? Or, because Gore, Kerry, and Obama failed to get their votes because they were too moderate/centrist/dlc/ 3rdWay?
Nader campaigned against the one party/two wings establishment. Which was/is both parties.
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I can't tell if all of DU is infested with shit-stirrers, really bored or really drunk...
Blue_Tires
Dec 2013
#1
Americans under 30 have a more favorable opinion of socialism than of capitalism.
Laelth
Dec 2013
#93
yet throughout this thread, you fail to address the culpability of 200,000+ registered dems..
frylock
Dec 2013
#92
The Democrats are and have been trying to address most of the issues that caused the 2000 theft
Gothmog
Dec 2013
#126
And let's not forget Iraq. Iraq would never have happened under Al Gore, but some fell for the...
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2013
#32
If the Democrats want the votes of the left it should trying to appeal to the left.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2013
#13
And, the Democrats who voted for Dubya far outnumbered the Nader voters.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2013
#54
He's also responsible for letting the Democratic party know it has a left wing to contend with.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2013
#67
You may be right...the party is still ignoring the left and running right.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2013
#110
No, but his disciples pop up like dung heap mushrooms after a rain every cycle.
riqster
Dec 2013
#33
There was no betrayal, Nader is not a Democrat. The ubiquitous selective memory
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#66
No, the Democratic Party fucked our shit up, by first failing to earn enough votes and then,
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
#127
HIs statement here is my answer to dilettantes who blithely call for destroying everything:
freshwest
Dec 2013
#40
You're welcome to steal any or all of it. The ideas and results matter, not sources or labels, IMO.
freshwest
Dec 2013
#72
I've been asked to, but have no interest in learning another format and need to do other things.
freshwest
Dec 2013
#84
Nope, all Nader did was pretend to be a liberal while he helped Bush steal elections.
riqster
Dec 2013
#122