Reply #105: Please, to say that none of them would have bothered to vote [View All]

[Downtown Hound]

is beyond ridiculous. Every poll that I've ever seen that has Nader in it shows him drawing votes away from the Democrat. When Nader is removed from the equation, the Democrat's numbers always go up. You really think that's just a coincidence?

Do you really think that prominent Republicans would have donated money to Nader's campaign in 2004 if they didn't really believe that he would siphon votes away from Kerry? Do you really think they would have resorted to doing signature drives to get him on the ballot in swing states if they didn't think it would make a difference?

I've read some pretty out there, far fetched statements during my time on DU. But yours very well might take the cake as being the most ludicrous.