Nader! Don't Do It!

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Nader! Don't Do It!
In November, Americans won't be casting their ballots directly for George
Bush, John Kerry or Ralph Nader. From a constitutional point of view, they
will be voting for competing slates of electors nominated in each state
by the contenders. Legally speaking, the decisions made by these 538
membersof the Electoral College determine the next president. In the
case of Mr. Bush and Mr. Kerry, electors will be named by each state's
political parties.

But Ralph Nader is running as an independent. When he petitions
to get on the ballot in each state, he must name his own slate of
electors. While he is free to nominate a distinctive slate of names,
he can also propose the very same names that appear on the Kerry
slate. If he does, he will provide voters with a new degree of freedom.
On Election Day, they will see a line on the ballot designating Ralph
Nader's electors. But if voters choose the Nader line, they won't
be wasting theirballot on a candidate with little chance of winning.
Since Mr. Nader'sslate would be the same as Mr. Kerry's, his voters
would be providing additional support for the electors selected by
the Democrats. If the Nader-Kerry total is a majority in any state,
the victorious electors would be free to vote for Mr. Kerry.
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My poor Bush-Wins prediction is in jeopardy. :(
 
While Democrats fret over the possibility of Ralph Nader causing them to lose another election by stealing votes on the left, President Bush may face an even greater third-party threat from the right wing. The Libertarian Party nominee could cost Mr. Bush his job in 2004.

With conservatives upset over the ballooning size of the federal government under a Republican White House and Congress – and a portion of the political right having opposed the war in Iraq from the start or else dismayed at how it's being handled – the Libertarian nominee, who will be on the ballot in 49 states, may do for Democrats in 2004 what Nader did for Republicans in 2000.
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The full article:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/21/politics/main619019.shtml
 
Syncronicity's article is available here, as it happens. It also appeared in the New York Times Op-Ed page, but it's not available for free.

Anyway, if Ackerman's plan can work, it is a good way for third party candidates to start moving into power.
 
Nader always claimed that the people who voted for him were so disgusted with the Dem-Reps that they wouldn't have voted otherwise. This has some plausibility to it.

Now he's claiming to be taking votes away from Bush. Pardon me, but I absolutely don't believe that.

It is the Dems fault that they can't come up with somebody any damn good. They didn't used to have that problem.

What is Kerry other than the un-Bush? There are die hard Bush fans all over the country. Are there any die hard Kerry fans outside of Massachusetts?

I saw a picture of a Kerry "supporter" at a demonstration carrying a sign that said "Kerry sucks, but vote for Kerry".

Can the Dems do no better than that?

I have never voted Republican yet, except for the judge who acquitted me. :p

And he was running Dem as well, as it tends to be for allegedly elected judges. Usually I don't vote for judges at all for that reason.

Yet I am seriously thinking of voting for W.

Yeah OK be outraged. Are you sure you didn't start out outraged, and then decided what to be outraged about?
 
Nader's ego is pretty big, I would not worry about it too much. Betcha he'll want his own electors.

And where's Pat Robertson when his country needs him on the ticket?

(Republicans who don't like Bush can just not vote.)
 
Kopji said:
Nader's ego is pretty big, I would not worry about it too much. Betcha he'll want his own electors.

And where's Pat Robertson when his country needs him on the ticket?

(Republicans who don't like Bush can just not vote.)
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Which Pat? Robertson or Buchanan? Nader is running on the 'Constitution Party' ticket this time, as did Pat Buchanan in 2000. That's H Ross Perot's party, but it got away from him.

Where are the Greens these days? Kucinich as a spoiler, or what?

And many a 'pub is POed at W for too much social spending. But they will not vote for Kerry who wants more.
 
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