The Seattle Times reported Saturday that Ralph Nader is expected to announce his candidacy for president this week. That stupid ass bastard.
I voted for Nader in 2000. I was wrong. It was a different time, and I was trying to make a point about the two party system. I also voted for him in a state (Washington) where Gore had no chance of losing, so it wasn't too bad. I'd like to think that if I had lived in Florida at the time, besides planning to move, I would have voted for Gore.
Gore lost Florida by 537 votes (not counting Antonin Scalia's). Nader got over 97,000 votes in Florida. I'm sure some of the Nader votes would have gone to Bush (libertarians and such) if Nader hadn't been in it, but most would have gone to Gore, certainly enough to tip the scales.
So, whether you like it or not Ralph, you WERE a spoiler. Maybe it's not the way our elections should work, but they do. A close race, potentially one of the closest and most important presidential races in recent history, is not the time to make a point.
And that's all it is; making a point. The fact that he won't admit this just further shows that he's a nutty egomaniac.
