Vail Beach
2008-02-26 14:58:52
I don’t recall the same howls of outrage when Ross Perot ensured the victory of Bill Clinton in 1992 and ensured Dole had no realistic chance to win in ’96. Some third party candidates are more entitled to run for office than others.
The assumption in Merrit’s piece and others like it is that Nader is insincere or stupid when he says there is no difference between Dems and Reeps. How dare she say that?
I’ll say this. If Gore had been president during 9/11, much of what Bush felt compelled to do to protect the country, including possibly an invasion of Iraq, would have been carried out by Gore. No matter what he says now. Nader might have altered Gore’s career path, but I don’t think he changed history much.
