By David Epstein
Now we get a report that Ralph Nader is running for president again. I've got a great idea. Why don't lots of people who would otherwise vote Democratic vote for him again? That worked really really well last time, didn't it? He sure proved his point that it makes no difference who's elected president anyway, didn't he? I mean, if it's not RALPH NADER as president, then the rest are all pretty much the same, right?
Seriously, I still don't understand why this guy is allowed back in polite society (on the left, at least). We may never recover from the damage he did last time. If he got negative votes this time around it would be too many.
Is this a democracy or isn't it? I mean I thought that one of the definitions of a democracy was that any citizen was permitted to run for office.
Posted by: Ian Cooper | February 29, 2008 at 09:28 AM
Is this a democracy or isn't it? I mean I thought that one of the definitions of a democracy was that any citizen was permitted to run for office.
The thing is, I've always been a supporter of the Green Party and of Nader. I'm not a Democrat - I'm a Progressive - Democrats do not automatically deserve my vote and if they don't put forward a progressive agenda they will not get it. Sometimes that will mean that Republicans get into power because more people support the Republicans. That's democracy - deal with it.
Posted by: Ian Cooper | February 29, 2008 at 09:32 AM