John Shirley > ShirleyBlog on Nader
The Nader Illusion is that both major parties are alike. He claims the Demos and the GOP are just the same, both beholden to special interests to such a degree that they're essentially paralyzed, no point in choosing one over the other. This is mostly hogwash.
Read the full entry. Another excellent point. However, I still say that asking Nader not to run is a mistake. He has ever right to run and if he does garner a significant percentage of interest, it's a call to the Democrats to embrace what he stands for and absorb it. That's how it has happened over and over and over again in history. This is what third parties have always done.
(All of that said, I also believe that if it does appear that Nader will be a spoiler, he should step down so as to prevent Bush from winning. I see a lot of similarities between the Republicans and the Democrats, but I see a wide, WIDE gulf between Bush and everyone else, especially Kerry.)
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