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Originally posted by Sparhawk
The only person in America who thinks that votes for Nader DON'T take away votes from Kerry is Nader.
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Correction - you should have said that the only person in America OTHER THAN UBERTUBER that thinks that votes for Nader DON'T take away votes from Kerry is Nader.
Nader can't take votes from Kerry because they aren't Kerry's votes. Those votes belong to the people that cast them, not the two parties - and if the Dems lose again by a margin smaller than Nader's draw, they better start thinking about ways to be more attractive than old Ralphy.
At this point I'm planning on voting Libertarian - but make no mistake, I'd be insulted if you told me that the Libertarians were taking my vote from W. He wouldn't have had it anyway, and as far as I'm concerned he hasn't earned my vote. Just because some of those people MAY have voted for Kerry if they didn't like Nader better doesn't mean that those were Kerry's votes. He should have to work for them like everyone else. Besides, can there be anyone in America that doesn't know that the Dems believe they would have won the last election if not for Nader? If people vote for Nader this time around, you can be sure that is what they meant to do.