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Blame It on Gore, Blame It on Clinton, Just Don't Blame It on Nader
RECEIVED Thu., June 3, 2004
Dear Editor,
I wholeheartedly agree with Mark Zuefeldt's commentary on Nader ["Postmarks Online," May 27]. I did not read Louis Black's article ["Page Two," May 21], but I did read his response to Zuefeldt and about died laughing. Mr. Black seems to forget that Gore was about to pull even in the Florida recount when the conservatively packed Supreme Court stepped in and halted it. Nader got a tiny 3% of the national vote and Black wants to blame it on him? Blame it on a Gore campaign that was lacking in anything working people wanted and needed to hear and that could not whip an opponent who could barely speak coherently and responded with sound bites while looking and sounding like a real dummy. Blame it on Clinton for not being able to contain his sexual impulses and tainting Gore by association in a horrible impeachment embarrassment. Blame it on 50% of the electorate who didn't bother to vote because they didn't want either Bush or Gore. There was nothing stopping Gore from adopting any or all of Nader's platforms and rendering Nader's campaign meaningless. Nader challenged Gore to do it. Instead Gore could only talk about phony social security lock boxes and old folks prescriptions and a few more things his handlers scripted for him. If Gore had promised to raise the minimum wage he could have brought out millions more poor voters. But no. If Gore had run a meaningful platform instead of the same old shit, he should have easily stomped Bush. Blaming Nader is too stupid. It plays right into the hands of corporate conservatives who would dearly love to discredit their worst enemy. Mr. Black, if you're still not convinced, call up Jim Hightower and get him to explain it to you after he stops laughing at your rationale. Go ahead. I dare you.
I wholeheartedly agree with Mark Zuefeldt's commentary on Nader ["Postmarks Online," May 27]. I did not read Louis Black's article ["Page Two," May 21], but I did read his response to Zuefeldt and about died laughing. Mr. Black seems to forget that Gore was about to pull even in the Florida recount when the conservatively packed Supreme Court stepped in and halted it. Nader got a tiny 3% of the national vote and Black wants to blame it on him? Blame it on a Gore campaign that was lacking in anything working people wanted and needed to hear and that could not whip an opponent who could barely speak coherently and responded with sound bites while looking and sounding like a real dummy. Blame it on Clinton for not being able to contain his sexual impulses and tainting Gore by association in a horrible impeachment embarrassment. Blame it on 50% of the electorate who didn't bother to vote because they didn't want either Bush or Gore. There was nothing stopping Gore from adopting any or all of Nader's platforms and rendering Nader's campaign meaningless. Nader challenged Gore to do it. Instead Gore could only talk about phony social security lock boxes and old folks prescriptions and a few more things his handlers scripted for him. If Gore had promised to raise the minimum wage he could have brought out millions more poor voters. But no. If Gore had run a meaningful platform instead of the same old shit, he should have easily stomped Bush. Blaming Nader is too stupid. It plays right into the hands of corporate conservatives who would dearly love to discredit their worst enemy. Mr. Black, if you're still not convinced, call up Jim Hightower and get him to explain it to you after he stops laughing at your rationale. Go ahead. I dare you.
Harry Davis
