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• Friday, February 22, 2008 01:05 PM

  This is what I hate about Democrats

  I am always amazed by the lunacy that emerges when Democrats get lathered up about "the spoiler issue". Do they engage Nader and his voters? No, they are too arrogant and insecure. Do they work on electoral reforms such as instant-runoff voting, which would so simply and easily nullify the "spoiler problem". No, they are too ineffectual to make something like that happen.

  What do they do then? They bitch and moan, make false, reductive allegations about 2000, obstruct (illegally), and malign the character of a great patriot who is only exercising his rights.

  The response is pathetic and the reasoning is illogical. There is no such thing as a spoiler candidate, only spoiler voters. If I want to vote for Nader, that is my choice and my business. You can blame ME for being a spoiler because I'M the one who made the choice to not vote for the Democrat, but it makes no goddamn sense to blame Nader just for being a choice.

  The "spoilers" are the voters who vote the way THEY want to, not the way YOU want them to. Harass them, obstruct them, claim their votes as your own, but leave Nader alone. Instead, you need to come to ME the voter and convince ME that Obama or Hillary is the better candidate. Or make the case that I ought to abandon all the issues and my conscience and instead vote based solely on how I expect everyone else to vote. But that's hard work and a hard case to make. It's easier to just go after Nader himself.

  —brightback Read brightback's other letters
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