Reply #136: Actually, according to Al From and the DLC, the answer is YES. [View All]

[MadHound]

"The assertion that Nader's marginal vote hurt Gore is not borne out by polling data. When exit pollers asked voters how they would have voted in a two-way race, Bush actually won by a point. That was better than he did with Nader in the race. "<http://www.dlc.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=127&subid=179&contentid=2919>

Sorry, but by any measure you put out there, Nader didn't throw Florida to Bush. First off, when all the votes were finally counted, Gore won. But before that there was the small matter of the appointment by the Supreme Court. Also there is the fact that Gore ran a horrible recount campaign. For one thing, Gore and his handlers were handed the Votescam information by Greg Palast during the beginning of the recount process. All the information was there, enough to implicate both Harris and Jeb in massive fraud. If Gore had done his sworn duty to protect and uphold the Constitution, gee, he would have not only won, but he would have banished the Bushes to the political wilderness forever. But what did Gore do instead? Sit on that information. Bad bad move, and one we are all paying for.

Then there is the matter of the almost 600,000 self described liberals and registered Democratic voters that Gore pissed off with his stance on off shore drilling in the Gulf. Rather than listen to his constituents on this one, he instead took the pro-drilling stance favored by his corporate masters over at BP. This move pissed off these nearly 600,000 voters so much that they decided to double screw Gore, for not only did they not vote for him, but they instead voted for Bush! Gee, 600,000 votes that Gore pissed away, betraying all of us, all for that corporate lucre:eyes:

Look friend, I know that it is a popular misconception, and a convient way of not having to look at the problems in the party, but the truth of the matter is that the only person responsible for Gore's loss in Florida is Gore himself. He had multiple chances to win the state, and sadly, he blew it. Nader, as popular as it is to believe otherwise, played no part in Gore's defeat, Gore did that all on his own.