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TWiley

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Sat Nov-11-06 09:39 AM
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62. This was a Pragmatic Election

It was important to win.

The democratic party is flexible enough to be environmentally pro-active. Sometimes I feel we lost previous elections due to our intellectual pride.

A Pragmatist may say that it is not a "protest vote" to support an unelectable candidate, it would simply be foolish waste of time.

There are ways to work within an electable party and system to effect positive change.

Nader was about Nader. His effort was not the least bit beneficial to his cause, or to any ideal.

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