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10
Departures
October
2004
J.
Does
support
for
President
President?
Ralph
Nader
Bush
A
Vote
for
Nader
"V
wtjffllir
"
1
-Ljta
Mas
is
a
Vote
for
Bush
y
-Sean
Siddals
This
November
Americans
return
to
the
polls
to
elect
their
new
leader.
Republicans
and
Democrats
are
once
again
neck
and
neck
in
the
fight
for
the
White
House.
It
is
very
possible
that
victory
may
once
again
come
down
to
a
super
thin
margin.
In
the
state
of
Florida
four
years
ago,
the
Democrats
"lost"
the
election
by
a
mere
537
votes.
Unfortunately
for
Al
Gore,
wayward
independent
Ralph
Nader
was
busy
scraping
together
over
97,
000
Florida
votes
that
would
prove
to
be
the
deciding
factor
in
the
election.
Ralph
Nader
helped
George
W.
Bush
take
Florida
by
dividing
the
left
in
an
attempt
to
prove
some
sick
point
about
America's
traditional
two-party
system.
After
four
years
of
Dubbya,
has
Ralph
Nader
finally
learned
the
error
of
his
ways?
Surely
this
time
around,
America's
champion
of
the
extreme
left
will
do
whatever
it
takes
to
make
sure
Bush
doesn't
win.
Certainly
he
would
never
accept
Republican
signatures
in
a
dishonest
attempt
to
get
on
the
ballot
in
some
swing
states.
Nor
would
he
accept
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
in
campaign
donations
from
Bush
supporters.
Or
would
he?
Ralph
Nader
is
doing
exactly
these
things
and
worse.
He
is
muddying
the
political
waters
once
again
in
a
race
he
will
never
win.
Ralph
Nader
has
to
go,
and
his
former
followers
in
the
Green
Party
agree.
One
Green
Party
official
and
former
mayor
classifies
Nader's
bid
for
the
presidency
as
"an
ego-centered
exercise
in
futility..
.that
detracts
from
its
message,
its
long-term
goals
and
current
accomplishments".
Ralph
Nader
has
lost
his
own
party's
support
and
is
now
running
with
the
Reform
Party;
the
same
Reform
Party
once
led
by
billionaire
Ross
Perot.
Nader
is
desperately
trying
to
get
on
the
ballot
in
every
state
and
an
army
of
crafty
Republicans
are
more
than
happy
to
offer
up
their
services.
In
Oregon,
former
Republican
majority
leader
Dick
Armey
is
heading
up
a
program
designed
to
help.
Autodialers
call
fellow
Republicans
reminding
them
that
"Nader
could
peel
away
a
lot
of
Kerry
support
in
Oregon...
Liberals
are
trying
to
unite,
but
we
could
divide
this
base
of
support".
'
It
gets
even
worse
in
Michigan
as
Nader
has
formally
accepted
Republican
signatures
to
qualify
to
run,
even
after
initially
refusing
them.
Democratic
Executive
Chairman
Mark
Brewer
said,
'This
clearly
shows
that
a
vote
for
Ralph
Nader
is
a
vote
to
re-elect
George
Bush.
They
know
that,
and
that's
why
they
are
desperate
to
have
Nader
on
the
Michigan
ballot."
In
fact,
according
to
an
audit
done
by
The
San
Francisco
Chronicle,
one
in
ten
of
his
contributions
over
$1,000
are
from
Republican
donors.
I'll
admit
that
in
times
past
I
supported
Nader.
I
secretly
cheered
him
on
as
he
rallied
college
students
everywhere
in
his
fight
for
the
environment.
I
even
felt
sorry
for
the
guy
as
time
after
time
he
was
turned
away
from
the
debates.
Mr.
Nader
has
had
a
lot
of
good
ideas
in
his
day;
however,
running
for
president
in
2004
is
not
one
of
them.
Nader
can't
win.
He
should
drop
out
now,
or
face
being
remembered
as
the
great
political
spoiler
of
our
time.
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