2008 Woodie Awards
EDITORIAL
Nay for Nader
Date created: 3/10/04 Section: OPINION
Another point, that needs to be bluntly delivered, is that if liberals are looking to get someone in charge at the top, they need to stick with a candidate that has a chance of actually winning. While Nader has many great ideas, the majority of America is more in the middle of the political spectrum than he. This being the case, liberals need to play the political game and vote for Kerry. Unfortunately, this election is not about voting one's conscience; it's about winning and pure numbers.
Every vote will count in this election. Democrats learned this painful lesson when Gore lost the state of Florida to President Bush by just over 500 votes. Surely they do not want this to happen again. Also, another more recent example of this can be found in Proposition 55, which passed by a slim margin-50.6 percent of voters voted "yes" while 49.4 percent of voters voted "no." With a difference that small, surely no one can say that his or her one vote will not matter.
While Nader claims he did not cost Gore the election and that Democrats are looking for a scapegoat, he should not deny the fact that his influence was a contributing factor. 500 votes is too narrow a margin to argue with, especially when something so important is at hand.
Every vote will count in this election. Democrats learned this painful lesson when Gore lost the state of Florida to President Bush by just over 500 votes. Surely they do not want this to happen again. Also, another more recent example of this can be found in Proposition 55, which passed by a slim margin-50.6 percent of voters voted "yes" while 49.4 percent of voters voted "no." With a difference that small, surely no one can say that his or her one vote will not matter.
While Nader claims he did not cost Gore the election and that Democrats are looking for a scapegoat, he should not deny the fact that his influence was a contributing factor. 500 votes is too narrow a margin to argue with, especially when something so important is at hand.
