The problem with the analysis by Friedman and others of the same mind is that they assume that those who voted for Nader would have voted for Gore if the former had not been running. Speaking for myself and others I know who voted for Nader, none of us would have voted for Gore under any circumstances. Half the electorate who stayed away from the ballot box apparently made the same decision. Jeff Blankfort Neil Friedman wrote: > I distrust the use of a complicated anaysis to disprove the obvious. What > the Nader candidacy did was take over 78,000 votes in Florida. If Nader had > not been on the ballot, Gore would be president. Now, one may argue about > whether that would be good or bad for the country. But it would be true. For > Nader and/or Hitchins to dispute this is beyond my comprehension. I am > trying to make a point about thinking and analysis - how they can be used so > cleverly to evade the obvious. > - -- Many Blessings
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