Here's one on which I agree with Blankfort. William Mandel Jeffrey Blankfort wrote: > 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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