Stealing Votes
Ralph Nader has decided to run in the 2004 presidential election as an Independent. Democrats are worried, as they probably should be, but what they are saying is really making me mad. Democrats are talking about how Nader is going to “steal votes” from the Democratic candidate.
WRONG! The votes that go to Nader are votes that would have gone to a Democratic candidate ONLY because there was no viable alternative! Ralph Nader isn’t going to steal votes, because they weren’t votes that solidly belonged to the Democrat party to begin with. All the Democrats who tried to keep Nader from running are basically admitting that there is a significant number of people who aren’t happy with the Democratic party and are yearning for an alternative candidate.