inignoct wrote:
] Upset that the maverick run of Republican Presidential
] candidate (and incumbent President) George W. Bush could lead
] to a victory by John Kerry, Ralph Nader called upon Bush to
] cease splitting the anti-Kerry vote and drop out of the
] race.
]
] I like Nader.
]
] [ Me too. Just not enough to vote for him again. Not more
] than I dislike Bush. I'm not naive enough anymore to believe
] that principle is the only thing i should use to guide my
] choices. Voting for the best (most like me in principle), and
] ending up with the worst (Bush) is *not* better than voting
] for second best and getting it. No one will ever successfully
] use the "The lesser of two evil's is still evil," argument on
] me again -- it may be true, but it's a poor way to choose a
] president. "Less evil" wins over "Not evil but not really a
] competitor" from now on.
]
] Now that I've ranted, i'm going with that story being a joke,
] what with the dateline, and the fact that the links within it
] are to counterstrike servers and CBS Sportsline and so on.
] What's scary is that it actually sounds like something Nader
] would say. -k]

Lesser of two evils wins because most people vote with the idea that they're preventing someone from gaining office. Rather than voting for who they'd want, they vote out who they don't want because the choice is usually grim. That's no way to run even a mockery of democracy. More interests aren't represented because people aren't demanding it. The "for shit" leadership we've had lately is directly a result of people not taking initiative for something better. You can slow down something worse, but you're still sliding down a hill. So, I would suppose, that if you didn't vote for who you WANT elected, it doesn't give you much room for complaint.

RE: Plastic: Nader Calls Upon Bush To Leave Presidential Race