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Thursday, December 4, 2003 |
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Bitch-slapped by Garry Wills I try not to mention this very often, but in the fall of 2000, I had a Ralph Nader campaign sing in my front yard. When election day came, since Ohio was slightly more competitive than I expected, I pulled the lever for Gore. I've always liked Gary Wills, so when he said this on CBS News' Face The Nation on Sunday, it stung a bit:
The Republicans are very good at showing, or claiming, that any so-called leftward move by the Democratic Party is extremist, out of the mainstream, McGovernite, etc. And so you had some--something like the Gore campaign, which was so wishy-washy, and what that does is give room for the irresponsible left to be stupid, as they were with Ralph Nader. After all, not only did Gore get most of the votes, Nader would have made him the clear winner if he had not run. This is a Nader war, a Nader Justice Department, a Nader Patriot Act. All of those things we can blame on Ralph Nader. Of course, he is right, but it still hurts.
Patrick was kind enough to pour salt on the wound by pointing out a particularly stupid Nader remark. |
