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  Posted By: KYJurisDoctor @ 05/26/2008 2:15:29 PM

  I agree with George Will. This could be a REPEAT of 2000, and Bob Barr will most likely "bar" John McCain from the White House!

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  Posted By: bemmerton @ 04/18/2008 8:37:57 AM

  I wonder if Ralph Nader's bid in 2000 was the most consequential 3rd party race in American history. Seems to me that Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose candidacy, in 1912, did pretty well, as Roosevelt came in 2nd, beating the Republican, William Howard Taft, allowing Woodrow Wilson's victory, an unintended consequence.

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  Posted By: opiper @ 04/18/2008 2:04:28 AM

  Shame on George Will for blaming Ralph Nader???s 2000 presidential candidacy for Al Gore???s loss to George Bush.
  
  Gore lost to Bush because at least 600 registered Democrats in Florida sat home on election day, too apathetic to participate in our democratic process.
  
  Voting only works if you do it, so any registered voter who voted for ANYONE should be proud of themselves for voting, period. And hopefully they voted their conscience, not their fears.