Re: Statement on Spam and VoteNader.org

On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 02:19:12 GMT, "Bob C in Idaho" <bobc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:

>"Twelve percent of Florida Democrats (over 200,000) voted for Republican
>George Bush"
>-San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 9, 2000
>
>The Greens received 97,488 votes and the votes cast for all other
candidates
>and write-ins amounted to 40,579 --grand total of 138,067.  So one could
>logically conclude from these figures that NO votes cast for Ralph Nader
had
>any affect on the outcome.  However, had registered Democrats trusted
their
>parties choice, George Bush would likely be reading comic books at his
Texas
>ranch rather than in the White House.
>
>If figures don't impress you, please, explain how you can conclude that
>votes not cast for Nader (or any of the other non-major candidates)
>automatically convert in to votes for Gore?
>
>Bob C.
>Idahoan for Nader
>
>"rw" <rw56_to_the_chase@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>news:a9Idc.3836$A_4.3064@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Bob in Idaho wrote:
>> > Precisely!  Votes cast for Ralph Nader have absolutely no affect on
the
>> > outcome of the race between the two main candidates, no matter where
>those
>> > votes were are cast.
>>
>> How about, for example, Florida in 2000?
>>
>> -- 
>> Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Absolutely illogical. If only 1000 Naderites had voted for Gore
instead of Ralf, then we wouldn't have the assholes we currently have
in control of the Whitehouse. Perhaps other assholes but certainly not
the ones there now. In the system we have now, with no run off
elections  between the two top vote getters third parties will always
have the effect of tilting the election one way or another. 


g.c.