>>Of course in fairness to Nader, 2000 was Gore *really* blowing it. I still find it almost impossible to believe he snatched defeat from the jaws of victory so badly. All the whining about the Supreme Court being paid stooges of the evil Bush clan is rubbish. He should have won that election by 10 points being a sitting VP after an 8 year feel-good run and actually being a pretty qualified guy.
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>I wasn't as deep into the story at the time, but didn't he have two grindstones around his neck, one being "The vice prez of the guy we investigated so much" and the other being Lieberman as his vice?
don't think that was it at all. He conducted himself very well during the Clinton thing. And Lieberman should have been a big plus, rather than a negative. It was a good ticket - just a very mismanaged campaign thanks to clowns like Donna Brazil.
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