No, it’s part of reaching the rock bottom of intellectual abdication. You want Americans to give in to the status quo. Did you lecture voters who chose Perot in ‘92 with this same insulting nonsense? I highly doubt it.

Blame is due to all of those people and organizations. You hold some of the responsibility for the Bush Presidency. Pointing fingers at the other people who hold the same responsibility is the pot calling the kettle black. The responsible, adult action to take in our political culture is to decide which candidate from the two major parties better represents your views, and then cast your vote for them. Is it unfortunate that we only have two options with a limited degree of difference between them? Of course it is. I’d love for us to live in a true multi-party system. Recognizing that we don’t, making peace with that, and learning to work within it to make a difference is part of reaching intellectual adulthood.

“when you say things like “thanks for playing” rather than providing thoughtful responses to reasonable criticisms, you make things so much less interesting. If I wanted that type of attitude, I could just turn on Bill O’Reilly.”

Well, if self-appointed arbiters of taste and goodness like yourself would actually READ my responses and acknowledge the facts I present rather than pontificate about offhand remarks I make to borderline trolls, you might rethink your judgmentalism.

Mike, I thought your initial article wasn’t so bad, but the way you respond to commenters is immature and lowers the quality of the debate. I normally enjoy it when writers respond to commenters, but when you say things like “thanks for playing” rather than providing thoughtful responses to reasonable criticisms, you make things so much less interesting. If I wanted that type of attitude, I could just turn on Bill O’Reilly.

I don’t know. Maybe it was the person who said this “Mr. Nader is somebody who, if you don’t listen and adopt all of his policies, thinks you’re not substantive. He seems to have a pretty high opinion of his own work.” Doesn’t sound like Sen. Obama is a big Nader fan.

“Try working for Nader and see how compassionate and inspiring he is!”
Just like Edwards. So, what? Voting for Nader still doesn’t make any sense, tfz.

“250,000 Democrats voted for Bush in Florida in 2000.”
Don’t you see your double standard, Mike? You point to those Dems, but at the same time you say folks like you who voted for Nader did nothing wrong? The awful truth is, every vote that didn’t go to Gore was more or less a vote for the horrible Bush presidency. And it’s not as if it hadn’t been clear who was the better candidate, from a liberal point of view.

And,like my informal survey of all the conservatives around me in Missouri, Nader’s appeal crosses the political spectrum.

Many are just now realizing that the pocketbook issues of populism strongly appeal to working class people of all political persuasions.

Nader was the first in recent history to remind us of that.

It seems to be a lesson that has had to be relearned over and over.

250,000 Democrats voted for Bush in Florida in 2000. Factor that. Your party screwed you, Nader didn’t. But keep on grasping at straws there and living in the past, the rest of us are moving on. And please, re-read what Obama said about Nader’s entry into the race. He gets it. You don’t.

That wasn’t very nice to wish bad things to happen to other people. Karma is a bitch.

Although I disagree with 85% of the content of this blog, I would never dream of wishing ill to anyone, even of the folks who slammed me at every turn. Even though the philosophies of this group are of diametric opposition to my core values, I respect each and every person associated with this site. Their approaches differ with mine, but they’re all patriotic Americans that want the best for this great country(as misguided as I might find them). Different opinions…..as well as they’re well thought out, logical, and rational are something I respect and will heartily debate. I don’t respect wishing anyone bad fortune as it’s just plain bad manners.

Jeff

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