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by BigBear » January 5th, 2017, 12:59 pm
I completely forgot that Nader even ran in 2000. The only place where a third party candidate would have had an impact was in Florida. The other states had a more decisive margin which did not require multiple reviews of ballots to determine if a chad was hanging, dented, or not touched at all.
The difference between 2000 and 2016 is that 2000 was a difference in philosophies of two parties which had been in existence for roughly 150 years. The so-called winner this year lost by 3M votes and has very little understanding of the law, justice and representation (as he admitted in the debates when it came to "knowing how to skirt the law to avoid paying taxes"). I am scared to death how this, well just say "clown" since this is a family site, will interpret labor laws, consumer protection, medical coverage, retirement benefits, and any other law that impacts me Monday-Friday. The environment and public lands are important, but they pale by comparison to the regulations which protect our jobs, retirement, food, housing, etc. The group that will be taking office int he next few weeks can't see or hear anyone making less than eight or nine figures (that $10M and above).
Your voice about the environment is as strong as if you were standing in the wilderness when you said it. It's not that I don't agree with your concern, because I do, but it's a mere whisper that can't be heard over the counting of money back east.