Truthout October 29, 2010; also from Tikkun.org, OpEdNews.com & Common Dreams
Like many people who campaigned and voted for Ralph Nader in 2000, the upcoming tenth anniversary of that disastrous election and awareness of the tragic results continues to haunt me. While it was perhaps the most serious political misjudgment I have ever made, it is important to recognize why at the time it seemed to be quite rational. It is also important to recognize what both the Democratic Party, as well as, progressives who are tempted to support left alternatives to the Democrats can learn from it. It should be emphasized… Nader did not cause George W. Bush to be elected president. Bush was not elected president. The election was stolen…