2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Susan Sarandon: Trump Might Be Better for America Than Hillary Clinton [View all]Gothmog
(145,264 posts)I was there also and I had been in contact with the Gore people about going to Florida for the statewide recount when the SCOTUS took the election away. The SCOTUS could not have acted this way but for Nader's stupidity and arrogance.
Nader's stupidity and arrogance is the reason why we have Citizens United and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. The facts show that Nader took sufficient votes to give Bush the White House. You can blame other causes but in the real world, Nader's stupidity was sufficient in and of itself to cost Gore the election. While other actions might have prevented the SCOTUS ruling, the actions of Nader were by far the major cause and such actions were sufficient by themselves to give SCOTUS the opportunity to steal this election.
Again, re-writing history is sad. You are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts.