Reply #27: It is not an assumption. I know several people who voted for Nader who would have voted for Gore. [View All]

[masmdu]

And I can tell you that without a doubt MM's support for Nader did indeed have an influence on those people.

Again, I am not attributing any role in the theft of the election to MM.
I am, however, attributing a role in the broadening of the support for Nader to MM by way of his Gore = Bush comment.

In that regard MM bares some responibility for creating the stiuation that allowed for the theft. There is a difference between what you are claiming I am saying and what I am actualy saying.

Futher, I am not suggesting that MM did it with mal intent. But there are consequences to actions whether intended or not. Could MM have known how bad Bush would be? No. However, his Gore = Bush contention was obviously not the case and by supporting Nader and drawing away Gore voters MM helped to create the situation that resulted in the theft of the election.