http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct--lieberman-nader0223feb23,0,4624482.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wireSTAMFORD, Conn. -- U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman harshly criticized Ralph Nader Monday for running for president, joining a chorus of Democrats who fear that Nader supporters will help send George W. Bush back to the White House.
"I argued and Al Gore did in 2000 that a vote for Ralph Nader was effectively a vote for George Bush, and if you care about the environment and fairness and the economy as Ralph says he does, than you ought to vote for the Democratic ticket," said Lieberman, who was Al Gore's running mate in 2000.
As the Green Party's nominee in 2000, Nader appeared on the ballot in 43 states and Washington, D.C. In Florida and New Hampshire, Bush won such narrow victories that had Gore-Lieberman received the bulk of Nader's votes in those states, he would have won the general election.
Nader, who is running this time around as an independent candidate, urged voters and the media not to use him as a scapegoat for Gore's loss in 2000, arguing that Gore won but was denied the presidency by the Supreme Court and Florida election officials.
"I think this may be the only candidacy in our memory that is opposed by people who agree with us," he said.
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