Nader on all ballots except Oklahoma

It's absolutely untrue that Nader swung any states to Bush in 2000, and the exit polls prove that. Why don't you note that 11% of registered Democrats voted for George Bush in Florida in 2000? Better yet, why don't you mention the Democrats illegally keeping Nader off the ballot in 2004 (Bonusgate)?

Foon Rhee: you should not report your opinion that Nader "helped swing a handful of key states to President Bush" as though it were a fact.

Your opinion is only true based on the presumption that Nader's votes actually belonged to Gore. Clearly you think that's true, but all the people who vote for Nader disagree with you, and they are the only people who can decide that question. So not only are you reporting your opinion as fact, you are reporting falsehoods as fact.

How about mentioning the fact that the election was stolen before, during and after the election thanks to Jeb Bush, Katheryn Harris and the partisan decisions from daddy Bush's friends on the Supreme Court?

Though I am a liberal and will be voting for Obama, I've got to agree with Ryan Henige.

The Democrats during that election did everything they could to get Nader out of the way. It's just sleazy politics that you see on both sides all the time.

They should include third-party candidates on the ballot. It's just the right thing to do.

Mr. Rhee,
It is not the first time that you come across as opinionated and limited in your ideas and words.
I think you would do greater justice to journalism if you could just copy & paste articles from Nader Blog instead of trying to put strain on your limited intelligence.
I wonder how many times can people repeat the same falsehoods about Ralph
Nader being a spoiler in the 2000 elections.
Please get the facts right or rather please support your claims by facts.

Nader did not help elect Bush in 2000. Bush was not elected. He got the White House from the Supreme Court. A U.S. Senator, like Joe Lieberman could have contested that decision instead of ignoring it. In 2004 Sen Kerry refused to participate in the recount effort in Ohio and Florida where many serious problems existed. It was the tiny Green and Libertarian Parties that protested and investigated the Ohio claim that Bush won. Kerry had over $47 million left over in his campaign fund but he would not spend a penny to aid the investigation. Will Democrats want to count all the votes this year? That is the most important question if you want an actual election for president.

Also you should know that many election booths in Brooklyn NY did not include Nader's name in 2000 as was legally required.

Ha! Mainstream Media at its best. Nader "helped swing a handful of key states to President Bush"?

Only a Democrat would say that. The rest of us don't believe such nonsense.

It would be more accurate to say that the establishment media successfully kept media coverage of Nader in 2000 to a bare minimum(and showed no support in his effort to be included in the debates). The coverage of his current campaign is even less. Many people are not even aware he is running

Too bad big media is so gutless and determined to keep our improvement preventing 2-party system in place.

Democrats and Republicans stole the election from Nader -- they should be kept off the ballot!

"...and helped swing a handful of key states to President Bush."

Bias much there Foon? lol

I remember when reporting entailed research and facts instead of reading and pulling a cut and paste of partisan press releases. Me thinks "reporters" need to go back to reading more and writing less.

Is Foon Rhee new to the whole "democracy" thing? Either they're all spoilers, or none of them are spoilers.

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The presidential debates should allow the third parties to debate--Democrats and Republicans sound too much alike, agree on too many major issues.

It is our government--we must take it back and take Ralph Nader's solutions and critique's seriously.

Can't have too many folks pointing out the outrageous editorializing taking place here: "helped swing a handful of key states to President Bush". It is bad bad bad bad bad bad journalism.

Can't have too many of us pointing out the outrageous editorializing taking place here: A statement like "...helped swing a handful of key states to President Bush" is just bad bad bad bad bad bad bad journalism. Even if it is true (which it isn't), such a sweeping statement (even in a blog) needs attribution. There is so little left that distances trusted journalism from shoot-from-the-hip blogging. The gap narrowed a little more today.

In 2000 and 2004, Democrats helped swing a handful of states to George Bush. They did this by working hand in hand with Republicans to keep American politics limited to two major parties. They could easily implement procedures like instant runoff voting and proportional representation that would allow more people to vote their conscience and reduce the so-called "spoiler" impacts of third parties. By refusing to make easy changes like this, and by acting like they are entitled to peoples' votes, they seal their own fate.

It is not fair for our state, Oklahoma to ban voters to be able to have the right for a write in candidate. As a U.S. citizen, we should we able to vote for whomever, even it is a write in candidate!!!

I was deeply disappointed to find that I was unable to vote for Ralph Nader in the state of Oklahoma. In protest I declined voting for either candidate and wrote in "Independent" and "Ralph Nader" on the ballot - even though this backward state does not allow write-in candidates. Maybe I threw away my vote. But just once, I would like to vote for a candidate I genuinely like in a national election - not the candidate whose views I disagree with the least.