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To: Alighieri who wrote (166369)	3/31/2003 10:47:49 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1585546

Al, I guess Nader is getting blamed for everything along with Clinton. <g> ted __________________________________________________________ The Seattle Times Nation & World: Sunday, March 23, 2003 President, war isn't my fault, Nader says By Kaye Ross Knight Ridder Newspapers SAN JOSE, Calif. — Ralph Nader says his 2000 presidential candidacy — which some say siphoned off votes that could have meant a Democratic victory — is not to blame for either the current president or his war. Instead, he said Friday, the war in Iraq developed from: "A messianic militaristic determination turned by a closed mind, facilitated by a cowering Congress and opposition Democrat Party and undeterred by a 'probing' press." President Bush is acting "in effect as a selected dictator," Nader said. The president has not listened to any of the many retired admirals, generals and foreign-policy experts who have warned against the war, Nader said. And the stated reasons for going to war "have either been disproved or greatly distorted." The greatest danger will come, Nader said, after the war has been won. Bush, "a hit-and-run president," will not stick with the difficult, protracted process of rebuilding Iraq and making it democratic. The warring factions that Saddam Hussein held at bay will dissolve into Shiite Muslims against Sunni Muslims against Baaths, and Kurds fighting invading Turks, he said. "For a cheap political advantage the administration will destroy freedoms and civil rights, undermine our economy and destroy the position of the United States in the world." But it's not his fault. In fact, Nader said, people just as easily could blame David McReynolds, the Socialist Party candidate in 2000, for giving the key state of Florida to Bush. McReynolds polled 622 votes, and Democratic Vice President Al Gore lost by 537 votes. Nader received 97,488 votes in the state. "When people ask me this, I say, 'What would you have me do?' " Nader said. "Everybody has a right to run for office."