Nader Decries a War That He Helped Cause
Re “Nader Plays the Antiwar Card,” April 20: I think it is monumentally amusing that Ralph Nader, who is the reason George W. Bush was elected in 2000, now wants us out of a war that Al Gore never would have gotten us into. (And for those who still don’t get it: Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11 or Al Qaeda. He had no weapons of mass destruction, and this war in Iraq is a gross diversion of effort and money and people from the real war on terrorism.)
Steve Synnott
La Canada
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Nader, “the spoiler,” is being credited with far more responsibility than deserved for Gore’s defeat in 2000. Now, Nader’s antiwar stance is portrayed as a threat to Sen. John Kerry and is again being depicted as handing the election to Bush. Why has no one recognized the real spoiler -- the electorate? A vote for Nader guarantees membership in a 4% constituency and little else. Accountability for larger, unsought consequences clearly rests with Nader voters, not with Nader.
William Goldman
Palos Verdes Estates
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