Thanks, Joe Conason, I get it now! If George Bush wins the election, it's MY fault if I vote for Nader, not the fault of the millions of Americans who vote for Bush. Of course I've heard this before, but now I also know that it's my fault if the Republicans control Congress! And how dare those dastardly Nader supporters try to address the split-the-vote concerns? Now I know they're only politicians after all.

Gee, and I thought that voting for Nader WAS rigorously logical. After all, he is the presidential candidate who best represents my views. But now I know that I am merely making a childish existential statement. If I was a real grown-up, I would vote Gore, to prevent those other little kiddies who can't think for themselves from electing Bush.

Is that how it works in the real world, Joe Conason? You're a real man of the people, aren't you?

-- Marya Janoff

Let me tell you something: I'm voting for Nader because I can, because he makes sense and I agree with him more than with Frick or Frack, and because I am tired of the lesser of two evils. I've got my own long history of voting independently -- remember John Anderson? -- and I watched the worst president in my memory slide into office with massive popular ratings only outmatched by "Survivor." You can't scare me, I'm sticking with the union.

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