I don't make enough money to vote for Nader [View All]

I can't live with another 4 years of this Bush. Some of us don't have the luxury of New Age self-discovery by voting for Leftist fringe candidates. We have to live with the consequences.

There is a reason why Nader polled poorly among women, non-whites and the working classes. They all knew that they would be the ones to suffer the most in a Bush Administration. They understood the consequences.

Most of the Nader voters I knew in 2000 were either hopelessly idealistic 18-21 year olds who had never really lived in the real world. The others were always well-to-do, upper crust people. Tenured professors, who never have to worry about unemployment; young people with big trust funds waiting for them. Indeed, these folks got nice taxcuts over the last 3 years. It's not like they are living with the consequences of the Bush Administration. It's not like they or their kids are in Iraq right now, nor would they be at risk if the draft comes back next year.

Voting for Nader or the Greens is a luxury I just can't afford. I can't exercise such an act of "voting my conscience" because I and millions of others will have to live with the consequences.