I'm sure I'll get flamed by a few for this but that's okay. I can take it.
By JOEL CONNELLY
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER COLUMNIST
Although their candidate fizzled, local backers of Howard Dean have continued to speak blunt truths, lately by putting out the year's bluntest bumper sticker: BUSH--NADER 2004.
Here's hoping the sticker is seen around Town Hall at noontime today.
Inside, Ralph Nader will be seeking to relaunch presidential aspirations that helped elect a Republican president four years ago.
A supporting cast of outfits such as Socialist Alternative will display their wares.
Nader was briefly a toast of the Seattle Left in 2000.
A big KeyArena rally featured Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder. In a speech that refused to end, Seattle City Councilman Peter Steinbrueck celebrated the political courage of Seattle City Councilman Peter Steinbrueck.
Nader burned out, fading to 4 percent of the vote in November. It didn't stop the insufferable credit claimer from saying he boosted the turnout and elected Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell. Never mind that Nader endorsed Cantwell's opponent in the primary.
Nader will never accept a milligram of moral responsibility for putting George W. Bush in the White House. The evidence, however, is irrefutable:
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