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Occupy Democrats is a merger of the goals and interests of Occupy with those of the Democratic Party.

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Do you agree??!!! (infosec.pub)

submitted 6 days ago by Ramos@sh.itjust.works to c/OccupyDemocrats@sh.itjust.works

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Sure. There is no such thing as a perfect candidate, but it's still your responsibility to vote for the best candidate.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The best candidate who can win. If 1% of the people who voted for Nader in Florida had voted Dem instead, George W Bush would not have been President. The world would be in a very different place if people hadn't voted against Al Fucking Gore in favor of a more environmentalist candidate.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago

24,000 Florida Democrats voted for Nader, but 308,000 Florida Democrats voted for Bush! That's almost 13 times more.

Additionally, exit polls showed that 1/3 of Nader voters would've voted for Bush instead, 1/3 would've voted for Gore, and 1/3 would've just stayed home.

This, however, is a myth that refuses to die, because the Democrats will always blame the left for their failures.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

If 1% of the people who voted for Nader in Florida had voted Dem instead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

It would not have mattered. The riots would have simply stated earlier in the recount process and Jeb / Katherine Harris would have tossed out a few extra boxes of ballots sooner.

Dems were straight up robbed. They took it laying down. And that was the real end of the republican form of government, at least in Florida.

[–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I can't argue with that