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My journal of 9/5:

I'm mad as hell about Ralph Fucking Nader. I hold that egomaniacal sack of shit personally responsible for George W. Bush's presidency. The fact that he has the ludicrous audacity to see any benefit in a 2004 candidacy, after all his 2000 run has wrought, is so mind-numbingly stupid that I can't even begin to fathom the logic behind it.

I mean, Christ...even his own fucking party isn't supporting him. What does that tell you?

Regardless, the polling numbers I'm seeing right now are pretty goddamn frightening. That culturally irrelevant and attention-starved douchebag is going to hand deliver the Rape and Plunder of this nation to the putrid black soul of Dubya if he doesn't back out now. In the name of all that is holy, what the fuck is this man thinking? Is he even thinking at all? Sweet merciful crap.

According to exit polling numbers taken by MSNBC on Nov. 7, 2000:

Gore won Florida by all fair, full vote counts. However, Nader's "spoiler" efforts there - culminating in his last-ditch, last minute campaign swings - handed Bush the White House by drawing enough votes to cost Gore a clear victory.

Nader pulled a net estimated 22,422 votes from Gore. That turned a Gore 21,885 vote win into the "official" 537 vote "loss." Gore lost New Hampshire (by 7,211 votes, 1.3%). Nader took triple that margin.

If this vote trending were to occur in the 2004 election, the results will be catastrophic for this country. A lame duck Dubya, with no fear of electoral retribution, will gleefully run rampant through the streets of Washington. The next four years in America will make these past four seem like a gay pride parade in comparison. Don't kid yourselves, friends - you ain't seen nothin' yet.

Please, Ralph, don't run!

If Nader continues this irresponsible effort to get his name on the November ballot, I will personally drive to his home in a '68 Corvair and beat him to within an inch of his life using only a rolled up issue of Consumer Reports magazine, which I will vigorously insert into his rectum before I take my leave of his shattered body.

If any of you are considering a vote for Nader, you had better pray that I don't find your address.

And I will find it. Rest assured, I will find you.

Fuck Nader. Hard.

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Addendum: Voting for a 3rd party candidate in your typical election year is a noble enough gesture, if you are truly voting your gut. This is, however, anything but a typical election year. I firmly believe that we have never before had such a national crisis of conscience on our hands. The current administration is the most callous, criminal and self-aggrandizing group of vermin ever to occupy the White House. They must be stopped at all costs. This is just too important.

While I whole-heartedly agree with the need for additional voices to be heard in the contemporary political arena, this year is neither the time nor the place for such statements to be made. If you are a Democrat or a 3rd-party supporter, voting for anyone other than Kerry this November is simply irresponsible, reckless and ultimately inexcusable.

A vote for anyone other than Kerry is a vote for Bush. Period.

[Edited on Oct 12, 2004 7:50PM]