[Common Tator]

Right: Lets go back to 2000... A Pat Buchanan (or similar 3rd party) candidacy is the ONLY WAY Gore can win in '00.

Tancredo will never get more than 3/8 of one percent of the total votes.

The main stream media will destroy Tancredo. They will treat him like a bad racist joke. After the media is through with Tancredo he could not get a majority of votes from the KLU KLUX KLAN... let alone normal human beings.

[nitzy]

Right: Lets go back to 2000... A Pat Buchanan (or similar 3rd party) candidacy is the ONLY WAY Gore can win in '00.

That is not a very good example.

Gore didn't win. By saying that "Buchanan is the only way Gore could win" is like saying "he drastically improves his otherwise poor chances." Pat may have drastically improved Gore's chances but it still wasn't enough.

What I am saying about Hillary is that if she runs against 1 conservative Republican she has no chance of victory. If she runs against 1 moderate Repub and 1 conservative 3rd party she has a moderate chance.

I loath Mrs. Clinton. I don't want to see her have any chance.

[nitzy]

I have been thinking about this and I think you are looking at it backward. In 2000 after 8 years of Klinton there was general Dem apathy and the GOP was energized. We would have voted for anyone with an R after his name. Pat's lack thereof resulted in a lack of votes. On the other hand, disillusioned libs gave 4% to Darth Nader. I believe we are about to see the exact reverse of 2000. The past election has shown the disillusionment of GOP voters and a 4% share for a far-right candidate is not unlikely. We would be well served to learn the lessons of 2000 and nominate a candidate who would marginalize any attack from the right.

ps. Regardless of the tactical maneuvering, we should vote for a conservative because of my tagline.