Do we really need this idiot to wreak havoc again?

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/22/nader-considering-another-white-house-run/#more-5508

While I don't necessarily blame Nader for Gore's loss in 2000 (after all, if Gore had carried either his home state or Clinton's, Florida would not have been an issue), I do blame him for diverting attention from the race and making a general pain in the neck of himself.  I really don't think this is about the democratic process for him; This man is an egomaniac and he needs to just go away.

On the positive side (if he gets into the race), he only got 0.3% of the vote in 2004 (down from 2.7% in 2000), so hopefully the voters are on to him and he will get an even lower percentage in 2008. Interestingly, in 2004 Nader got practically all of his votes from the 30-44 age group, and mostly from non-white men and women (looking at breakdown by gender), all of whom are strongly in Obama's corner.  Anyway, he's going to be on Meet the Press tomorrow morning so we'll see what he has to say.

This is my first diary, so it might be a little ragged style-wise.

For anyone who thought that Hillary's final statement last night was conciliatory and concession-like, this article should disabuse them of that thought:

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4330128&page=1

The article states that the Clinton campaign is putting out a "concern troll" meme about Obama's "relationship" with a member of the Weather Underground, which really consists of going to a gathering in 1995 at William Ayers' house and receiving a $200 contribution from him in 2001.  Taylor Marsh has been going on about this all day on her blog (and I use that term very loosely).  Here's the money quote from her campaign spokesman Phil Singer: "Wonder what the Republicans will do with this issue."  Thankfully, the article does point out that Bill Clinton pardoned a member of that very same terrorist organization (along with about a dozen other "convicted violent radicals".

When Hillary supporters accuse we Obama supporters of being nasty and negative, we need only to point them to articles like this.  At no point has Obama brought up any of her dirty laundry (and I'm not implying that this is - it is MUCH ado about nothing). She is determined to go out in flames and take the party, her reputation, and the hopes of millions of people in this country with her.  Very, very sad.