I have not contributed before to any of the recent political threads, but it's getting late and I am getting scared.

Say what you will about "A vote for Nader is a vote for ---" whatever, but…

If it turns out that Gore loses this election, and especially if he loses by a margin smaller than whatever percentage Nader gets, then I personally will be very angry with everyone who voted for Nader.

I'm saying this as someone who voted for Gene McCarthy in 1968 (my first ballot) and nearly voted for John Anderson in 1980. The result was 8 years of Richard Nixon (and Gerald Ford) in the first case and 8 years of Ronald Reagan in the second.

I don't see any reason to expect that the result will be better this time.