If Anybody Is a Spoiler, We're All Spoilers
On the Media | Aug 5, 2016
For sixteen years, Democrats have lived in fear of repeating the mistake of the 2000 election, when Ralph Nader supposedly cost Al Gore the election. And for sixteen years, Ralph Nader has had to live with us thinking this, even though he finds the idea patently absurd and a sign of just how corrupted our electoral system really is.
Bob talks to Nader himself (author of "Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State") about why he is absolutely not to blame for Gore's 2000 loss, how words like "spoiler" and "siphon" represent the bias we have against third parties, and what we might be able to do to improve our system.
Song:
"It Had To Be You"
