Of all the misplaced criticisms of election 2000, the most unjust was that which Democrats directed towards Ralph Nader. They called him selfish, claiming his bid for presidency defeats liberal causes by indirectly helping to elect Bush. If Gore, however, planned to enact substantive change, people would not have needed an alternative. Maybe, for instance, if he attacked television networks by doing more than asking them to air the same trash but with a rating slapped on it, people would not have become discontent with his campaign. But presently those are the two men staking a claim to make 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue their residence for at least the next four years.
Democrats feel the election has been tainted by a poorly constructed ballot.
Republicans accuse Gore of trying to steal the presidency through legal chicanery. Neither claim is unfounded. Despite the partisan division of our country, the resiliency of the American character will guide us through this difficult time. Since only a little over half of the eligible voters cast a vote, we have roughly half the population that does not care in the first place. For the half that does care, rest assured that Alan Greenspan controls everything anyway.