Ok, now I'm angry

Not only at the fact that the gestapo is getting more aggressive, but also at Kos and the rest of the ABB crowd who seem to be missing some crucial points when they say stuff like this.

Another reason to get these goons out of office. Another reason those "if not Dean, then Nader" idiots make my blood boil.

Two important points I think we need to be reminded of here:

1) John Kerry cannot be trusted to reverse the damage done to our civil liberties by the post 9/11 paranoia and the PATRIOT act. Kerry voted for PATRIOT and has publicly stated that he has no regrets about this vote. Plus, even if he was on the right side of this issue, he still has nowhere near the backbone to take a non-equivocating/conciliatory public stand. In short.. if you want to get rid of PATRIOT, or if you want the US to extricate itself from the Iraq quagmire, or if you want any meaningful reversal of the disastrous events of the past four years, John Kerry is NOT YOUR MAN and does NOT deserve your vote.

2) As a Nader voter from 2000, I am extremely tired of being blamed for Bush's "victory." Bush lost 2000 and only succeeded to the throne through the most heinous fraud of our lifetime. Al Gore and his lawyers, in yet another display of moral and fortitudinal bankruptcy argued weakly, and conceded too soon. The Bush restoration was illegal, his presidency is illegitimate and Al Gore and the Democratic party allowed it to happen. With John Kerry as their nominee, I do not believe they can be trusted to get it right this time. Look, I may still (for lack of a better option) have to vote for Kerry, but I will not hesitate to vote for Nader again if he's there. So when we end up forfeiting what's left of our freedom and our dignity to another four years of Bush, don't blame me or other defectors to a third party option for having the conscience and the soul that the Democratic party has long abandoned. There's a reason this is happening, and the Democrats have only themselves to blame for allowing it.