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A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian

A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Torn between liberal values and reality

Let me preface all of the following with a few things. I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000. I still have my Nader/LaDuke button and it even traveled with me to Anchorage where he was slightly less heard of. I voted for a candidate who I admired then and had no misgivings about putting an X next to his name on the ballot.

I didn’t consider the consumer-advocate-turned-political-headline a spoiler when Gore was not selected for the Oval Office, and maybe I was naive, but instead of making the move to Canada, I hoped for the best.

“Did I expect George Bush to f*** it up as badly as he did? I don’t think anybody did,” John Kerry said in November to Rolling Stone magazine.

I couldn’t agree more. Perhaps it was the naivet

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