The marijuana use is relevant. If an individual gets caught with weed you do YEARS in prison alongside violent criminals where you'll most probably get raped. Prisons degenerate nonviolent criminals into violent ones with no prospects of employment or education after doing their time. Until the entire criminal prison system is reformed its best to keep most nonviolent offenders out.
Back to the topic, I do agree that this might not be the election to throw in a 3rd party vote, but Nadar did not cost Gore the last election. First, Gore got more votes than Bush. He lost in the electoral college. Second, Gore is lame. In fact the whole Democratic Party is lame. If Gore wanted Nader's votes then he shoulda ran on Nader's platform. Specifically in the state of Florida, where Bush won by 500 votes, the GOP spent 3x as much as the opposition. Thats unexcusable considering elections are bought nowadays. Gore cost Gore the election.
BTW, since Kucinich won't win the Democratic nominee, I'll vote either the Green Party or Nader.
