2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Jill Stein claims Obama is "Bush on steroids." IOW, much worse than George W. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)If the Greens want to ever be taken seriously, they need to get rid of that Lexingtonian dilettante. She treats the party like her personal soap box and has for years.
The growth of the Green party--for those who really want to see a viable 3rd party come to the fore--has been horribly stunted by her iron-fisted control over it. She runs it like a fiefdom, and she's the queen. She controls access and agenda and serves as the spokesmodel for the franchise. Everything goes through her, and everyone else had best shut up.
I think a knock-down, drag-out fight for the leadership of that entity would do wonders for its viability. As long as she's in charge, it's a joke, basically. That may sound harsh, but it's also accurate.