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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I don't like Jill Stein or support the Green "spoiler strategy" but let's be honest about it. [View all]
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512350987
We do not need to be more open and receptive to jack. We already posess their better qualities ourselves without all the baggage. If they want to enter into competition with us they better bring their A game. They need to join us and vote democratic.
We do not need to be more open and receptive to jack. We already posess their better qualities ourselves without all the baggage. If they want to enter into competition with us they better bring their A game. They need to join us and vote democratic.
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I don't like Jill Stein or support the Green "spoiler strategy" but let's be honest about it. [View all]
Armstead
Aug 2016
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^^^ THIS RIGHT HERE ^^^. I am so sick of Green shit being pushed on this site. Greens,
Tarheel_Dem
Aug 2016
#126
Because of Nader and the Green party, we got W, Citizens United and the gutting of the VRA
Gothmog
Aug 2016
#3
george bush won Florida by 537 votes. Nader got more than 97,000 votes, the majority of which....
George II
Aug 2016
#183
More than 97,000 registered Democrats in Florida voted for Bush* and not Gore
TransitJohn
Aug 2016
#221
That doesn't make sense - we're talking about voters in Florida that voted for NADER!
George II
Aug 2016
#229
Greens should not be demonized, but Stein, absolutely. She equates Hillary and Trump as the same
still_one
Aug 2016
#9
Can you explain to me exactly what the Greens stand for...not the paper platform but what they
glennward
Aug 2016
#75
I am not a green party member, I am a Democrat. I know nothing of what you are referring
still_one
Aug 2016
#86
Yes, let's be honest. Jill Stein and her supporters are either right-wingers or total idiots.
DanTex
Aug 2016
#12
"The enemy"-That is a very Palinesque thing to say. What is next "real Americans" versus fakes? n/t
xocet
Aug 2016
#73
Opponent is a good term to use. And I agree with the body of your message.
uppityperson
Aug 2016
#136
The rote responses are annoying. I wish folks would read what was posted. nt
riderinthestorm
Aug 2016
#89
Oh, just fucking NO. She's running against Hillary. She's helping Trump. Just fucking no.
Squinch
Aug 2016
#18
Do you guess that? What makes you guess that? Because nothing in my post would lead
Squinch
Aug 2016
#193
Pulling random stuff out of one's ass and pointing it at others is not a good practice.
Squinch
Aug 2016
#195
Greens and Dems have lots in common. Green Party members have been welcome @ DU
emulatorloo
Aug 2016
#19
They have been welcome in the context of supporting Democrats and the nominee not to
Demsrule86
Aug 2016
#137
Exactly- but building from the ground up is not something they can be bothered doing....
bettyellen
Aug 2016
#40
Why not bring up Hitler too? We had many many candidates- they I have been winnowed down to two....
bettyellen
Aug 2016
#107
Maybe you have forgotten that many of us could not vote in the USA and so appreciate the right to...
bettyellen
Aug 2016
#117
135 whole people. Why that's somehow like the 3 out of 30,000 Clinton emails that had . . .
brush
Aug 2016
#162
You've got those numbers wrong. Johnson is, and has been polling twice what Stein is.
brush
Aug 2016
#168
I blame all the Dems who cannot be bothered- they have handed the house and senate to the GOP
bettyellen
Aug 2016
#88
It's an "I support Hillary, but I still think we can do better in the long run" attitude
Armstead
Aug 2016
#80
You're correct! In my opinion, it's all very intentional... and predictable, too.
NurseJackie
Aug 2016
#145
You confuse being anti-Green Party/Stein with being anti-progressive..imo.
PragmaticLiberal
Aug 2016
#106
I tell you what when I hear "green party" people say..."we need to teach america a lesson"...that
beachbum bob
Aug 2016
#38
It's this punitive behavior that attracted those who just want to burn it down....
bettyellen
Aug 2016
#42
I know it hard to realize some friends have dumb ideas- punitive "burn it down" ideas that hurt the
bettyellen
Aug 2016
#44
No, they are not Democrats. They are the competition and should be treated as such. n/t
Lil Missy
Aug 2016
#55
Jill Stein is trying to help Trump beat Hillary. And she's gone to Russia to expound on her ideas
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#63
It's not politically wise to accept such invitations from groups that might be controversial if....
Armstead
Aug 2016
#101
You are assuming that making such reforms possible is actually going to change voting behavior.
BzaDem
Aug 2016
#81
When the Greens start (a) criticizing the Republicans at least as much as they criticize Democrats
geek tragedy
Aug 2016
#92
Good try Armstead but I don't think the Greens can be discussed rationally here.
riderinthestorm
Aug 2016
#110
Yes for many it's clearly an attack on progressives under cover of attacking Greens. nt
riderinthestorm
Aug 2016
#115
Maybe you should find a different website to pass your time. This one is for Democrats. n/t
Lil Missy
Aug 2016
#114
demonize??? give me a break...I don't need extremist wishing to teach america a lesson....demonize?
beachbum bob
Aug 2016
#149
If it's that close this year...Democrats have bigger things to worry about than the Greens
Armstead
Aug 2016
#205
Fuck the Greens, vote Democratic and keep that lunatic out of the White House, their enablers!!!
FreeStateDemocrat
Aug 2016
#152
And one of my my best friend in the world is a right-wing Republican Christian fundamentalist.
Armstead
Aug 2016
#209
I see the issue the same way you do. I'd rather have them in the tent pissing out than outside the
Attorney in Texas
Aug 2016
#172
How does rejection of people who vow never to vote Democratic "narrow" the spectrum?
Cary
Aug 2016
#178
Unlike Republicans, the Democratic establishment is about as close to our base as it can be
Cary
Aug 2016
#215
Jill Stein is trying to pull a Nader by running virulently anti-Clinton ads in SWING STATES.
SunSeeker
Aug 2016
#216