Nina Turner weighing offer to join Green Party ticket as vice presidential candidate

[fun n serious]

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Nina Turner, the Democratic former state senator from Cleveland who has emerged as a rallying figure for Bernie Sanders' disappointed supporters, said she is considering an offer to run for vice president on the Green Party's national ticket.

Massachusetts physician Jill Stein, the party's presumptive presidential nominee, reached out with the pitch, Turner told cleveland.com Sunday evening in a telephone interview.

The Green Party opens its convention Thursday in Houston. Turner would stand for nomination there if she agrees to be Stein's running mate. Her decision is expected in the coming days.

http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2016/07/nina_turner_weighing_offer_to.html

[BobbyDrake]

1. Biggest laugh I've had today. Thank you for this.

[stopbush]

9. Me too!

[BobbyDrake]

17. I bet the next step is some kind of self-righteous GoFundMe campaign.

I just hope she remembers to get a family member on the media team to collect her share of the campaign's commissions on advertising expenses.

[SusanCalvin]

22. Unfortunately, in our current system, it is not funny. nt

[George Eliot]

56. You lsugh because greens get no medis. Why laugh over...

something so undemocrstic? You prefer media selecting your candidates for you? I prefer to make my own informed decisions

[BobbyDrake]

64. I laugh because Nina Turner is an incompetent clown, and she reminds us with every appearance.

She's putting her name forth for Green Party VP? After using our convention for publicity stunt? Then she's no Democrat, and she can go to hell.

[George Eliot]

78. You vote labels. That's fine. I prefer people.

Is everynody you disagree with a clown? She worked hard for party. Just not your candidate I guess.

[BobbyDrake]

83. No, I was specific about my criticism of Nina Turner being based on her, not some label.

Where did you even get "you vote labels" out of my prior comment?

"she worked hard for party" NOT OUR PARTY, though. This thread is about her joining another non-Democratic Party ticket as a candidate.

And it doesn't count as "hard work" if you quit the millisecond that you don't get your way, which is what Nina Turner has done.

She's not a clown because I disagree with her. She's a clown because her actions are unserious and ridiculous. Give her some bendable balloons and she can work children's birthday parties.

[George Eliot]

98. Her values, Bernie's values not clownish. Clinton adopted several. Otherwise I'd be voting Green.

[BobbyDrake]

99. This discussion is clownish, because you're arguing against stuff I didn't say.

Goodbye and ignore.

[George Eliot]

100. LOL.

[Hortensis]

84. She may be doing that. She'd do better to take a clue from Sanders.

Sanders won't even take or return their phone calls. And, btw, it seems he did not oppose the DNC's cancellation of Turner's speaking slot.

This step would likely cost Turner big if she every wanted to run as a Democrat again someday. Wouldn't quite call burning that bridge going to hell, but still.

Perhaps she's hoping former Sanders supporters migrating to the Green Party would become hers. The lineup on the GOP debate stages proves you don't have to win office to make a living out of running.

[BobbyDrake]

85. Oppose? By Turner's account, he was the one to tell her she wouldn't be speaking.

I have no complaints about Bernie Sanders' actions in regards to this topic. He's been completely above-board lately.

If Nina Turner wants to leave our party, that's her call. After hearing her hateful and uninformed cable news appearances during the primary, I'm almost sympathetic to the Greens. She's their problem now.

[Hortensis]

90. There's plenty of room in the party for people like

Turner -- and plenty of people in the party like her -- but if they want to rise to leadership they're going to have to face the reality that the party's many special interests average out to middlin' liberal and still include conservative blocs that also have to be considered.

I haven't paid enough attention to her to know just what she's really so unhappy about, but I'm a little bemused about why she would consider moving to the Greens when she is so committed to minority issues. In this era the Democratic Party is becoming the minority power party. So she was criticized by white and black Dems for supporting Sanders. Self-exile to Green-wackyland for that?

[hrmjustin]

2. If she does this her career in the Democratic Party is over and rightfully so.

It is a shame because I really liked and respected her.

[fun n serious]

5. I think she has already burned her bridge..

She is angry and wants attention

[SusanCalvin]

23. She needs to keep her eye on the objective.

As it is achievable in our current system.

[rjsquirrel]

8. That "career" is already in ruins

[emulatorloo]

44. "career killer" is what first popped into my mind when saw OP title.

[oberliner]

3. Cornel West next in line?

If Nina says no?

[Maru Kitteh]

54. Sombody said Barney Frank finally got West to say he would vote for HRC

But West twists with the faintest breeze so . . . .

[politicaljunkie41910]

95. I didn't hear West say that. West was on Bill Mahr's show last Friday and made an ass of himself.

I'm a black woman, and I'm to the point that I can't stand Cornel West any more. Mahr finally seemed like he was sick of him because he's got a big mouth and he always tries to dominate the conversation when he's on that show. He doesn't give anyone else a chance to speak. He's been berating Obama every since he was elected and I'm sick of it.

[bravenak]

101. I'm sick of him too. Been sick foever

[SharonClark]

4. Those two will drive each other nuts!

[MohRokTah]

6. That explains her erratic behavior last week. eom

[Cha]

37. lol

[Maru Kitteh]

91. Just last week? Turner's been in full-on moonbat lunatic mode for a while now. No tether to reality

at all. Getting all bent over being tossed after she made it clear she wanted to walk around the Dem convention saying she doesn't support the nominee? Fidiot.

[Cha]

38. +1!

[AgadorSparticus]

49. Yep!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Well, it was me or Nina, I guess.

[DURHAM D]

11. What does it pay? nt

[MADem]

16. What she can fundraise.....!

Send in those checks, believers ....

Since Bernie wouldn't bite, she's looking for someone who she thinks has a printout of the Sanders donor list.

[FarPoint]

12. Job applications....

She's lacks positive references....

[SusanCalvin]

13. NO. Nonononono.

I logged back on just to say that.

Nina, can we PLEASE try to live in the reality-based world???!!!

[bravenak]

43. She really loves the attention

[unitedwethrive]

61. Oh so true!

[KMOD]

14. When Nina Turner praised Kasich,

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and defended his defunding of Planned Parenthood, she lost me for good.

She's a republican, she just hasn't realized it yet.

Edit and update with videos.

Here she is on April 3rd, 3 minutes in, talking favorably towards John Kasich.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/john-kasich-touts-bipartisan-work-in-ohio-658042947770

while she was trashing Hillary everywhere else.

[SusanCalvin]

15. She did? (Haven't been paying attention to her.) OMG. nt

[sarae]

18. I didn't know she did that...

WTF

[Snotcicles]

30. NO SHE DIDN'T! She is a board member of planned parenthood for crying out load. nt

[sarae]

36. Ok, thanks, it didn't sound like something she'd do...

[LenaBaby61]

60. I think you're right....

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Nina's been on my last nerve this election cycle , but I thought she was firmly against John Kasich and his anti-choice record?





I remember her wearing that pink "Get out of my panties" tee on many occasions earlier this year which was protesting Kasich's anti-choice record.

Did she change her mind or what?

[DemonGoddess]

35. ^^^This!!!

[Cha]

39. What political point was she trying to score with that garbage?

[KMOD]

45. She was looking to score Kasich voters towards Sanders.

I'm still looking for the video clip.

She trashed Hillary up and down over nonsense like the emails and then went on to sing the praises of Kasich.

When she was asked about his defunding of Planned Parenthood, she blew it off and said that she respects his decision even if she doesn't agree with it. She went on and on about how much she respected him, and that sometimes "friends" don't see eye to eye. It was revolting.

[Cha]

47. Since nina came on my radar screen she has done nothing but be her own worst

enemy. So desperate to get attention while pandering to the low common denominator.

Thank you for that, K. Nothing's she's done has worked.

[George Eliot]

57. What were you expecting? How do you know nothing worked ?

Just more put downs and because you disagree with her.politics. She's at least as good as DWS don't you think?

[Cha]

62. I expected Nothing from nina turner.. absolutely NOTHING. She's her own

worst enemy. None of her crap has worked.

sanders himself didn't want her nominating him @ the dnc. And, now she's "weighing running with jill freaking stein".. whose propaganda is not allowed on this board.

[George Eliot]

80. Can you link Sanders not wanting her? Didn't know that

I respect all people who worked for party candidates. Sorry you're so emotional.

[Cha]

86. Don't presume to know anything about me.

[George Eliot]

97. So...you...don't have a source?

[fun n serious]

55. She defended him on police reform

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/23/a_great_partnership_former_democratic_lawmaker

[obamanut2012]

71. I am not fan of Turner in the least, but that isn't true

[Snotcicles]

73. Never let the truth get in the way of a good smear. ( Link )

She talks about Planned Parenthood start at 11:09 [link:http://www.democracynow.org/2016/2/23/gop_get_out_of_my_panties|

[KMOD]

79. It was on April 7th,

I know because I made a post about it on another board. I'm still trying to find the video.

[brooklynite]

19. My ODP contacts told me she had a real political future in Ohio...

...and likely could have gotten a Convention speaking slot, getting her national attention.

[SusanCalvin]

21. And she blew that? Wow. nt

[SusanCalvin]

20. Jill Stein needs to drop out as well.

No, Nader did not hand W the election.

But we are, for better or worse, a *two* party system. (Yeah, I'd like that changed - well, we were the prototype, and prototypes have their issues..)

Anybody who does anything to shift this election to Trump, or even has the appearance of doing so, has my deepest scorn.

[The Second Stone]

48. I disagree with your opinion. Nader handed Bush the election

If he had not run, Gore would have beaten Bush. My opinion. And I don't respect people who think otherwise after reviewing the facts. Thinking Nader wasn't a spoiler is the equivalent of believing Trump sacrificed a lot.

[SusanCalvin]

65. Gore won.

Nader didn't help, but he wasn't the nail in the coffin.

You "don't respect *people* who...."? Meaning me, I am forced to assume...? Ooooookaaaaay..... (Just idly wondering if I have some history with you I am not aware of, or if you just generally operate like that.)

[The Second Stone]

74. Gore did not win. He was not President.

He put together a coalition that had the potential to win. Nader acted as a spoiler and took enough votes for himself that Bush's voter role purge was effective.

I have no respect for Nader or people who minimize his deliberate acts to teach Democrats a lesson for not being, in Nader's case, Stalinist enough. I don't know if that is you. If you think Nader had no effect and wrote what you did to excuse him in any way, then it's you. But I don't know your motives. Nader was experienced, educated and smart enough to know exactly what he was doing: acting as a spoiler to keep the Democrats from getting a majority by drawing off votes in close states. He was a spoiler and intended to be a spoiler. And it got us eight years of George W. Bush.

Nader said he was running because there was no difference between Democrats and Republicans. Bullshit. He wasn't that stupid and naive.

He is a nasty, selfish man. Jill Stein is at least far too stupid to know that she working every day to try to siphon away votes to throw some states to Trump. Nader was far too smart to not know he was doing exactly that.

[The_Casual_Observer]

24. Talk about hitching your wagon to the wrong horse..

[Koinos]

41. And to the wrong part of the horse at that.

[geek tragedy]

25. Probably a good idea to nix her DNC speech nt

[dlwickham]

26. does anyone actually give a flying fuck about her or Stein

[COLGATE4]

29. <0 = the number of flying fucks I give.

[grossproffit]

31. +1 Zero fucks, flying or otherwise to give.

[COLGATE4]

32. I do like your math!

[Lil Missy]

27. Please proceed, Nina.

[TheDebbieDee]

28. Goodbye, Nina! And good riddence! Take Dr. Cornel West with you, okay?

[TeamPooka]

42. Now she gets to bring change from the fringes instead of into the mainstream of the party.

Good luck with that.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

46. Predicted it last week

Nina needs a job. Grifting with "Doctor" Jill is a good one.

[fun n serious]

50. I agree with nearly all of you here on this thread.

I saw this coming a long long time ago. Shes's different politically, so is T.G...

[AgadorSparticus]

51. If she thinks she is going to further "the movement" by going green....

Welllllll.......we know better. She is going to make a beeline to obscurity. If she hasn't already done so with her antics.

[fun n serious]

59. There are some on twitter going after Joy Reid over this

https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/759820075457216512

[madaboutharry]

52. Something happened to her.

She use to be a normal person. I remember seeing her on television when she was in office. She is like a different person now.

[fun n serious]

53. Many people who know her say the same.

I always hear them say, " what happend to her?"

[George Eliot]

58. Right...I don't say that. A lot of people I know don't say that.

[Lord Magus]

63. If that's the case, maybe it really is mental illness.

People usually don't have a complete and sudden change of personality without something being medically wrong.

[LexVegas]

66. Who? nt

[auntpurl]

67. Girl, don't go away mad.

Just go away.

[R B Garr]

68. +1, I wonder if she'll now start saying that Bernie rigged the system against her.

[auntpurl]

75. I bet she'll at least say that Bernie sold out his revolution.

as Jill Stein has already said.

[Odin2005]

69. And there goes all the respect I had for her.

[Tatiana]

70. What a selfish consideration.

She has a great story of working hard, eventually finishing associate's bachelor's and master's degrees. She has been a strong advocate for women's reproductive health, victims of sexual assault, and the general labor movement.

It's sad to see her go this way because she will accomplish nothing by joining with the Green party. Her goal seems to raise her name recognition and popularity, but I hope she realizes there really isn't any coming back from this type of decision.

[NurseJackie]

72. Oh dear!

[chillfactor]

76. what a dipshit....

turner turned out to be.

[liberal N proud]

77. How do you go from socialist to that?

[DinahMoeHum]

81. Let her go do it. . .she's not making anything happen anyway.

Yes, Nina, we Bernie Sanders voters in the primaries can quit you.

[Sheepshank]

82. I found her argumentative, negative and abrasive from day one.

Let her join the party of the pissed off. It seems to make sense.

[MFM008]

87. Sigh

Some of the harshest judgments and comments against a woman candidate like HRC come from other women.

[bananakabob]

88. Who?

n/t

[tonyt53]

89. Please stop saying her name or the name of Jill Stein. Neither person has any relevance.

[Maru Kitteh]

92. Ignoring a hernia long enough can earn you a bout of sepsis and a colostomy bag.

Or George W. Bush. To hell with that.

[Snotcicles]

93. Jill Stein picks Ajamu Baraka as her running mate. So you can all come in off the ledge now. LOL nt

[timlot]

94. Hmm Baraka...

[SharonClark]

96. LOL!

[NurseJackie]

102. Ya snooze ya lose.