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Maru Kitteh

(28,317 posts)
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:12 PM Aug 2016

AntiVAX panderista, QUACK, & all-around hateful asshole Jill Stein just had a commercial on CNN.

Open Secrets says that she had $235,000 cash on hand as of July 21. https://www.opensecrets.org/pres16/candidate.php?id=N00033776

What right-wing group is funneling money to the Green party now to get them ads on TV? Karl Rove and "American Crossroads" again?

Rove's habit of giving to anyone he thinks can weaken Hillary Clinton is well-documented (note, this is NOT about the primary which is WAY over - this is about ROVE working to weaken our nominee)

American Crossroads and Bernie Sanders helped Nevada caucus-goers see right through Hillary Clinton’s manufactured zeal on immigration reform after spewing virulent Trump-like rhetoric—and that one-two punch shaved Clinton’s 50-point lead a year ago to a slim, single digit win,” Steven Law, Crossroads CEO and president, said in a statement.

Crossroads is one of several groups that has released ads that have been aimed at branding Sanders as the only true progressive in the race—a strategy the Vermont senator’s campaign also embraces.

“If it helps push the needle so that she loses a state, and she comes out a weakened candidate, then fantastic,” said Ian Prior, communications director for Crossroads.


http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/23/bernie-sanders-s-conservative-fanboys.html


[font size = 5] THIS IS WHY YOU DO NOT IGNORE THESE CRANKS AND LOONS![/font]

Stein and her band of puritopian jack-holes are not alone, and The Greens are NOT our allies.

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AntiVAX panderista, QUACK, & all-around hateful asshole Jill Stein just had a commercial on CNN. (Original Post) Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 OP
This is why I don't ignore republicans. NCTraveler Aug 2016 #1
Yes, his hands were clean, which is why I noted it is NOT about the primary. it's about Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler Aug 2016 #10
I wouldn't hold it past them. I remember when the right-wing funded a Green Candidate.. LynneSin Aug 2016 #2
Jill Stein (G-Moron) IS A FUCKING FASCIST!!!!! MohRokTah Aug 2016 #3
Absolutely! Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #5
While I really despise Jill Stein, she is not an anti-vaxxer still_one Aug 2016 #6
But she is an Anti-Vax panderista. Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #7
Is there a difference? scscholar Aug 2016 #8
Not so much. Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #13
No doubt about it. still_one Aug 2016 #9
HUGE qualifier at the end of that article: BobbyDrake Aug 2016 #18
Good points. That is the game Robert Kennedy Jr. kind of takes now, but you're assessment is right still_one Aug 2016 #19
Rove will use any means to shave points from Hillary. brer cat Aug 2016 #11
K & R wysi Aug 2016 #12
Go see if she can get elected lead dog catcher. Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #14
Are there any ads out there against Jill? or that remind voters about what happened in 2000? glennward Aug 2016 #15
I don't know what the best approach should be or who should do it Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #17
Jill the Pill = GOP Stooge EricMaundry Aug 2016 #16
Yipes shenmue Aug 2016 #20
Thanks for this, Maru~ Cha Aug 2016 #21
Antivax is unfair Vanilla Warcraft Aug 2016 #22
Jill Stein’s anti-vax game: ..Green Party candidate is pandering to the anti-vaccination crowd Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #23
Why do you support the Green party? Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #24
 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
1. This is why I don't ignore republicans.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:14 PM
Aug 2016

Sanders hands were clean in this aspect. We cannot hold people accountable for Roves dirty tricks.

Maru Kitteh

(28,317 posts)
4. Yes, his hands were clean, which is why I noted it is NOT about the primary. it's about
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:19 PM
Aug 2016

the simple fact that we cannot afford to ignore any opposition.

Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #4)

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
2. I wouldn't hold it past them. I remember when the right-wing funded a Green Candidate..
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:18 PM
Aug 2016

to run in the US Senate race of Rick Santorum vs. Bob Casey Jr.

Casey is not pro-choice, but he is also not abhorringly anti-choice either. Outside of the choice issue, Casey can run pretty progressive. And oh, Bob Casey Jr is very very popular in Pennsylvania whereas by 2006, Rick Santorum's name was pretty much shit in the Keystone state.

So to help shave off some points the right-wing funded a Green Party candidate. They found that a bulk of the signatures were faked but that's what you get when you pay people to collect signatures. Most of the money was traced back to right-wing groups.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Pennsylvania,_2006#Candidates
Carl Romanelli (G)- rail industry consultant, and was removed from the ballot by a Commonwealth Court judge on September 25, 2006 following a challenge from Democrats for failing to collect enough valid signatures required of third-party candidates. He lost the appeal to the state Supreme Court challenging the required number of signatures, on October 3, 2006[10] Carl Romanelli was ordered to pay more than $80,000 in legal fees stemming from his failed effort to make the ballot.


Casey trounced Santorum by almost 20 points

Maru Kitteh

(28,317 posts)
5. Absolutely!
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 04:21 PM
Aug 2016

Her whole fucking commercial was "Trump is bad . . . BUT HILLARY IS FUCKING EVIL COME TO LIFE - SHE WANTS TO KILL CHILDREN AND DESTROY THE EARTH!

Stein is a fucking asshole, and she must not be ignored.

Maru Kitteh

(28,317 posts)
13. Not so much.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 08:40 PM
Aug 2016

Loonies don't deserve a pass, or kidd glove treatment, or their moonbat back-sides kissed.

Woo kills.

 

BobbyDrake

(2,542 posts)
18. HUGE qualifier at the end of that article:
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 12:22 AM
Aug 2016
many others who proclaim to "support vaccinations" in concept effectively undercut their positions by raising objections to the "vaccination process" or the "vaccination industry."


Even Snopes had to admit that she was talking out of both sides of her mouth on this issue.

still_one

(92,061 posts)
19. Good points. That is the game Robert Kennedy Jr. kind of takes now, but you're assessment is right
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 12:25 AM
Aug 2016

on

brer cat

(24,524 posts)
11. Rove will use any means to shave points from Hillary.
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 07:18 PM
Aug 2016

Stein will be happy to take any $$ he throws her way even if it means electing Trump.

Maru Kitteh

(28,317 posts)
17. I don't know what the best approach should be or who should do it
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 11:47 PM
Aug 2016

But I"m a pretty big proponent of the "nip it in the bud" strategy.

It's like healthcare. Ignoring that little new little lump is seldom a good idea.

Maru Kitteh

(28,317 posts)
23. Jill Stein’s anti-vax game: ..Green Party candidate is pandering to the anti-vaccination crowd
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 07:44 PM
Aug 2016
Jill Stein’s anti-vax game: How and why the Green Party candidate is pandering to the anti-vaccination crowd

http://www.salon.com/2016/08/03/jill_steins_anti_vax_game_how_and_why_the_green_party_candidate_is_pandering_to_the_anti_vaccination_crowd/
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