Im so glad the calls for unity have prevailed

[JCanete]

90. for obvious reasons? Because for the most part the intention was to undermine Clinton's chances in

the GE, or at least to bloody her going into her term? But it wouldn't matter whether the candidate was a solid, serious candidate, or not...Putin would have done this. I think its worth being careful about assuming the worst in the candidate simply because helping that candidate happened to fit Putin's agenda. Personally I found some of Stein's positions troubling. As to her own possible
ties to Putin or Russia, I'm not sure of the extent of them because I wasn't really that interested in her, but my post said nothing about whether or not I agreed with people voting for Stein. She was not necessarily the principled alternative to main-stream politics. But my point about using third parties to quantify a certain value-set that our politicians will either take note of or ignore depending on their own analysis, still stands.

Obviously when people vote third party, they should be thinking really hard about what that choice might cost to themselves and to others, particularly the most vulnerable.