Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein arrested

[davidthegnome]

63. Really?

I'd like to see any actual evidence to back your assumption that Stein is being supported by the GOP - or that she would welcome or take advantage of such support. Nader may very well have taken GOP money - but we are not talking about Nader right now.

Your insults directed at Greens are really not necessary. You want to dislike them? Fine, fair enough - but they aren't conservative republicans. They aren't the enemy and your contempt and condescension helps our cause no more than Nader ever did.

"Hey Jill, the 60's called, and they want their tie dyed Grateful Dead tee shirt, and talking points back."

Now what does this remind me of? Oh yes, conservatives mocking liberals, calling us hippy idiots and whatnot.

Now maybe you don't care about that. Maybe you don't want the greens to support the democrats (and a lot of them do with various policies) and maybe you have your own reasons for despising them. Well, you can think and say whatever you please - but don't be surprised if this sort of attitude fails to influence anyone positively or attract support to your ideas. Most likely, what you will earn with your raging contempt is raging contempt in return.

Personally, I like greens a great deal. I love their support for the environment (generally speaking) and I think that the democratic party is big enough to include them and that we should make more of an effort to make common cause.

I admire Stein's courage and applaud her for talking about something that matters - something that matters a whole hell of a lot more than most of what our politicians talk about. I may be voting for Obama, but that doesn't give me any reason to dislike or have contempt for Stein. I may not support her Presidential campaign, but I whole-heartedly support her efforts in regards to the environment.