2016 Postmortem

oberliner

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56. That was the first time she ran for office

Sun Mar 13, 2016, 01:48 PM

Mar 2016

And if you believe that "The Democratic Party is a cesspool of corporate-backed corruption" then why would you not join a different party such as The Green Party?

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Please don't vote for the Green Party candidate Jill Stein... [View all] CajunBlazer Mar 2016 OP

Green Party platforms~ RiverLover Mar 2016 #1

Predictably Spreading Establishment FUD - Meme Number 27 cantbeserious Mar 2016 #2

Hmmm... Facts = Establishment FUD CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #6

nailed it. nt restorefreedom Mar 2016 #35

No, a vote for someone is a vote for that person. revbones Mar 2016 #3

+1 dana_b Mar 2016 #10

and a vote that gets noticed oldandhappy Mar 2016 #93

another +1 sammythecat Mar 2016 #95

So you advocate voting for someone totally unqualified for President? CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #100

No, but I recognize the validity in the choice that others might have made revbones Mar 2016 #118

There has never been a viable third party in our political history... CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #141

Consider the alternatives. Chan790 Mar 2016 #125

So logically you should enable the fasciest to win by voting third party? CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #142

Third-party? Chan790 Mar 2016 #144

Same difference. CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #146

It's supporters like you that are making possible reconciliation outreach go so poorly for Clinton. Chan790 Mar 2016 #147

Well said. Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #154

An Outsider! ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #4

You are incorrect. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #5

Oh, I get it. It's all about a protest vote. CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #38

I didn't enter this thread for you to convince me of what to do. JonLeibowitz Mar 2016 #47

Staying Home and Voting 3rd Party Are Not the Same srobert Mar 2016 #57

If you're voting for Hillary then many feel you are wasting your vote. nt revbones Mar 2016 #126

It is the platform TM99 Mar 2016 #7

That's true only if the person has absolutely no chance of winning. CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #63

No, you did not understand at all TM99 Mar 2016 #101

Yes he was. When you view the world from the extreme left wing..... CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #105

You first sentence makes no sense. TM99 Mar 2016 #112

Agree. It's not a way to "build the green party"- that would take actual work. bettyellen Mar 2016 #8

Agreed. We only hear about the green party every presidential cycle . . . brush Mar 2016 #157

Yep, it is an empty gesture. Magical thinking. bettyellen Mar 2016 #158

I won't vote for Jill Stein if Bernie gets the nomination Bjorn Against Mar 2016 #9

Some will vote selfishly, some wont. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #11

I See the Harm, Why Don't You? srobert Mar 2016 #65

You make no sense at all. Unless you believe a Trump, Rubio or Cruz WH is the same Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #92

Many do believe another Clinton presidency would be just as bad. Fawke Em Mar 2016 #139

One person, one vote. TM99 Mar 2016 #104

Excellent try, but ... NurseJackie Mar 2016 #12

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Oh HELL YEAH she is! m-lekktor Mar 2016 #33

Jill Stein is not a Democrat oberliner Mar 2016 #36

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She has only ever been a member of the Green Party oberliner Mar 2016 #48

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That was the first time she ran for office oberliner Mar 2016 #56

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Good point oberliner Mar 2016 #67

You may want to rethink that pinebox Mar 2016 #55

I'm not saying she doesn't appeal to a lot of people oberliner Mar 2016 #58

Which is ironic pinebox Mar 2016 #61

Well he has been proudly Independent for quite some time oberliner Mar 2016 #70

Good points, but I doubt many Stein voters will be thinking she'd ever actually win. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2016 #14

Surely they are more intellegent than that! CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #69

Voting for a third party candidate isn't "a vote for Trump". It's a vote for a third party Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2016 #15

Mrs. Clinton is a failed presidential candidate nichomachus Mar 2016 #16

Continually voting for the lesser evil because they talk pretty to us while campaigning has RiverLover Mar 2016 #52

Absolute Bullshit. LWolf Mar 2016 #17

How about if you live in a reliable Democratic state? n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #23

How about it? LWolf Mar 2016 #26

I can keep my mouth shut about the presidential race RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #27

True. LWolf Mar 2016 #28

If Trump is the Nominee, I think there will be fewer reliabile Democratic states CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #46

I don't think that New York RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #49

Here, here!!!! UglyGreed Mar 2016 #24

I am a Bernie supporter and agree, a vote for a 3rd party candidate, who is liberal, takes..... Logical Mar 2016 #81

It's simple math LWolf Mar 2016 #130

Wow, I give up. But make believe is fun I guess! nt Logical Mar 2016 #131

Oh, come on. LWolf Mar 2016 #132

So it's everyone's fault but those who decided to vote third party .... CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #140

If you MUST have someone to blame, LWolf Mar 2016 #143

Exactamente!! dana_b Mar 2016 #89

Trump is poised to put 3 clones of Scalia on SCOTUS. oasis Mar 2016 #18

Definitely LyndaG Mar 2016 #153

Remember Ross Perot? artislife Mar 2016 #19

Exit polls showed Perot split the vote 50/50 and that Clinton would have won w/o him. basselope Mar 2016 #21

Clinton? And your information is false. CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #68

They're talking about Perot's impact in 1992. Garrett78 Mar 2016 #80

Talking about Ross Perot in 1992 basselope Mar 2016 #82

I can't take you seriously TM99 Mar 2016 #117

I have little doubt Clinton would have won anyway, but... Garrett78 Mar 2016 #85

I strongly believe the almost everyone votes in their selfish self interest... CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #59

If its Clinton vs Trump, what other choice do I have? basselope Mar 2016 #20

NO! RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #22

Federal election funding? LOL Like that is going to happen. CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #73

Well AFIAC RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #129

You have a right vote however you please CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #135

No they will not. RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #136

Jill Stein is not the Green Party candidate yet Mufaddal Mar 2016 #25

Oh no, not this old tattered canard again. 2banon Mar 2016 #29

Ah more advice from the Reagan Excuse Making Committee. This is the Primary, not the General. Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #30

You were only supposed to spring forward by one hour. winter is coming Mar 2016 #31

credit given for crawling out from behind the barricade. Now, attacking Jill Stein, Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #32

Who cares what she's fighing if you can't win .... CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #76

It's a protest vote. Garrett78 Mar 2016 #34

Seems like there are more Green Party people here than Democrats recently oberliner Mar 2016 #37

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I'd say there's always been a significant Green Party presence here at DU Kaleva Mar 2016 #44

I don't remember as large a contingent last presidential election cycle oberliner Mar 2016 #51

I'm going by DU polls and political map questionnaires Kaleva Mar 2016 #71

No, what you are noticing TM99 Mar 2016 #121

Except this particular website is supposed to be for Democrats oberliner Mar 2016 #122

No this particularly site TM99 Mar 2016 #123

Well said. H2O Man Mar 2016 #148

Nope, what you noticed is a lot of democrats nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #138

I'm sorry - today's loyalty oath has already been posted. noamnety Mar 2016 #39

so true. nt revbones Mar 2016 #119

Hillary is even less qualified. Cheese Sandwich Mar 2016 #42

I will be voting for Bernie Sanders, either as the nominee ... ThePhilosopher04 Mar 2016 #43

I'll vote who I want to and who best represents me. Thanks! pinebox Mar 2016 #45

..... bigwillq Mar 2016 #50

Hillary Supporters have been constantly malletgirl02 Mar 2016 #53

A number of Sandere's supporters have consistantly described Hillary as "EVIL" CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #77

Hillary Clinton supports have also been malletgirl02 Mar 2016 #109

Hillary is just another neo-con and I'm not impressed with the behavior of her followers forsaken mortal Mar 2016 #60

Millions will be doing that pinebox Mar 2016 #62

That is definitely not true oberliner Mar 2016 #74

I'll disagree pinebox Mar 2016 #90

Twitter = internet polls CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #97

LOL sure. DU = small bubble pinebox Mar 2016 #133

I assume you are familiar with Twitter CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #134

Please cite where DU has waged a revolution in a foreign country pinebox Mar 2016 #137

espectfully disagree. H2O Man Mar 2016 #149

good one! pinebox Mar 2016 #152

If everything else fails jeepers Mar 2016 #66

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Oh, that would be great - split the progressive vote - give the election to the Republicans CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #79

Why does this feel like a name-gathering expedition? Goblinmonger Mar 2016 #75

And this while Tea Party people are saying they are sick and tired.... CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #84

I think that talking point is a week or more old. Goblinmonger Mar 2016 #86

It's a lot older than that - and it's still valid. CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #99

Well aware Goblinmonger Mar 2016 #106

FDR would cringe at some of the far left positions being taken today.... CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #111

Have you looked at the income gap lately? Goblinmonger Mar 2016 #115

I'll vote for who I please. Jester Messiah Mar 2016 #78

They don't care. They just want to burn the whole place down. Bleacher Creature Mar 2016 #83

You do understand that the Stein/Green Party mindset is not about... Smarmie Doofus Mar 2016 #87

Yes he was. When you view the world from the extreme left wing..... CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #96

Calling them the Money Party wasn't wrong. But the Republicans are clearly further to the right. nomorenomore08 Mar 2016 #127

some vote for the Green party to help them stay on the ballot dana_b Mar 2016 #88

Get Federal Election funds? That will never happen CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #103

Never thought I'd see the day where so many people are openly saying they are voting green here. kerry-is-my-prez Mar 2016 #91

Especially new members - ought to tells us something. CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #98

Actually Jill is the most similar to my views mvd Mar 2016 #94

Every single voted is earned LostOne4Ever Mar 2016 #102

Since when is revealing a person's record, or lack there of, villianizing her? CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #108

Play ignorant if you wish, but this is only going to be counterproductive and push peeps away. NT LostOne4Ever Mar 2016 #110

So asking Democrats not to vote for the Green Party candidate is going to push people away? CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #114

Well when people malletgirl02 Mar 2016 #113

There are strategic benefits to it AgerolanAmerican Mar 2016 #107

Hillary Outreach to Bernie supporters has become desperate - Betty Karlson Mar 2016 #116

Interesting points. H2O Man Mar 2016 #155

Thanks for your concern Kittycat Mar 2016 #120

I will vote for Sanders. Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #124

Bernie, as a write in candidate? CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #145

Sanders as the nominee. Attorney in Texas Mar 2016 #159

... CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #160

Reluctantly, I have to agree with you here. The stakes are way too high this time. nomorenomore08 Mar 2016 #128

I won't. But if you really want to hold Stein's vote down, don't support the nomination Ken Burch Mar 2016 #150

"There is no center anymore" - Wrong! CajunBlazer Mar 2016 #156

Has she even said that she is running? democrattotheend Mar 2016 #151