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Mz Pip

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14. If the Green Party wants to be taken seriously

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Sun Aug 6, 2023, 12:14 AM

Aug 2023

it has to start from the ground up and start campaigning in local elections and build a base.

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No group has done more to harm their own cause than the Green Party USA [View all] Pototan Aug 2023 OP

The Green Party in the US has nothing to do with protecting the environment JI7 Aug 2023 #1

Agreed rpannier Aug 2023 #2

Libertarians got three times as many votes as Greens in 2016 Sympthsical Aug 2023 #3

Let the Republicans worry about the Libertarians... Pototan Aug 2023 #6

Third parties will always exist Sympthsical Aug 2023 #8

You are overlooking the "multiplying affect." Pototan Aug 2023 #16

It's not hard to see how people got the impression Hillary lost a lot of votes to the Greens. ShazzieB Aug 2023 #17

A statistic that also doesn't get mentioned, but just as important Sympthsical Aug 2023 #21

They all scream & whine about Jill Stein or Sarandon, but they never seem to talk about the impact SunImp Aug 2023 #25

Oh, I believe there's more than one reason... Pototan Aug 2023 #32

"They" all blame the Comey letter. Who are you talking about? betsuni Aug 2023 #35

Or the effect of the "basket of deplorables" comment. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2023 #54

It may have, but, as it turns out Pototan Aug 2023 #59

Mostly correct. They were actually a "cesspool of deplorables" JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2023 #60

Better Yet (NT) Pototan Aug 2023 #61

Except they're not "shaved" krkaufman Aug 2023 #20

This is quite true. We do not own the votes of non-Democrats. They were never ours. Earth-shine Aug 2023 #26

Trump won in 2016... Pototan Aug 2023 #33

Third parties notwithstanding, voting comes down to the binary choice. Earth-shine Aug 2023 #36

Hence, enjoy the consequences (NT) Pototan Aug 2023 #39

I've posted here & many other places about how American partisan politics is binary. elocs Aug 2023 #42

Exactly Pototan Aug 2023 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author LostOne4Ever Aug 2023 #29

People ignore it because Libertarians actually differ in ideology than Republicans. W_HAMILTON Aug 2023 #43

Not the conversation being had Sympthsical Aug 2023 #48

It was the conversation being had. W_HAMILTON Aug 2023 #49

Oh, sorry I misspoke Sympthsical Aug 2023 #53

And that's a false and stereotypical mischaracterization of Libertarians. W_HAMILTON Aug 2023 #58

Not all people who vote Libertarian are right wing ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #51

We're talking in generalities Sympthsical Aug 2023 #55

"The dog returns to his vomit, the sow returns to her mire Walleye Aug 2023 #4

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Proverbs 26:11 Celerity Aug 2023 #15

There is no comparision... Pototan Aug 2023 #18

I was not commenting on anything to do with that, just the proverb and the Kipling quote Celerity Aug 2023 #22

Everybody will see the origin... stuck in the middle Aug 2023 #31

Cornell West does not add any value to the election. pink Aug 2023 #5

I believe Cornel West and Tavis Smiley both suffered a loss of respect among Black people with their LoisB Aug 2023 #7

Green means nycbos Aug 2023 #9

ironic, isn't it. JohnSJ Aug 2023 #10

Jill Stein is just another putin sycophant. Lunabell Aug 2023 #11

Their understanding of Rubles is crystal clear though. nt Maru Kitteh Aug 2023 #12

They need to update their official color to the fluorescent toxic shade of green Blue Owl Aug 2023 #13

If the Green Party wants to be taken seriously Mz Pip Aug 2023 #14

x ∞ ExWhoDoesntCare Aug 2023 #52

Different things krkaufman Aug 2023 #19

In 2000 Pototan Aug 2023 #45

Green party votes don't come from Democrats BWdem4life Aug 2023 #23

Your adding me to "ignore" means nothing to me Pototan Aug 2023 #24

+1 We don't own the votes of non-Democrats. Earth-shine Aug 2023 #27

If the Greens had decided to give their support to the Dem nominee.. honest.abe Aug 2023 #37

Thanks Abe (NT) Pototan Aug 2023 #46

We're a two party system, so every faction has to find it's home in either the D's or the R's Kennah Aug 2023 #28

Exactly my point Pototan Aug 2023 #34

The republicans are running a close 2nd. William769 Aug 2023 #30

There is no Green Party other than a front organization harumph Aug 2023 #38

That's exactly my point Pototan Aug 2023 #40

their party has always been more of an anarchy than a coalition bigtree Aug 2023 #41

Inadvertently? I'm not so sure DFW Aug 2023 #47

Reminds me of a line in the musical 1776 when Jefferson wants to end slavery in the Quixote1818 Aug 2023 #50

eternally unhelpful prodigitalson Aug 2023 #56

Helpful or not... Pototan Aug 2023 #57