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In reply to the discussion: No group has done more to harm their own cause than the Green Party USA [View all]Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)27. +1 We don't own the votes of non-Democrats.
I agree with you that Green Party voters are not ours to command.
I disagree with you about the nature of the OP. There's nothing offensive here.
I think Jill Stein destroyed the Green Party's virtuous reputation and intentions.
I think she started with good intentions, but was a fool, and desperately tried and failed to prove she wasn't one.
About that picture of her at the table with Putin, I find her explanation to be vague.
It's likely that Putin and the RT network had her there to manipulate her, but only one other person spoke English at the table.
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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
It's not hard to see how people got the impression Hillary lost a lot of votes to the Greens.
ShazzieB
Aug 2023
#17
They all scream & whine about Jill Stein or Sarandon, but they never seem to talk about the impact
SunImp
Aug 2023
#25
This is quite true. We do not own the votes of non-Democrats. They were never ours.
Earth-shine
Aug 2023
#26
I've posted here & many other places about how American partisan politics is binary.
elocs
Aug 2023
#42
People ignore it because Libertarians actually differ in ideology than Republicans.
W_HAMILTON
Aug 2023
#43
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. Proverbs 26:11
Celerity
Aug 2023
#15
I was not commenting on anything to do with that, just the proverb and the Kipling quote
Celerity
Aug 2023
#22
I believe Cornel West and Tavis Smiley both suffered a loss of respect among Black people with their
LoisB
Aug 2023
#7
They need to update their official color to the fluorescent toxic shade of green
Blue Owl
Aug 2023
#13
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
Reminds me of a line in the musical 1776 when Jefferson wants to end slavery in the
Quixote1818
Aug 2023
#50