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In reply to the discussion: Why do I hate Greens? Here's why [View all]tenorly
(2,037 posts)22. Keep in mind Jill Stein was the first and only significant figure to challenge the results.
And she did it with the stated goal of shifting the result to its rightful winner: Hillary.
She might have even succeeded had those Kochsuckers Walker and Snyder - and their pet judges - not stonewalled her at every turn until time just ran out.
However much Putin tried to cajole her (as he often has with so many others around the world), she showed her mettle when it would have been so much easier to just stay out of it.
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Third party voters were the final nail. Comey/FBI, media's false equivalency, and
still_one
Apr 2017
#1
DISTURBING NUMBERS!..Jill Stein, Ralph Nader.. F***them and the idiots who supported them. N/T
Upthevibe
Apr 2017
#8
Oh, I've seen them sway governor races and even state level congressional seats.
herding cats
Apr 2017
#16
Yep. The 2016 Democratic platform was literally the most progressive in US history
Recursion
Apr 2017
#11
What pisses me off is they run against the Dems, constantly bash us but never the repugs
brush
Apr 2017
#53
Keep in mind Jill Stein was the first and only significant figure to challenge the results.
tenorly
Apr 2017
#22
Not true! She did NOT do it to help shift the vote to its rightful winner. She did it to make money.
pnwmom
Apr 2017
#29
And she did it with the stated goal of shifting the result to its rightful winner: Hillary.
SickOfTheOnePct
Apr 2017
#66
And Gary Johnson pulled far more votes than stein in all those states. So what?
PaulaFarrell
Apr 2017
#23
Greens are always demonizing democrats as if there are no republicans who are preventing
JI7
Apr 2017
#25
A look at the increase number of votes for third party in the 2016 over 2008 and 2012 undermines
boston bean
Apr 2017
#33
Nope, thats a copout argument. No one thinks someone elses vote belongs to them.
stevenleser
Apr 2017
#91
Nope. Its very simple. We all make choices like this in our lives all the time. This is nothing
stevenleser
Apr 2017
#95
She did but ironically, they didn't actually give enough of a shot about the environment
bettyellen
Apr 2017
#108
On another thread I explained my experience with the polls during a past election
Jake Stern
Apr 2017
#107
No, its time to stop imagining that 1968-1988 didnt happen and that things didnt change
stevenleser
Apr 2017
#93
So centrists are a much more unreliable voting block, and yet you hate thre Greens more.
redgreenandblue
Apr 2017
#105
Reality is exactly the opposite of what you claim and its easy to prove it. Before Bill Clinton and
stevenleser
Apr 2017
#92
She is personally responsible for the belief that our voting system is solid.
NCTraveler
Apr 2017
#64
I recently rejoined the Democratic Party now that we have a criminal in the White House causing...
Portland_Anni
Apr 2017
#75
clue: dems are not ENTITLED to all left-of-center votes, and if they expect their competition to
TheFrenchRazor
Apr 2017
#98