Jill Stein on America's democracy crisis, movement building and ending Israel's war on Palestinians - eviltoast
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    3 months ago

    All of her first days tasks are things that without support from Congress would break down pretty quickly unfortunately. Take the border stuff, Biden has tried to get funding for more agents to alleviate congestion, and The House has killed any attempt.

    I’d love to see the green party show up in the house or the Senate, get a base going.

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      That’s how they should be starting. Get candidates in the state legislatures and local offices. Instead, she is insisting on getting on ballots states like Wisconsin where she has no electors because the Greens don’t have anyone in a state office who is eligible to nominate electors for the party. Even if she were to win in Wisconsin, she wouldn’t get the votes in the electoral collage because she has no electors. The only effect she can have is to again steal enough votes from the Democratic candidate to let Trump win the state.

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      I’d love to see the green party show up in the house or the Senate, get a base going.

      I agree. And I hope they start focusing on that from now on.

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        3 months ago

        So, uh, why doesn’t Jill run for house or Senate? You know, places that she might actually be able to get into a position of power and not be a joke of a spoiler candidate?

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          So, uh, why doesn’t Jill run for house or Senate?

          I don’t know her personally, so that would be something you would have to ask her. I’d like to see her do that as well.

          But I personally don’t think she’s a “joke of a spoiler candidate.”

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            She wastes time and money every 4 years doing something that has 0% chance of success, and realistically can only harm the side she’s closest to.

            Ultimately, what you think doesn’t matter when the results of her campaign are at best her being a joke of a spoiler candidate.

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              Ultimately, what you think doesn’t matter when the results of her campaign are at best her being a joke of a spoiler candidate.

              Ultimately, what I think DOES matter. To me. And when I vote for who I wanna vote for in the election.

              I totally support you voting for whoever you want to in the election. And I’m voting for Jill Stein. :)

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                Yes it matters to your opinion, not about whether the party you support isn’t actually a joke spoiler party. Because it is lol.

                And you’re allowed to support whatever candidates you choose to, no matter how little chance they have or the laughability of their party.

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                  not about whether the party you support isn’t actually a joke spoiler party. Because it is lol.

                  I don’t think it is. And if you think it’s such a joke, then you don’t have anything to worry about, right?

                  And you’re allowed to support whatever candidates you choose to, no matter how little chance they have or the laughability of their party.

                  Thank you. And since they have such little chance, then you don’t have anything to worry about, right?

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        I refuse to support the greens for ANYTHING until they do so (and ditch Stein, she’s failed more times running for president than anything else).

        Until then, they’re a joke that gets rolled out every 4 years for us to laugh at, a long with their supporters.

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          The Green Party has fielded candidates for both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives in various elections over the years, but none have won a seat in Congress.

          Green Party candidates have occasionally garnered significant attention and votes, but they have not been successful in winning federal office due to the challenges third parties face in the U.S. political system, including limited visibility, funding, and the dominance of the two major parties.

          They have had some local successes in other parts of the country, such as winning seats in local government or state legislatures. Californians have elected 55 of the 226 office-holding Greens nationwide. Other states with high numbers of Green elected officials include Pennsylvania (31), Wisconsin (23), Massachusetts (18) and Maine (17). Maine has the highest per capita number of Green elected officials in the country and the largest Green registration percentage with more than 29,273 Greens comprising 2.95% of the electorate as of November 2006.[68] Madison, Wisconsin is the city with the most Green elected officials (8), followed by Portland, Maine (7).

          Now having said that, I 100 percent respect and support you voting for whoever you want in the elections.

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            226 people out of how many total? How many national seats do they have? How many states do they have electors for?

            Your handful of members is meaningless for a national party. You couldn’t even get an average of 5 people per state. Again, focus on being a real party worthy of actual support instead of being the butt of the joke every presidential cycle.

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              Again, focus on being a real party worthy of actual support instead of being the butt of the joke every presidential cycle.

              I’ll vote for whoever I want, as I support you doing as well.

              And since they are such a joke, you have no reason to worry about them or be mad about me voting for them, right?

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                Even bad jokes can hurt people, but jokers tend to not care about that.

                But funny you chose not to respond to any of the questions about the party’s chances, because it’s not actually about winning for them lol.

                Almost like they’re a joke spoiler party…

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                  But funny you chose not to respond to any of the questions about the party’s chances, because it’s not actually about winning for them lol.

                  What kind of response were you looking for? Should I ONLY vote for party that will win? That doesn’t seem very democratic.

                  Before Biden stepped down, odds were that Trump was gonna win. Most people knew that, even democrats.

                  And you were still gonna vote Democrat, right? Even tho you know they wouldn’t win. Right?

                  Luckily for your party, he DID step down and Harris is a much stronger candidate.

                  But I’m still not gonna vote for Harris.

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                    What kind of response were you looking for? Should I ONLY vote for party that will win? That doesn’t seem very democratic.

                    I’m not asking you to vote for the Dems as much as I would like you to, but don’t pretend the greens are a real party with a shot at anything more than a joke or spoiler effect when they can’t even get one national office or even have the infrastructure available to do more than pretend.

                    If you want people to think your party isn’t a joke spoiler party, you should be able to tell people why they aren’t. Your responses amount to nothing more than “stop making fun of their problems” without explaining why, and I’m not going to do so without actual arguments.

                    I’d love to see more than just the Democrats and Republicans available as options (and I put my money where my mouth is locally). I just don’t see many 3rd parties do more than a token effort every few years to be part of the national conversation. And any party that sits on its ass for 3.5 years and can’t even get a single national office shouldn’t be under consideration for the highest national office.

                    And you were still gonna vote Democrat, right? Even tho you know they wouldn’t win. Right?

                    Lol, even with Biden’s shitty odds, there is no comparison to the green party. The Democrats statistically COULD WIN even with all the issues Biden has. Hell, even Johnson and the libertarians have a better shot than the greens, and they’re a joke with no chance too.

                    The greens objectively, have 0 chances due to not having a real base, 0 infrastructure, and 0 national offices to show that they have the knowledge to even be under consideration as anything more than a laugh or protest vote. This is why the green party is a joke, and will be until they do more than pop up on the national radar every 4 years.