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Those who voted for Jill Stein over the Democratic nominee contributed to what we are going through (Original Post) still_one Oct 2019 OP
Along with those who promoted Jill Stein, and similiars, are all, . . . 'those' empedocles Oct 2019 #1
They don't care. Aristus Oct 2019 #2
Democrats and Republicans will always be the same to them dalton99a Oct 2019 #3
The Bernie or Bust people who sat home and pouted also contributed. tinrobot Oct 2019 #4
I had two Bernie or Buster's at my last job who wrote in revmclaren Oct 2019 #5
it's a stone cold fact stopdiggin Oct 2019 #6
So did the entire 92 million who could have voted in 2016 but didn't show up. NCLefty Oct 2019 #7
It was 47 million, however, that isn't the point. Every swing state the Democratic lost by less still_one Oct 2019 #8

Aristus

(66,401 posts)
2. They don't care.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:37 AM
Oct 2019

Their 'orthodoxy' is all that's important to them. If Trump destroys the nation, they'll still be smug and self-congratulatory that they didn't vote for a major party candidate.

tinrobot

(10,903 posts)
4. The Bernie or Bust people who sat home and pouted also contributed.
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 11:56 AM
Oct 2019

I'm still mad at quite a few friends over that.

revmclaren

(2,524 posts)
5. I had two Bernie or Buster's at my last job who wrote in
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 01:01 PM
Oct 2019

Sanders name in the general election. Couple of Stiners in the company too that bragged they kept Clinton from winning. Also a cousin of mine stated on my Facebook account that since Sanders wasn't the nominee and he was the only hope for the world, she was voting for tRump to help bring about the end times so she could be with her dead mother.

Banned her from my account and will never talk to her crazy ass again.

Karma is going to be cruel to those who also have the blood of innocence on their hands. The death of hundreds if not thousands of Kurds is just the newest blood.

ONLY!!! 2019 and beyond.

stopdiggin

(11,320 posts)
6. it's a stone cold fact
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 03:49 PM
Oct 2019

everyone has a RIGHT to cast their vote as they see fit .. but you also OWN the result of that vote.

And the results of 2016 voting .. were tragic and catastrophic for the country. Full stop.

Something to think about next time, huh?

still_one

(92,250 posts)
8. It was 47 million, however, that isn't the point. Every swing state the Democratic lost by less
Thu Oct 24, 2019, 06:21 PM
Oct 2019

1%. In all those states Stein received 1% of the vote.

It didn't take much, and it did matter.

From the various rhetoric through media outlets and social media, Stein did influence that naïve and uninitiated by representing no difference between the republicans and Democrats, that the Democratic nominee was worse than trump, that the SC didn't matter

It was that undercutting, and the over-coverage of that, that were contributory factors

Yes, Comey was instrumental in interfering with the election by releasing the a letter to the republicans in Congress 11 days before the election, and then allowing the media to LIE and mischaracterize it that the email investigation was reopened without correcting the record, but that those critical swing states is effectively what determined the outcome, from my perspective she has blood on her hands in not only encouraging people not to vote for the Democratic nominee, but discouraging turnout. It doesn't take much.

As an additional bonus from her, no difference between Democrats and republicans, every Democrat running for Senate in those critical swing states lost to the "establishment", incumbent, republican, and those Democrats were progressive by any standard. She definitely played her part, and it will hopefully be a warning that the uninitiated will not be duped again by false prophets, and she will not be a factor in 2020, though her media appearance a few days ago seems to indicate that she will play the same game again.

Hopefully we are all wiser. 2020 is our last chance


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