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Jill Stein was tolerable for three whole days! (Original Post) ehrnst Nov 2016 OP
Why did she want a recount? I thought it was because she felt guilty for giving us trump. NightWatcher Nov 2016 #1
I do not trust or respect Stein etherealtruth Nov 2016 #2
You know what would be a great attention getter for her, self immolation NightWatcher Nov 2016 #4
Too much .... etherealtruth Nov 2016 #5
She wanted it because Democrats were clamouring for it. SaschaHM Nov 2016 #8
She didn't give us Trump. LWolf Nov 2016 #9
I really don't understand that tweet. Barack_America Nov 2016 #3
Why would Jill Stein stop collecting money for a recount Leonardo Da Biker Nov 2016 #6
She is proving herself stupid. If I was her, I would STFU about AgadorSparticus Nov 2016 #7
Shut up and count MFM008 Nov 2016 #10

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
1. Why did she want a recount? I thought it was because she felt guilty for giving us trump.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 07:40 PM
Nov 2016

So what was the point of it? To squeeze a few more bucks from the gullible who voted for her?

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
2. I do not trust or respect Stein
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 07:46 PM
Nov 2016

Obviously my opinion of her flavors my opinion of everything she does ... I see this as a "Jill Stein attention getting ploy." She enjoyed the attention paid to her as a potential spoiler during the campaign and the total media abandonment after appears to be intolerable to her.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
8. She wanted it because Democrats were clamouring for it.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:56 PM
Nov 2016

Look at how her reputation has improved here on DU. Her goal isn't to stop Trump. Her goal is to take an even bigger chunk of the vote in 2020. Expect her to point to this as a way of absolving her of any complicity in electing Trump.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
9. She didn't give us Trump.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 09:19 PM
Nov 2016

The people who voted for him gave us Trump. The people who nominated the opponent that the right loves to hate gave us Trump.

Steins votes did not make the difference in the states that went Trump. Scapegoating doesn't escape that fact, regardless of how badly some need a scapegoat.

Hate her if you want, but at least be honest in your hatred.

Personally, I like Stein. And my state voted Clinton. We didn't "give you" Trump.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
3. I really don't understand that tweet.
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 07:48 PM
Nov 2016

It can be read as just a slam of Clinton, or praise of Clinton and, presumably, a slam of Trump.

Either way, as it is from Stein, I don't really care.

6. Why would Jill Stein stop collecting money for a recount
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:34 PM
Nov 2016

When she herself has tweeted that not all of that money was to be directed toward recount efforts? Sounds like an Eagles song. Supporting this? How does it feel to have yor wealth redistributed?

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
7. She is proving herself stupid. If I was her, I would STFU about
Sun Nov 27, 2016, 08:51 PM
Nov 2016

Pissing on Hillary and just do the damn recount. She really doesn't get diplomacy or marketing points by doing this. Who she wants to win over will not take kindly to her pissy comments. DUH.

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