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Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu April 21, 2016 2:04 pm
by dimejinky99
How does Sanders compare to Nader in that he wasn't just an outside chance, he has no chance and in Naders case only ended up splitting the vote and causing disruption?
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu April 21, 2016 2:10 pm
by Green Habit
4/5 wrote:Do his actions suggest to you that this is his goal (or the goal of his supporters for that matter)?
I don't know, I can't read his mind. I do seem skeptical about how serious he is about really fomenting a "political revolution", as that takes a broad coalition to accomplish instead of just one person running for president.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu April 21, 2016 2:10 pm
by 4/5
dimejinky99 wrote:How does Sanders compare to Nader in that he wasn't just an outside chance, he has no chance and in Naders case only ended up splitting the vote and causing disruption?
Sanders was smart to fight against the two parties from within one of the two parties. If he was running as a Socialist right now nobody would know or care who he is.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu April 21, 2016 2:12 pm
by Green Habit
dimejinky99 wrote:How does Sanders compare to Nader in that he wasn't just an outside chance, he has no chance and in Naders case only ended up splitting the vote and causing disruption?
As long as Sanders doesn't run a third party candidacy, he won't split votes. Nader gave precisely zero fucks about either major party, whereas Sanders is at least making a real effort to appeal to one of them.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu April 21, 2016 2:23 pm
by dimejinky99
It's interesting to watch these two sides of the coin doing the same thing different ways.
Trump has an exposed an ugly ignorant underbelly and Sanders has exposed a corrupt not fit for purpose system.
Strange times.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu April 21, 2016 4:11 pm
by Norah
Any Bernie supporters out there tempted to vote for Jill Stein in the general election?
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu April 21, 2016 4:25 pm
by bune
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu April 21, 2016 4:28 pm
by Simple Torture
I think I might have voted for Jill Stein for governor in 2002.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu April 21, 2016 5:42 pm
by The Argonaut
cutuphalfdead wrote:Any Bernie supporters out there tempted to vote for Jill Stein in the general election?
At this point, I intend to.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Thu April 21, 2016 6:44 pm
by Norah
Simple Torture wrote:I think I might have voted for Jill Stein for governor in 2002.
I think I did to. I know I've voted for her for something one year.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Fri April 22, 2016 10:17 pm
by dimejinky99
Election cancelled. Here's Obama begging the future king of England to take the colonies back into the British empire. Hope he looks more like Kate than William when he grows up.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 2:14 am
by 96583UP
swimsuit contest edge goes to trump
evening gown competition edge goes to hillary
too close to call
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 3:33 am
by Dscans
cutuphalfdead wrote:Simple Torture wrote:I think I might have voted for Jill Stein for governor in 2002.
I think I did to. I know I've voted for her for something one year.
I think I voted for her for class president once.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 3:34 am
by Norah
Wait a minute, I was 17 in 2002 so there's no way it was that election.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 8:10 pm
by epilogue
cutuphalfdead wrote:Any Bernie supporters out there tempted to vote for Jill Stein in the general election?
Yes, all of them.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 8:12 pm
by Norah
durdencommatyler wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:Any Bernie supporters out there tempted to vote for Jill Stein in the general election?
Yes, all of them.
You don't have to be a dick about it.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Sat April 23, 2016 8:21 pm
by epilogue
cutuphalfdead wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:Any Bernie supporters out there tempted to vote for Jill Stein in the general election?
Yes, all of them.
You don't have to be a dick about it.
Neither do they.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Mon April 25, 2016 4:10 am
by Simple Torture
This is going to be all over the news in the morning: Cruz and Kasich have decided to officially coordinate campaign efforts in upcoming campaigns in order to leak delegates away from Trump.
The presidential campaigns of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced late Sunday that they were coordinating their efforts in three upcoming primary states in an extraordinary attempt to prevent Republican front-runner Donald Trump from clinching the GOP nomination before this summer's convention.
In a pair of simultaneously released statements, the campaigns announced that Kasich would pull out of Indiana to give Cruz "a clear path" ahead of that state's winner-take-all primary May 3, while the Cruz campaign will "clear the path" for Kasich in Oregon, which votes May 17, and New Mexico, which votes June 7.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04 ... gates.html
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Mon April 25, 2016 3:20 pm
by bune
I read "a clear path" and for some reason the first thing that popped into my head is the "Gentlemen, let's clear the road" scene from ID4. Huh.
Re: Election 2016
Posted: Mon April 25, 2016 6:15 pm
by Green Habit
Simple Torture wrote:This is going to be all over the news in the morning: Cruz and Kasich have decided to officially coordinate campaign efforts in upcoming campaigns in order to leak delegates away from Trump.
The presidential campaigns of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced late Sunday that they were coordinating their efforts in three upcoming primary states in an extraordinary attempt to prevent Republican front-runner Donald Trump from clinching the GOP nomination before this summer's convention.
In a pair of simultaneously released statements, the campaigns announced that Kasich would pull out of Indiana to give Cruz "a clear path" ahead of that state's winner-take-all primary May 3, while the Cruz campaign will "clear the path" for Kasich in Oregon, which votes May 17, and New Mexico, which votes June 7.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04 ... gates.html
Weird, I would think they have the states flip-flopped. Kasich's home state borders Indiana, and Cruz's home state borders New Mexico. And Cruz has done better here in the Northwest than Kasich has.
