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She's currently within the margin of error on all polls - basically a non entity of a "campaign." Getting tripled up by the libertarian. Probably for the same reasons as the Russian media tho.

I am a person that should/could vote for Jill Stein. I'm in Oregon. I agree with quite a bit of what she says, and enjoy helping third parties cause I hate two party FPTP systems.

She makes me not want to vote for her and has never had one email "scandal."

 

Popular British pub here in Minneapolis is actually having a debate watching party, with drink specials and whatnot, haha

 

That sounds fun.

 

TAP THE VOTE

 

How is Don King in this election cycle? What the fuck is going on?

 

Send him to the oval office, what could go wrong, right?

 

State of Emergency declared in Charlotte

 

Fuck. I don't even feel safe leaving my house right now.

 

Pretty sure this is the /thread for The Hobbit trilogy...and also the "so you live in a house..." clip from Deadpool that I couldn't get to embed correctly...and also the

 

Speaking of Russia, there's been some interesting analysis of the recent parliamentary elections and the failure of the oppositional liberal parties.

Of course, the vastly unlevel playing field is a massive obstacle (as well as election fraud, etc), but the parties themselves were just incredibly bad at campaigning and have failed to listen to the concerns of Russians and tailor their platforms accordingly. There's a reason (many, not just ineffective campaigning) support for oppositional parties has dropped since the relative uptick during the protests in 2011-2012.

Good reads for anyone interested -
Russia’s Lost Liberals
Will Russia's Opposition Draw the Right Lessons From Electoral Defeat?

This isn't meant to address Stein's tweet. I wanted to add something non-US centric here.

 

Holy shit, this is great. I'd loved to hear from Scott how that all went down.

 

Anthony Weiner continues to be a sick fuck

 

Imagining him calling Obama and saying " I need Hillary's info and also some t-shirts"

 

holy shit amazing

 

This guy needs to be put away.

 

A Trump campaign chair in Ohio says there was 'no racism' before Obama

"Kathy Miller called the Black Lives Matter movement ‘a stupid waste of time’ and said low African American voter turnout could be due to ‘the way they’re raised’"

...

 

I think this might finally be what does it.

 

It wasn't a very thoughtful episode but it was expertly put together, and, I guess most importantly, I laughed a lot.

 

Just judging by your posts it doesn't seem to me like you were ever going to vote third party. Most liberal criticisms of Stein are laughable in comparison to the major candidates, and this "bad campaigner" criticism, which is valid, only work if it inhibits you from obtaining knowledge of her policies, which you seem to have. You also make it a point to defend Hillary and the DNC and stir up fear over Trump to deter third party voting (at least at the national level), rightly or wrongly

 

So apparently Trump Jr. is in my town today...put me in a shitty mood, and I still have 6.5 hours in my workday...awesome.

 

“They had done everything that they were supposed to do in terms of the American dream,” says Carol Anderson, Professor of African American Studies at Emory University. “You work hard, you save your money, you go to school, you buy property. And this is what they had done under horrific conditions.”

Greenwood was strictly segregated from the rest of the city, but still it flourished. It was home to black lawyers, business owners, and doctors — including Dr. A.C. Jackson, who was considered the most skilled black surgeon in America and had a net worth of $100,000.

Dr. Jackson was killed on the night of May 31st, 1921, along with hundreds of black Tulsans. Thirty-five blocks of Greenwood were razed that night. 1,256 homes and 191 businesses were destroyed. 10,000 black people were left homeless.

By morning, Black Wall Street had been reduced to rubble.

The history of the Tulsa race massacre that destroyed America’s wealthiest black neighborhood

 

Dude clearly said he won't vote for Stein because she's not the best candidate, in his view. That's it, don't read into it.

 

Well, he's not wrong, because hes using the white man's definition of racism. You know, the one that makes them out to be the victim.