Enough With the Shit, Green Party. The Coming Midterms Are Too Important for Your Shenanigans

[Soph0571]

Ohio’s congressional special election on Tuesday between Republican Troy Balderson and Democrat Danny O’Connor is so close that less than 1 percent separates the winner from the eventual loser. While the race is essentially a practice run for November midterms, it was a prime opportunity to send a strong message to the Trump administration. A Democratic victory in Ohio, a state Trump won handily in the 2016 presidential election, would signal to Trump that America is tired of his bullshit.

Enter: Green Party candidate Joe Manchik.
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Joe Manchik couldn’t even remember his own fucking website! And yet, Joe Manchik is also responsible for winning over 1,100 votes, or some 0.6 percent of votes that probably would have gone to O’Connor.

And that’s my biggest beef with the Green Party; your LaVar Ball-ish sideshow shit is taking votes from viable Democratic candidates who are actually trying to implement change.

[link:https://www.theroot.com/enough-with-the-shit-green-party-the-coming-midterms-1828199109|

You only get to vote for the third party guy if you are so steeped in some kind of privilege the impact of trump and a republican house and senate will not actually have a negative impact on you economically.... if you are not that then you are an eejit, at best

[oberliner]

1. Interesting to see this at The Root

Considering they had some serious Hillary-bashing going on during 2016 (and bashing Democrats generally).

[Squinch]

2. Yep. Republican enablers, and by now there is absolutely no way they don't know what they are doing.

[Squinch]

4. Oh, FFS. Just stop. You joined DU to say "both parties are the same?"

If you're serious, go away and educate yourself. Otherwise, das vidanya.

[Squinch]

7. Gosh. Imagine my horror at having disappointed you. And btw, cool story bro.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. 5 posts in first hour and all 5 are concern trolling or pushing RW points.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. Thank you for pointing that out.

[Squinch]

15. The quality of the training is way down.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

19. When Breitbart...

"When Breitbart sends its people, they're not sending their best.They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with them. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people."

[Squinch]

18. Wait. You mean you don't believe, "I was listening to a progressive

Black radio show the other day and they told me aaaaall about what is wrong with Democrats!"



Honestly.

[jberryhill]

8. Bwahahahahahahahahhahaaha......

you favor outlawing anything other than a two-party system?

I love crap like this. Exaggerating and distorting what other people say is just so conducive to advancing a discussion.

[NCTraveler]

9. You don't have it straight.

It’s not possible when making so many grand assumptions all while speaking for someone else.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Sixth disruptive post in first hour on board. . . . nt

[Squinch]

20. Sweetie, your party is going down in this election. Sorry.

[Squinch]

23. What made you assume I meant republicans?

[NCTraveler]

14. I don't see any substance. Nt

[Yonnie3]

16. There never is ...

[NCTraveler]

6. The votes they receive is not the only metric to look at.

We also need to consider the votes they suppress.

When combined they add up to more than the difference in OH 12.

[Squinch]

22. This is an often forgotten point, but I would bet this nimber

is bigger than the actual votes.

[GeorgeGist]

24. I'm far, far, more concerned with Democrats ...

who don't bother to vote.

[empedocles]

26. There are all sorts of diversions, divides, corruptions, and ommissions

and every vote counts

[KPN]

27. No question. Voter suppression, GOP election fraud, and non-voters as well.

[Scurrilous]

25. K&R