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pnwmom

(108,973 posts)
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 07:46 PM Aug 2016

Is Jill Stein plotting a 2018 run against Elizabeth Warren?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/8/6/1557554/-Twelve-Reasons-NOT-to-Vote-for-Jill-Stein-Ajamu-Baraka

1) Jill Stein is a fraud. Check out her list of campaign contributors per the FEC. The top five donations are from corporate interests -- AON, Xoom Global Money Transfer, IBM, Thoughtworks, and UPS. Would Bernie take money from any of these? http://votesmart.org/candidate/campaign-finance/35775/jill-stein

2) Check out Stein’s hand picked choice for VP, Ajamu Baraka. He's a radical agitator who has publicly referred to Bernie Sanders as a "white supremacist" and labelled Sanders supporters as naive shills. americablog.com/… http://fusion.net/story/332652/jill-stein-ajamu-baraka http://www.jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/green-vp-baraka-slams-bernie-and-sandernistas/

3. Stein is an opportunist looking to cash in with disgruntled Sanders supporters. She is building a war chest for her 2018 run against Elizabeth Warren's in her home state of MA. Her running might siphon enough votes from Warren to give the Senate seat to the Repubs.

4. Stein has virtually NO political experience. She is an ex-musician and medical professional. She has won just one election in her life -- a town meeting seat where 7 of a larger group of candidates were elected -- in which she got a whopping 539 votes. In her 2012 Presidential bid she received one-third of one percent of the votes. That means that only one out of every 300 voters chose her. Hell, Taylor Swift or Kim Kardashian would have got more votes than that if their names had been on the ballot. Ralph Nader got more than six times that many votes the last time he ran. She is the classic definition of a “spoiler.”

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Is Jill Stein plotting a 2018 run against Elizabeth Warren? (Original Post) pnwmom Aug 2016 OP
She'd lose big time. Agschmid Aug 2016 #1
who cares? she doesn't stand a chance cali Aug 2016 #2
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2016 #3
Her impact will be that of a seeping fart from an elderly housecat. Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #4
over 90 percent off sanders supporters are supporting Clinton JI7 Aug 2016 #5
Some people refuse to accept that. It is sad to see AgadorSparticus Aug 2016 #6
Massachusetts hates her. She's a perennial loser. bananakabob Aug 2016 #7
Well if she is the vote would be 98-2 for warren. book_worm Aug 2016 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author riderinthestorm Aug 2016 #9
How can a post regarding a non-Democrat here be trolling? n/t pnwmom Aug 2016 #10
Agreed. Self delete. nt riderinthestorm Aug 2016 #11
Missing the point, Jill Stein is an asshat, but.... bottomofthehill Aug 2016 #12
She has a long way to go to have a "war chest"... brooklynite Aug 2016 #13
Would a state that elected Romney elect Stein? milestogo Aug 2016 #14
 

cali

(114,904 posts)
2. who cares? she doesn't stand a chance
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 07:48 PM
Aug 2016

and she doesn't even have enough whatever to play the role of spoiler.

 

bananakabob

(105 posts)
7. Massachusetts hates her. She's a perennial loser.
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 08:06 PM
Aug 2016

She choked big time in the Governor's race. She'll lose even worse than Scott Brown against Warren.

Response to pnwmom (Original post)

bottomofthehill

(8,329 posts)
12. Missing the point, Jill Stein is an asshat, but....
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:40 PM
Aug 2016

She could pull enough votes away in the general election to make it close depending on who the republican nominee is...

brooklynite

(94,490 posts)
13. She has a long way to go to have a "war chest"...
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:56 PM
Aug 2016

Jill Stein Cash on Hand: $235,208
Elizabeth Warren Cash on Hand: $3,813,561

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