Mad_Machine76
Mad_Machine76's JournalA vote for a Green is a symbolic (i.e. wasted) vote- unless there's a real chance for one to win
Who doesn't know that by now? And if they voted Republican or stayed home and didn't vote instead of voting for the Democrat, they aren't real progressives JMHO.
I get what you're saying and agree with it
That being said, unfortunately, based on what is being reported about her, she seems to be incredibly divisive. Whether that is out of a desire to sabotage the party in service of other goals (i.e. Our Revolution) or just being a young political rookie who doesn't know better, I can't say, but she is definitely generating some controversies.
Personally
I think that a lot of this has to do with Trump. He has created a climate/environment where racists and bigots feel fully empowered to harass people they don't like- immigrants (or people whom look like they might be), minorities, LGBT persons, et. al. They feel that Trump and other authorities (Police, ICE) have their back- and, unfortunately, I don't believe that they are mistaken.
People need to let themselves stop being fooled by them
Their only role seems to be as a Presidential Election spoiler- to weaken the Democratic candidate and allow the Republican candidate to win, so they can spend the next 4 years having somebody to fight and fundraise against (although they will still spend just as much and maybe more time attacking Democrats whom won't have any real power to do anything). They'd be more at home in the Democratic Party if they wouldn't keep attacking the party and demanding purity tests and fealty to their stances no matter how impossible it is to enact all of their agenda overnight and in exactly the way they want it.
He's afraid of doing it for some unknown reason(s)
He may be hearing from some Republicans behind the scenes that this *would* be a "red line" that he can't cross with them. Or maybe his attorneys have privately advised him that, legally, this would be utterly catastrophic for him. I honestly can't see how firing Mueller would end well for him- as if any of this will. And, try as he and his Republican enablers would like, there is simply no evidence that Mueller's investigation is tainted, so the blowback to him being fired would likely be unstoppable and even some Republicans probably know it (but won't say) and wouldn't be able to ignore the public outrage. Firing Rosenstein probably wouldn't go over well at this point, either.
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