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Ken Burch

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16. And I SAID I thought people shouldn't vote for her.

Reply to Demsrule86 (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 22, 2017, 01:56 PM

Dec 2017

I wasn't defending Stein.

Never have.

The ONLY things I've taken issues with-because they are wastes of time and effort, are

1)The fixation with denouncing her over and over again(far better simply to ignore her);

2)The insistence some have with demanding that those who voted Green in the past make public admissions of error, as if they are heretics who must recant;

It's useless to demand that people admit they were wrong on past votes. What matters is getting people to vote for us NEXT time.

We can't change minds by shaming people.

That is ALL I'm saying.

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Did We Learn a Lesson From Jill Stein? [View all] McCamy Taylor Dec 2017 OP

The worst Supreme Court decision in my lifetime was Bush v Gore. rusty quoin Dec 2017 #1

Yep. nt SunSeeker Dec 2017 #2

+ one googolplex. byronius Dec 2017 #5

Great post and oh so true Ferrets are Cool Dec 2017 #13

Nicely said and darkly witty, well done! VOX Dec 2017 #14

No. joshcryer Dec 2017 #3

:) But maybe those who COULD? Of course, many cannot Hortensis Dec 2017 #12

I sure as hell hope so. Your essay should be required reading for all non-Republicans... Hekate Dec 2017 #4

I learned shes tRump in drag. arthritisR_US Dec 2017 #6

Are you claiming that any primary challenge to Dem is a right-wing plot? Ken Burch Dec 2017 #7

She is a Green Ken...and we lost 16...lets learn from out Mistakes...the Greens are Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #8

And I SAID I thought people shouldn't vote for her. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #16

She's a CANCER. It's not smart to "ignore" cancer. NurseJackie Dec 2017 #22

Money should not be used to go after Dem incumbents in a time when we have no power anywhere... Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #9

And I'm not asking you to SUPPORT anybody's primary challenge. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #21

And most of us will always wonder about 16...what if? Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #10

What if what? Ken Burch Dec 2017 #17

Nobody is saying that. Nobody is suggesting that. Nobody is hinting at that. NurseJackie Dec 2017 #15

Realizing the right is funding fringe-left candidates is an advance. Hortensis Dec 2017 #11

It's not as though most of the "diverse Democratic mainstream" is against more progressive policies. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #19

The lesson we still need to learn is why lefties don't vote Democratic. aikoaiko Dec 2017 #18

Thank you. That's what I've been trying to argue for years. Ken Burch Dec 2017 #20

Maybe the lesson should be not to donate $$ to those who may have cost us the election MichMan Dec 2017 #23