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25. Consider this: The Greens have had 20 years to organize an effective...

Sun Jan 29, 2017, 07:37 PM

Jan 2017

...liberal-to-left voting bloc. They have failed. The only office-holders in their party are no higher than the municipal or county level. The handful (if that) of people who were elected to state office on their ticket switched to independent or Democrat.

The Greens want to be the lefty party in parliament in a country that does not use a parliamentary system.

They result is a party that is at best ineffectual and at worst a spoiler that gives right-wing candidates their margin of victory.

Such things understandably cause some consternation with them.

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To All those who are angry with the election results please consider this [View all] diva77 Jan 2017 OP

I can walk and chew gum. NCTraveler Jan 2017 #1

+1 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #2

So can I. frogmarch Jan 2017 #6

Same here... FarPoint Jan 2017 #13

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+1000 JustAnotherGen Jan 2017 #28

do you have evidence that she was working for Putin? Please provide some diva77 Jan 2017 #36

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Oh I hate them too , but there is plenty for left for her. nt pkdu Jan 2017 #3

Thank you for your concern but I can multitask. hrmjustin Jan 2017 #4

I can hate Jill Stein and be against computerized voting. FLPanhandle Jan 2017 #5

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yeah starshine00 Jan 2017 #8

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Sometimes it appears the hate for the Green is more that the Republicans. California_Republic Jan 2017 #9

The greens are our competitors, not our allies. hrmjustin Jan 2017 #12

Republicans love Jill. FLPanhandle Jan 2017 #16

Wait...there's a difference? Drunken Irishman Jan 2017 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author NCTraveler Jan 2017 #19

The stakes were too high and Stein helped elect Trump, that's a fact NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #20

Not Greens but those who collaborate with Putin and Wikileaks are on notice- never again! bettyellen Jan 2017 #24

Consider this: The Greens have had 20 years to organize an effective... JHB Jan 2017 #25

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I, like most DUers can multi-task. Alll the above are important & continue to get my attention hlthe2b Jan 2017 #11

Nope...she's a complicit Putin lover NoGoodNamesLeft Jan 2017 #14

We need to win by enough mrgorth Jan 2017 #17

Jill Stein was Putin's OTHER useful fucking IDIOT in the 2016 elections. Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #21

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Comey, Putin, the media witch hunt on EMAILS!!!111 mcar Jan 2017 #31

totally agree. They stole three of the past five presidential elections between voting machine Amaryllis Jan 2017 #32

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Have you ever worked on an election? Gothmog Jan 2017 #35

yes - have been poll worker several times diva77 Jan 2017 #38