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2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Dan Savage Has Had Enough Of ‘Pasty White’ Jill Stein Supporters [View all]
Dan Savage is not buying what Stein or her supporters are selling. He says what so many Democrats are thinking about Jill Stein's Presidential bid and the liberal fools who will vote for her: "Only privileged groups can afford to risk a Trump presidency", the podcast host argued in an epic rant.
Go Dan!
Dan Savage, sex-advice columnist and host of popular podcast Savage Lovecast, has some strong arguments against fed-up progressives voting for Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate...Rather than merely run candidates in presidential elections when the stakes are highest and the spotlight greatest, Savage said marginal political parties should make a better effort to develop their presence at the state and local level before making a run for the White House.
I have a problem with these fake, attention-seeking, grandstanding Green/Libertarian party candidates who pop up every four years, like mushrooms in sh*t, saying that theyre building a third party, Savage opined..
Savage also rejected some of the circular logic of progressives backing third-party candidates. On the one hand, these voters argue that there is no difference between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, and on the other hand, they suggest that allowing the more conservative of the two to be elected would lead to such extreme conditions that it would spark a revolution, Savage said....Savage noted that the Republican and Democratic candidates can either be indistinguishable, or one can be so extreme that it would prompt a revolution, but not both.
Theyre exactly the same, exactly as awful, but one would bring the revolution and one wouldnt, he said. Which means they werent exactly the same and they werent equally awful.
Disaster will come if Trump is president, Savage stated. And the people wholl suffer are not going to be the pasty white Green Party supporters pasty white Jill Stein and her pasty white supporters. The people wholl suffer are going to be people of color. People of minority faiths. Queer people. Women.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dan-savage-jill-stein_us_578fa239e4b04ca54ebfbc1c
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Between that and her celebration of Juneteenth with a room full of white people - lost all respect
seaglass
Jul 2016
#48
That could be. As a politician, she shows the worst traits of a Trump, with a cleaner mouth.
CrowCityDem
Jul 2016
#101
+1! Isn't it odd seeing "vote your conscience" being used as cover for not doing the right thing?
BobbyDrake
Jul 2016
#23
Gore did win but Nader made it possible for Bush to steal the election.He was a part of allowing
kerry-is-my-prez
Jul 2016
#125
Except that for so many, the common good is part and parcel of that inconvenient "damned conscience"
LanternWaste
Jul 2016
#35
They want to complain, not be in charge. If they're in charge, they'd have to
BobbyDrake
Jul 2016
#20
Foaming bull excrement. The Green party doesn't exist to vote for Democrats.
Maru Kitteh
Jul 2016
#139
Dan Savage is gay, and would roar with laughter at being called "wealthy"
obamanut2012
Jul 2016
#133
There was an African American speaker at the RNC too. Using outliers to try to prove your point
stevenleser
Jul 2016
#51
is this the same D. Savage who claimed those who opposed the illegal invasion of Iraq
TheSarcastinator
Jul 2016
#42
So your argument is he was wrong about one thing once so he can never be right even when its obvious
stevenleser
Jul 2016
#52
He wasn't even wrong. His point was that inaction can be worse than action under
BobbyDrake
Jul 2016
#107
"Potential allies" will vote for the better future. Idiots will throw away that privilege.
whatthehey
Jul 2016
#68
I'm wedded to the reality in which the US *has* a two party system, not dreaming of what-ifs
whatthehey
Jul 2016
#77
How fucking embarrassing, that Trump has even a fraction of a chance of winning
arcane1
Jul 2016
#54
That's easy to answer. The Republicans spend years beating up the most prominent Democrats
stevenleser
Jul 2016
#56
Even more embarrassing and dangerous are the number of Americans who actively support Trump
Haveadream
Jul 2016
#102