If Glenn Greenwald was the Democratic nominee, I would leave the ballot blank.

[LoZoccolo]

[Syrinx]

1. Do you care to elaborate and tell us what point you are wanting to make?

[LoZoccolo]

3. My vote has to be earned.

[Syrinx]

6. Is Greenwald considering running for president?

I haven't heard about that. But I give him props for his agitprop.

[LoZoccolo]

13. Not that I know of.

[TrainToCry]

8. I'm pretty sure the point is that Greenwald is a complete dirtbag.

[Syrinx]

9. how so?

[TrainToCry]

16. He accomplishes nothing but stirring others up to accomplish nothing.

Anybody can be pissed off when they have no responsibilities, no authority, and no clue.

Too bad he'll never be elected so he can see what it's really like. Much easier to just fling shit from the sidelines.

[Webster Green]

2. At least write somone in.

I may write in Jello Biafra.

Is he still alive?

[Syrinx]

4. as far as I know

But I haven't heard anything about him lately.

[mmonk]

26. He wrote another piece that wasn't praise for Obama.

[truth2power]

32. Bingo! n/t

[Zookeeper]

15. Yes, I think he is. When he ran for Mayor of San Francisco....

his main policy platform was to require that Financial District businessmen wear clown suits to work. That is still my favorite campaign promise and I'd still like to see it implemented nationwide.

[Webster Green]

21. Ha!

Yeah, me too. :thumbsup:

[DFLforever]

5. Why would Greenwald run on the Dem ticket?

Isn't he a libertarian?

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[LoZoccolo]

11. Glenn Greenwald unites the party.

[Aerows]

19. About as well as you do.

[Bluebear]

10. So you are ready to let the republicans win.

[LoZoccolo]

12. I'm tired of hearing that.

[Electric Monk]

34. And we're tired of you saying that very thing, over and over.

[NightWatcher]

14. Purple taco hammer, bunny suspenders jump-rope, whootie-who

[amborin]

17. edit

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[hlthe2b]

20. so what exactly is Greenwald's trespass du jour that incites this thread?

[LoZoccolo]

31. It's more of a long-term thing.

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[Bluenorthwest]

23. Of course, he is gay and that is OFA no go, no se?

And now you have said you'd not vote for the Democrat if that Democrats was not just how you demand the nominee be. Which is what you say others should not do.
Hypocrisy and bigoted views, OFA all the way!

[LoZoccolo]

24. I would think that running against Obama would be an "OFA no go".

[Bluenorthwest]

28. That is abusd because OFA is an Obama organization not

the Democratic Party. And you evaded my point. Which is that your choice seems bigoted. I always vote for the nominee even when it is Obama, when I am just voting against the more bigoted Republican.
Such prejudice is sad.

[LoZoccolo]

30. Would that accusation apply against people who don't vote for Democrats who touch Social Security?

[Solly Mack]

25. As would be your right. People should vote their conscience.

If you felt so strongly against the democratic nominee (as a Democrat yourself, of course), then the only thing you could do is to leave it blank, or do a write-in vote of another Democrat you felt would be better. It's matter of principles and those are important.

Bush didn't think too much of principles (or ethics or laws) and he knew how to get people to abandon their own principles. Bush was all about using fear of something worse happening to scare/control people into conforming/obedience. He also used fear of something worse happening ("ticking time-bomb") to get people to accept such things as torture and assorted other war crimes.

[Autumn]

27. Good for you. You should always vote your conscience.

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost."
Adams, John Quincy on voting.

This is the first post of yours that I am happy to recommend.:fistbump:

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[City Lights]

33. Good for you, LoZ!

Unrec.

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