āJill Stein is a useful idiot for Russia. After parroting Kremlin talking points and being propped up by bad actors in 2016 sheās at it again,ā DNC spokesman Matt Corridoni said in a statement toĀ The Bulwark. āJill Stein wonāt become president, but her spoiler candidacyāthat both the GOP and Putin have previously shown interest inācan help decide who wins. A vote for Stein is a vote for Trump.ā
Jill is here to collect some donations then disappear for 4 years. Again.
As someone in a state where my presidential vote is very much decidedā¦ I voted Gary Johnson in 2016. I know there are a lot of very real critiques of the libertarian party and/or platform, but itās really sad the green party puts it to shameā¦ itās not a high bar.
My point beingā¦ wtf is she still doing doing this stuff? Libertarians push local candidates all the damn time, and make a push for the presidential seat when they can, but soundly rejected Trump, and hell, even in 2016 you had the VP libertarian cantidate saying āvote Hillaryā. Like I am upset as anyone else, but if youāre still in the green party youāre just kidding yourselfā¦ and thats from a freaking libertarian that hates his party a good 50% of the time.
I absolutely despise libertarians. But I approve this message.
Lol. I get it. Iāve said it before and Iāll say it a million more times Iām sure: itās got a lot of problems, but I like the framework the NAP provides. Itās explicit and provides a place to work from.
Theyāre not all crazy āpublic roads are theftā folks. And again, remember the party soundly rejected trump. IME a lot of libertarians are generally supportive of social programs, so long as theyāre egalitarian.
But what really rustles jimmies is the cut and dry stuff. I will never be able to get over democrats being on the wrong side of gay marriage, even in the name of pragmatism. Iāll support them out of pragmatism, but Iām bitter about it.
But to the point of this thread: very little of that matters if thereās not a next election. Iāll take the party that fumbled gay marriage in the late 2000s VS. The one that wants to kill my friends 1000/10 times.
And again to the point of this thread: itās telling, and gives me faith in my party, there is no āGarry Johnsonā this year.