Nordic » Tue Nov 01, 2016 3:03 pm wrote:Iamwhomiam » Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:47 am wrote:Oh, I agree she's the best in the field, but she cannot become elected as President this term. That is the truth, too. If you are in a swing state and you vote for Stein, you're assuring the election of one of the two, Trump or Clinton. And it might seem to some that by voting Green in a swing state you care not at all about the makeup of the future Supreme Court, which imo, is more important than the election of a 4 or 8 year term of office.
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I forgot to thank you Rory, for responding to my questions. I appreciate you doing so, while I do not agree with your reasoned decision, due only to your living in a contested state.
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I would say that Trump would be scrapping the bottom of the barrel. Clinton's simply the dregs.
But one thing that argument overlooks:
Your vote doesn't matter one bit in "battle" between Hillary and Trump. Not at all.
Face it we have no control over Trump/Hillary. There's never a "perfect time" to vote third party if you keep thinking that some day there will be. It's like waiting for the perfect time to tell your spouse you want a divorce. It's just gotta happen. Just do it.
Silly Nordic,
every vote matters! 'cept for those that go uncounted, of course, or those disqualified. If I were to vote for Clinton, it would add one more popular vote to her tally.
But this is what I wrote, more or less, as to why I'll be voting for Stein:
But where it might actually count is in getting the Green Party at 5% at which time it becomes a legit, recognized party and automatically gets federal funding next time.
It is indeed a perfect time for me to vote for Stein, as I feel sure Clinton will carry NYS and does not need my vote to win our state's popular vote. As I wrote earlier, if NY was a contested red-blue state I would vote for Clinton. I admit, I could be unpleasantly surprised by a Trump win.
Lastly, Nordic, there's always a perfect time to seek a divorce. Too many just ignore it, preferring to live in a fantasy. Procrastinators, in general.
Everyone is entitled to be wrong, you know, and everyone is entitled to their opinions, wrong as they might be. As we've seen this election cycle, more so than ever before, the truth matters little to many, even here, where we see 8bit point to Bill as though he was a contender and complain that democrats aren't crying about his indiscretions as if he was, and refuse to admit that Democrats, (most humans, really), really do have good reason to decry Trump's sexual crimes, ("...whether they have good reason or not...").
"I just don't get how the Democrats can at once focus all their energy calling Trump a sex criminal whether they have good reason or not, but then ignore the fact Bill Clinton has a long trail of accusers..."
Next, we have clairvoyance, "The social media Democrats talk about this bogus Jerry Springer produced child rape claim, but even if that had any sort of credibility it'd lead to Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein."
You know it's bogus, 8bit? Because it is about Trump's sexual perversions and not Clinton's? Seems to me it would be wise to investigate the possible
rape of a 13 year old by Donald Trump regardless of where it leads, or to whom it involves, though it would be a plus to suck in other rapists of the young and old, like Jefferey and Bill. As long as it finds Trump guilty of child rape, if he is indeed guilty, I don't care who else gets sucked in, but would be pleased to see as many rapists of children and women get what they deserve, whoever they might be.
What's the matter, 8bit, can't you write 'Trump' and 'rape' in the same sentence?
For a Stein voter you sure seem to be selling the Trump brand. And in my experience, that makes you unique among Stein supporters.
It makes one wonder just how these bizarre imaginings of some that are in such conflict with reality come about and then, there it was, right at the bottom of the comment:
As much as I've always disliked Fox, Drudge, and Rush they seem to be some of the only ones pointing out all this (alleged Clinton) corruption.
With no mention Trump's well known (alleged) corruption, the uni; his well known, through his own braggadocio, mistreatment of women, probably criminal, his not releasing his taxes; or that he's been accused of raping a 13 year old. Yes, let's talk about Bill Clinton. This is news, right 8bit?
Meanwhile, still not a single word of condemnation for Trump from you in any RI 2016 election thread, even though we know much about his ongoing illegal and immoral acts. Very strange indeed. But not at all strange for a Trump supporter.
And then we have D&C's cruel foolishness, victimizing victims of mass murder: Sandy Hook was 100% fake, which is grossly untrue. It was as real as reality gets.
Novem5er, I'll respond later today.