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Angst from a Jill Stein voter (on Tulsi Gabbard's Facebook page) (Original Post) brooklynite Aug 2016 OP
That's really something. NurseJackie Aug 2016 #1
LOL! The desperation feeds my spirit. MineralMan Aug 2016 #2
"It's her integrity-laden ideals that most closely align with Bernie's" vollehosen Aug 2016 #3
"Integrity-free" is more like it. MineralMan Aug 2016 #5
The gluten-free pancakes? oberliner Aug 2016 #4
I know, right? It seemed to stereotypical! Nonhlanhla Aug 2016 #9
I call BS on this post SticksnStones Aug 2016 #6
I would probably characterize it as a delusional Jill Stein voter. Those who spew still_one Aug 2016 #7
How do people develop such fervors? frazzled Aug 2016 #8
Wow, if that person's family left one day, they'd be desperately mourning the DVD player lunamagica Aug 2016 #10
Not the gluten-free pancake mix! mcar Aug 2016 #11
This has to be satire. yellowcanine Aug 2016 #12

MineralMan

(146,320 posts)
2. LOL! The desperation feeds my spirit.
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:49 AM
Aug 2016

Aside from Donald Trump, Jill Stein is the least prepared presidential candidate in this race. The United States of America is different in every way from a town committee. Heck, I have a nephew-in-law who is a town committeeman (Selectman) in New Hampshire. He's not qualified to be President either, although he does a great job of driving that small town's snowplow every winter.

vollehosen

(130 posts)
3. "It's her integrity-laden ideals that most closely align with Bernie's"
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:50 AM
Aug 2016

WOW! I didn't realize Bernie was an anti-vaxxer and Benghazi truther...

Nonhlanhla

(2,074 posts)
9. I know, right? It seemed to stereotypical!
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 11:05 AM
Aug 2016


I know there are people who really cannot eat gluten, but there are some who just jumped on the gluten free bandwagon because it's hip.

still_one

(92,301 posts)
7. I would probably characterize it as a delusional Jill Stein voter. Those who spew
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:55 AM
Aug 2016

this nonsense out, I am convinced actually want a Trump presidency, to somehow rationalize their justification for not voting for Hillary, so they can in their convoluted logic say "I told you so"

These are not very happy people, and in their "spirit of perverseness", will continue to wallow in their unhappiness when Hillary becomes the next President.

Of course the most important thing is to GOTV

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
8. How do people develop such fervors?
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:59 AM
Aug 2016

And for a politician? One individual? One deeply held creed? It's like fundamentalist religious fanatics who cling to their beliefs with such avidity that they can't let go for fear of going to hell.

I've believed in politicians before and truly believed that they had the right set of policies and character, and I've worked really hard for them on the ground and contributed money and time I didn't really have. And they lost. I felt disappointed for ... about five days. And then I did what I have to do in my everyday life: I faced reality and threw my support to the winner. And even grew to like them a bit, despite some reservations in a few areas. (Who's perfect anyway?) And you know what? Two years later I can tell you that I wondered why I had ever gotten so attached to that initial candidate in the first place: I saw their real flaws too, and they stopped looking like a hero.

Never fall in love with a candidate. None of them are all that. They're just people trying to do their best in a complicated world, like the rest of us.



lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
10. Wow, if that person's family left one day, they'd be desperately mourning the DVD player
Thu Aug 4, 2016, 02:20 PM
Aug 2016

the peanut butter and the cookies (among other things)...not a word about missing the family

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