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US Uncut reports:
Some of the biggest pro-Bernie Sanders groups on Facebook were briefly taken down Monday evening in a targeted attack by Hillary Clinton supporters.
The groups Bernie Sanders Activists, Bernie Believers, BERNIE OR BUST, Bernie Sanders Revolutionaries, Bay Area for Bernie, Bernie Sanders 2016 — Ideas Welcome, Bernie Sanders is my HERO, and Bernie Sanders for President 2016 were all taken down in the attack. The pages in question were reported to be down for about three hours, from 9 p.m. to midnight Monday night.
Collectively, these groups are home to more than a quarter million Bernie Sanders supporters, and some have been in existence for nearly a year, having been launched shortly after the Vermont senator declared his intent to run for president in 2015.
The groups were targeted by online trolls, who posted pornographic images and reported the groups to Facebook admins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Ellis D. Tripp on Wednesday April 27 2016, @03:16PM
Her positions are pretty compatible with Bernie's across the board, and there is even talk of Bernie joining her on the Green Party ticket for the general election assuming Shillary takes the Democratic nomination....
http://www.jill2016.com [jill2016.com]
"Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you end up with a lot of scum on the top!"--Edward Abbey
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday April 27 2016, @04:17PM
Ellis, I have nothing against Stein. But, it is often claimed that if you vote for anyone outside the two parties, you have "wasted your vote". Well - there is some merit to that claim.
However, in the case of the Libertarian party, they have been inching closer and closer to that magic percentage point, at which they will recieve federal funds for their campaigns. So, if we could convince 5% of voters to vote for Johnson (or any other Libertarian candidates), then that part would become a contender on the national scene.
The Green party has a lot of good things to be said about it, but they aren't anywhere near the threshold for federal campaign funds.
My intent is to put just about ANY third party alternative into the public view, and at this point in time, Libertarian has the best shot at it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matching_funds#In_politics [wikipedia.org]
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(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday April 27 2016, @04:57PM
The Green party in Canada has been seeing its numbers go up the last few elections:
Then the 'We have to get rid of Harper' election came and its numbers went down because of people voting Liberal to make sure Harper left.
here's hoping that those numbers will go up again in the next election here.
We have, basically, a 3 party system here, but it would be nice to see a fourth... and proper representation of our votes! (VOTE REFORM AND NO TPP MR. TRUDEAU!!!)
And if i was American, i think i'd vote for Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo (or Trump) before i'd vote for Hillary... i trust her as far as i could throw Trump!
Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo: i'd vote for him before i'd vote for you....Hillary.....
(was that off-key?)
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Ellis D. Tripp on Wednesday April 27 2016, @05:02PM
I get where you are coming from, with the LP currently being the largest 3rd party in the US. But the GP came awfully close to the 5% FEC threshold when Ralph Nader ran in 2000, in what was one of the most successful 3rd party runs in recent history. Given the size and strength of the Sanders campaign, if he were to hop over to the Greens, they should EASILY exceed the 5% threshold in the general election, qualifying for federal funding in future elections.
I suggested the GP to the original poster, because they stated that they were a Sanders supporter, and Sanders-style democratic socialism is a much better fit with the Greens than with the Libertarians. While the 2 are pretty compatible as far as most social and foreign policy issues, there remains a fundamental difference in outlook between the 2 in terms of economic inequality, environmental regulation, and the role of government in providing a safety net for the economically disadvantaged.
"Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up, you end up with a lot of scum on the top!"--Edward Abbey
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday April 27 2016, @06:41PM
The God Emperor has been pushing that the primaries are unfair and being stolen by the establishment in his speeches... That would resonate with Bernie and if he got a "very high position" in the God Emperor's cabinet (maybe veep, crazy as that might sound?) then he would win by a landslide.
The extremists freak about that proposal "they're class enemies" and all that rot. Well real politics is the art of the possible deal, and Trump needs to make a statement that he can make deals. Also lets be realistic about the religion thing, Trump isn't so hot with Bernie's demographic and that would help with press coverage. So imagine Bernie demands he set US/Israeli policy not Trump and maybe some other minor issue in addition, I donno education funding. Now does that get "the cause" further along than quitting and pouting? heck yeah, and he's a pro politician, he'd take that deal. Meanwhile Trump promotes himself as the deal maker. So he turns a blind eye to Isreal and throws more money down the rathole of higher education tuition, but in exchange he gets the college and jewish vote... he's a deal maker businessman, of course there is some deal he can work with. I can totally see it.
Hillary would get the BLM protestor vote and the feminist gray-purple haired cat lady vote and that's about it. Maybe the biggest defeat the D party has ever had? 60/40 popular vote for Trump? Dare I say 65/35?
(Score: 2, Insightful) by nitehawk214 on Wednesday April 27 2016, @07:12PM
Just saying "Trump should hire Sanders" isn't going to make it happen or make it even remotely possible.
I have a lot more respect for Sanders than to think that is even a possibility.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh