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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: 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]
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(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