There are a lot of assumptions made in this screed, not the least of which this laugher: “...viable Democratic candidates who are actually trying to implement change.” The DCCC and DNC’s hand-picked ex-veterans like Connor “pro-gun, pro-life ‘Democrat’” Lamb - chosen expressly for their ability to raise money and…

Thank you for being the only sane commenter on this article.

What makes you think they aren’t?

The author never uses statistics and the numbers blatantly prove this candidate (which the article is about) had nothing to do with loss.

So the problem is that an incompetent sideshow party is stealing votes...But if they had a more mainstream platform and viable candidates, (thus taking an even bigger share of the votes), everything would be OK? Yeah, right. Quit lying to yourself. You’d blindly vote D no matter their policy, and gleefully watch…

Demcrats lost. have they proposed anything new?  Voter blaming is such a shitty strategy.

People in swing states who would choose a third party over Hillary when Trump is the other option, probably would never vote for Hillary or other moderate Democrat no matter what. So yeah the Green party is a favorite scapegoat of Democrats. On the other hand if third parties want to make any real difference they…

I often vote for Green to send a message to Dems, but Republicans don’t stand a chance in hell of winning the presidential election in my state, so I didn’t have to worry about Trump winning here. Also while I like much of the Green Party’s platform it also has a lot of anti-science wackjobs, who are into “alternative…

What are you mad at them for? That this one guy ran under their label? You realize parties can’t ban people from running under their line, right? This guy literally got less votes than the gap between the candidates in a meaningless election. Almost all Jill Stein voters in those states would’ve had to go to Hillary…

Between the two -

Thanks for providing an example of why Greens don’t feel welcome in the Democratic party. If you really want people to come over to your side, a good first step is to not insult them.

I’m trying to leave this thought somewhere relevant and your comment is the closest I can find

Remember 2004?  The Democrats managed to get Nader and the Greens off of the Ohio presidential ballots (with some rather dirty tricks, I might add.)  So I only had two options - vote for W, who was an idiot, or vote for Kerry, who was a robot.  I stood in line for *2 hours* to cast a vote for Kerry that day.  Mine was…

In the First 2 decades of his Congressional House career, Bernie has has proposed and passed I think 90 amendments. He then passed about 60 amendments in the senate. As an independent, it is inconceivable that he would be allowed to pass an entire bill. Neither Republicans or Democrats are willing to let an…

I swear, they (the Root) make Bernie jump through burning hoops.

WEB DuBois: Racism is an offshoot of fundamental class inequality where one’s race affects one’s class placement within society. By eliminating economic and class barriers between peoples in society we eliminate racial barriers as well.

Terrell Starr: Yes but that ignores that more black people are assigned with…

NEVER FORGET: HILARY “SUPERPREDATOR” CLINTON WAS THE REAL POC CHAMPION

That’s right Brwnskngurl I’d rather see our brothers and sisters be mass incarcerated than let this old cracker get credit for passing this bill.

“yesha” must be swahili for “you a damn lie.”