Carl Gibson, a contributor at the Huffington Post had positive things to say about his prefered candidate this election cycle, Green Party nominee Jill Stein.
Jill Stein is a candidate that the other 90 million of us can get excited about. Picture the populist candidate Barack Obama once was in 2008, minus the financial support from Wall Street banks and oil companies, and the fawning coverage from mainstream media outlets. In her Green New Deal, she’s vowing to end drone strikes, tightly regulate Wall Street, halt all government-funded construction of fossil fuel-dependent projects, and end all foreign wars and occupations. She unabashedly calls for higher top tax rates like we saw in the days of FDR and Eisenhower, and the immediate closure of corporate tax loopholes that bleed out billions to overseas, tax-free bank accounts where the elite have stashed anywhere between $21 trillion and $32 trillion. As president, she would appoint Supreme Court justices who believe corporations are corporations, not people, and fight to get corporate money and influence out of the political process. She’s even been recently arrested protesting Fannie Mae in Philadelphia. And unlike other Green Party candidates of the past, she’s running not to speak on certain issues or get mainstream candidates to talk about doing the right thing. She’s actually running to win, and has ballot access in nearly every state.
I used to say I’d hold my nose and vote for Obama because a Romney presidency would be an even bigger disaster than an Obama presidency. But I’m voting for Jill Stein, because I shouldn’t have to hold my nose to vote for someone. Imagine if two-thirds of those 90 million disillusioned voters did the same thing by voting for Jill Stein and ousting tea party Republicans and corporate Democrats from the House and Senate. Isn’t that worth showing up at the ballot box on November 6th? It would be the upset of the century.
Read the whole article at the Huffington Post: President Jill Stein?
Carl Gibson, 25, is co-founder of US Uncut, a nationwide creative direct-action movement that mobilized tens of thousands of activists against corporate tax avoidance and budget cuts in the months leading up to the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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Stein was busy protesting with the Chicago Teachers Union. I understand most on this site are Libertarian leaning, but please give Greens due respect. They are all about having a more democratic and healthy society – we have disagreements on certain policies, sure, but we can civilly talk about our positions and let the people decide which they would prefer.
I don’t think many people who would seriously consider voting for Stein will react to that in the same way that many libertarians and Ron Paul supporters reacted to Barr.
Shades of the Bob Barr insult to Ron Paul in 2008? Not that Stossell is quite as important as Ron Paul, but it seems to be doing the same kind of damage to her campaign.
Paulie read my mind, so I’ll just add that I know plenty of libertarians who joined the Greens for the exact reasons Paulie mentioned.
I wouldn’t say that. They are generally good on peace and civil liberties/social issues, and oppose bailouts. There are certainly differences on economic issues, and Greens are split on gun ownership by individuals. While this doesn’t hold for the party platform or most active Greens, a few are free market oriented in the true non-corporatist sense.
A vote for any Green is a vote for statism on steroids. No thanks!
I didn’t know that she refused to be on the Stossel Show. Everyone knows he is a libertarian but he is fair to his guests. He always has people who disagree with him. Hell, he even had Stewart Alexander of the Socialist Party on his show. Looking at Virgil Goode was funny, he didn’t seem happy.
That being said, does anyone know why she refused? I mean, it is a good media opportunity and in a way can be a form of debate between third parties. Stossel was fair to all of the candidates.
Shades of the Cynthia McKinney media strategy?
I used to think Stein was a good candidate, but refusing to be on John Stossel’s show is the dumbest mistake anyone could ever make. I can’t take her seriously as a candidate now.