Pragmatism, Ever Green

The only thing that the Green Party and their candidate for President, Jill Stein, can effectively do is cost Barack Obama re-election and put Mitt Romney in the White House.  That's a shame, because protest votes for her against Romney or Obama either way are votes that could put the most environmentally hostile, Wall Street-friendly man to ever run for the office in power.

While Obama and Romney rail at each other, to an outsider’s eye each is nearly indistinguishable from the other, Stein said.

“We need an independent political party to help articulate the vision and the demands (of the people) and drive them into the political agenda,” Stein said. “Without our voices, it’s just a battle of public relations campaigns funded by Wall Street.”

Breaking up big banks and creating local banks, she said, would provide the money for the social and green programs on her agenda. She also wants to limit the role of corporations and Wall Street in politics. “We need to take the money out of politics,” she said.

We do.  But Jill Stein has zero chance.  And even if she takes 2 or 3% of the vote away from Barack Obama in swing states, it could be enough to give Mitt Romney Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, and a number of other states...and the White House.

Your vote for Stein could lead to Romney winning?   Ask Ralph Nader about President Gore and Florida sometime.  That turned out really well for America, didn't it?

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