Get off our TV.
Jill Stein is this nutbag lady who ran for president in 2016 as an uber-liberal Green Party person who knew Hillary Clinton would be just as bad as Donald Trump, because of how they were the EXACT SAME. In Michigan and Wisconsin, two of the Rust Belt states where Trump surprisingly beat Hillary and thus sealed his weak "win," Jill Stein got more votes than the difference between Trump and Hillary, so go fuck yourself, Dr. Stein. Also, the Senate Judiciary Committee wants to see documents about Trump campaign communications regarding Stein as part of the Russia investigation, because ?????????
We don't know if she committed Trump-Russia conspiracy crimes, but we wouldn't be surprised. Hey remember that time Stein eated dinner with Vladimir Putin and Michael Flynn in Moscow, because #NoReason?
Based on all this, obviously we need to hear Stein's very important opinion on the matters of the day. Did you see how North Korea tested that missile? Did you see how Congress shoved some Russian sanctions up Dear Leader Trump's ass? Jill Stein knows what is up with these things.
So it was that on Sunday, as yr Wonkette was putzing around the house, we suddenly almost threw a brick through our very nice TV screen when we saw that MSNBC had brought Stein on for Sharing Time. How many stupid things did she say in two minutes? Oh, it's breathtaking:
Weep for the North Korean government, for they are frightened and forlorn!
WATCH: @DrJillStein : North Korea has been demonized by US, forced to attain Nukes. Russian interference based on circumstantial evidence pic.twitter.com/S3BMtodjuf
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) July 31, 2017
[South Korea has] lived under the threat of war for decades now, they're really tired of it. They would like to move ahead by negotiating a peace treaty, and, you know,the demonization of North Koreais part of the run-up to regime change. We saw it in Iraq, we saw it in Libya, it's part of demonizing a government that we then want to exercise regime change on, and then what do we get? You know, look at our track record here, it's not so good.
So we're supporting the South Korean people who are actually living with this problem, and they are very committed to a solution.
MSNBC lady helpfully pointed out that while that might be the case, North Korea is the one testing nuclear missiles right now. Stein replied:
But remember where that came from! Long before they began their missile tests, the U.S. was conducting nuclear bombing runs against North Korea. We actually had nuclear weapons until the end of the Cold War, we actually had nuclear weapons stationed in South Korea.So this is very frightening to them! They've been basically cornered into feeling like they have to develop a nuclear weapon.
POOR NORTH KOREA.
Weep for Russia, because sanctions are SO UNFAIR BRO and besides, prove to Jill Stein that her pals in Moscow meddled in the election, SPOILER YOU CAN'T, even though you are 17 United States intelligence agencies who all agree with each other, whereas Jill Stein is some asshole who ain't know shit.
Does Stein think Trump should sign that sanctions bill that 948% of Congress voted for, minus Bernie Sanders, Rand Paul and a handful of twats in the House? OF COURSE NOT:
Uh, no I don't? And I don't think Congress should have passed it, because the sanctions basically play right into Russia's hand. We know that sanctions only strengthen a leader and, like Putin, and, um, make him sort of the protector against the evil United States? And when you look at what's actually going on here, you know, sanctions are not the solution to protecting our election system!
First of all the evidence is not definitive, it's circumstantial that it's the Russians ...
YUM YUM DINNER
... but in any case, we know that lots of people are waiting to walk through the very open door of the U.S. election system.
Like Trump's 400-pound hacker in New Jersey?
We need to start protecting our elections through proper cyber security practices, and by using paper ballots that can't be hacked.
Cosign on the paper ballots and the cyber security.
Otherwise, get bent, Jill Stein.
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I understand what a swing state is. Thanks for asking.
I wasn't trying to say everyone in a blue state has such a diametrically opposed relationship with those in a red state, or a swing state. I intentionally make the case extreme for clarity. If you were describing the possible problems with a car engine breaking down, you wouldn't tell someone, "you might hear a knocking sound." You would tell them about blowing the engine and needing to rebuild or replace it. Such was my intent. I wasn't really trying to fully sketch out your personal experience, about which I know nothing. Pardon the misunderstanding.
Most people have a multitude of reasons to live wherever they live. To suggest that they to move to a swing state do they can help turn it blue is a lot to ask. Especially if you follow up by hanging an election loss around their necks I'm pretty sure my wife would consider even the questions to be grounds for divorce.
We didn't shelter our kids, by any means. Diversity is wonderful. That's one reason we wanted to raise them in a blue urban area -- the real divide is urban/rural, not so much by states, but the nature of our winner take all by state elections make the states more relevant. Right? In some rural areas of our state it is not uncommon to still have defacto segregated schools. And the homogeneity of the populations in some such areas can be stifling.
Our kids went to school with kids from a dozen different countries. They had black, white, Asian and Hispanic friends that I recall, and one of our daughter's best friends was from India. I think they had Muslim friends, but don't recall, and a Hindi teacher.They had openly gay friends (being openly gay could get you killed in some areas not far from where I sit). I doubt this would be easy to replicate. It would be almost impossible to find in most rural areas.
We don't believe in home schools, unless paid for entirely without tax dollars. The state should pay for a good education, not assist everyone educating their kids to believe Adam and Eve road dinasaurs and climate change is a hoax. Mostly, though, it's important for kids to have a shared civic education so that it is possible for them, as adults some day, to speak a common language.
It is admirable for people to move to a swing state do they can help it swing, but as a practical matter, I don't think a single election will be changed that way. I recall the "bathroom bill" here in NC. I don't recall any influx of sympathetic liberals moving here, clapping us on the backs and saying, "we're here for you, brother."
Ok, you're too lazy to scroll. Got it. That's all you had to say.