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MEAT
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5. "Money, organization, and then getting on the ballots "
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Sat Feb-18-17 09:45 PM by MEAT

  

          

Outside parties are much more difficult than people think.
There's a solid podcast that had Nader on and he mentioned the difficulty with organizing the Green Party, that the people the party draws aren't really into "organizing" and just want to be outside of the mainstream.


*it was an article not podcast
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_next_20/2016/09/ralph_nader_and_the_tragedy_of_voter_as_consumer_politics.html?xid=next20kw&kwp_0=240022

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This is the most opportune time for a new party to gain momentum.... [View all] , rorschach, Sat Feb-18-17 08:16 PM
 
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You can hope all you want, the public will buy a new 3rd party
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I believe that ultimately it's about educating and empowering people....
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They bought Perot
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      How did they buy Perot if Perot didn't win?
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           They voted for him after he dropped out
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                RE: They voted for him after he dropped out
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                     Debbie the downer doesn't accomplish anything
Feb 18th 2017
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                          Nader and Perot accomplished something, right?
Feb 18th 2017
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                               Oh you didn't vote for Hillary, Kerry, or Gore ?
Feb 18th 2017
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                                    Delusional people can't tell the difference between
Feb 18th 2017
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                                         People who use straw man arguments never
Feb 18th 2017
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                                         I wonder what you see in Trump's party winning with more
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                                              I see more straw man
Feb 19th 2017
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                                                   Nader and Ross Perot
Feb 19th 2017
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                                                        More straw man
Feb 19th 2017
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                                         It's not delusional to vote for your personal interests....
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                                              And you'll see how effective that will be against the GOP
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                                                   how are you not understanding why I'm saying?
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This could be the time but these are not the people
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RE: This could be the time but these are not the people
Feb 18th 2017
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      RE: This could be the time but these are not the people
Feb 18th 2017
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Nader basically summed up my current problem with the Green Party....
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      RE: Nader basically summed up my current problem with the Green Party......
Feb 18th 2017
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           It's about finding that cross-section of people....
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                Politics is about contending. A third party you're proposing
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