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Showing Original Post only (View all)Cornel West endorses Green Party’s Jill Stein, calls Trump “neo-fascist catastrophe,” ... [View all]
Cornel West endorses Green Partys Jill Stein, calls Trump neo-fascist catastrophe, Clinton neoliberal disasterhttp://www.salon.com/2016/07/15/cornel_west_endorses_green_partys_jill_stein_calls_trump_neo_fascist_catastrophe_and_clinton_a_neoliberal_disaster/
I am with her the only progressive woman in the race, said Cornel West.
This November, we need change. Yet we are tied in a choice between Trump, who would be a neo-fascist catastrophe, and Clinton, a neo-liberal disaster. Thats why I am supporting Jill Stein.
West, the renowned scholar and revolutionary, published an op-ed in The Guardian on Thursday in which he slammed the presidential candidates from both major parties, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and instead endorsed Jill Stein, the presidential candidate for the Green Party.
Clinton policies of the 1990s generated inequality, mass incarceration, privatization of schools and Wall Street domination, he wrote.
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Am I reading something into it, or does he sound like he thinks Stein can win?
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Old Union Guy
Jul 2016
OP
So that brings Jill Stein and her following to 5 people now? I'm feeling generous,
politicaljunkie41910
Jul 2016
#1
He believes in helping poor people something neither party has pushed for since LBJ.
JRLeft
Jul 2016
#47
"Am I reading something into it, or does he sound like he thinks Stein can win?" -- LOL
MH1
Jul 2016
#3
And this is why I'm glad West was rebuffed repeatedly during the platform committee..
SaschaHM
Jul 2016
#10
In addition to what others have pointed out, called President Obama a global George Zimmerman
Starry Messenger
Jul 2016
#42
Who cares if Cornel West endorses Stein she will run a poor fourth--the Libertarians
book_worm
Jul 2016
#23
Earth to Jill Steiners - the US political system is BINARY - your choice like it or not is a middle
Kashkakat v.2.0
Jul 2016
#41
Anyone who thinks Jill Stein will be President isn't playing with a full deck.
BobbyDrake
Jul 2016
#45