Third 2016 Presidential Debate: on Principles & Values
Jill Stein:
Greens overcame ballot laws designed by Democrats and GOP
A voter revolt is brewing in America. People are fed up, and they should be. The super rich are destroying our economy, sending our jobs overseas and making our planet uninhabitable. But instead of offering real solutions, the two-party system has
produced the two most disliked and distrusted candidates in history. An incredible 57% of Americans polled recently by Gallup say the Democratic and Republican parties have failed and we need a new major party. In short, the American people are ready
for real competition to the two-party system.But while the two-party system may be deeply unpopular, it's also deeply entrenched. Greens and Libertarians have both spent tremendous resources to overcome laws designed by Democrats and Republicans to
keep competition off the ballot. Yet despite this milestone, the mainstream media have given us less than 1% of the coverage they've given Trump & Clinton. Of the relatively tiny amount of coverage we get, most is either openly hostile or subtly negative
Source: Stein OpEd, Chicago Tribune: Third 2016 Presidential Debate
Oct 20, 2016
Jill Stein:
Majority of Americans want a four-party debate
The two-party establishment's strongest line of defense is the presidential debates, controlled by a private corporation run by Democratic and Republican party elites. A landslide 76% of Americans wanted a four-party debate, according to a September
USA Today poll. Yet the Commission on Presidential Debates insists that candidates can only participate if they're polling 15% nationally--a near impossible task when your media coverage is 1% of that of the establishment parties.
Supposedly this is to keep out "non-viable" candidates. It certainly does help prevent other parties from becoming viable in the eyes of the public.What would our history look like if another challenger to the two-party system, Abraham Lincoln, had
been locked out of debates by the dominant parties of his time, the Democrats and the Whigs? The Republican Party was an upstart in a time of discontent. Today our country is once again mired in discontent.
Source: Stein OpEd, Chicago Tribune: Third 2016 Presidential Debate
Oct 20, 2016
Donald Trump:
Debunked women fictionalized stories about sexual harassment
CLINTON: At the last debate, we heard Trump talking about what he did to women [on a "hot mic" tape]. And after that, a number of women have come forward saying that's exactly what he did to them.
Now, what was his response? Well, he held a number of big rallies where he [denounced the women making claims, and]
attacked the woman reporter writing the story, called her "disgusting," as he has called a number of women during this campaign.TRUMP: Nobody has more respect for women than I do. Nobody. Those stories have been largely debunked. She mentions
this, which is all fiction, all fictionalized, probably or possibly started by her and her very sleazy campaign. What isn't fictionalized are her e-mails, where she destroyed 33,000 e-mails criminally--criminally!--after getting a subpoena from Congress.
Source: Third 2016 Presidential Debate moderated by Fox News
Oct 19, 2016
Donald Trump:
Electing Hillary means four more years of Obama
We're going to make America great. We have a depleted military. It has to be helped. We don't take care of our veterans. We take care of illegal immigrants better than we take care of our vets. We need law and order,
but we need justice, too. Our inner cities are a disaster. You get shot walking to the store. They have no education. They have no jobs. We cannot take four more years of Barack Obama, and that's what you get when you get her.
Source: Third 2016 Presidential Debate moderated by Fox News
Oct 19, 2016
Donald Trump:
Hillary & Obama criminally paid people to start riots
Look at what came out today on the clips--I was wondering what happened with my rally in Chicago and other rallies where we had such violence. Clinton is the one--and Obama--that caused the violence. They hired people--they paid them $1,500, and they're
on tape saying "be violent, cause fights, do bad things." That was now all on tape, started by her. I believe she got these [sexual assault accusers] to step forward. If it wasn't, they get their 10 minutes of fame. It was lies, and it was fiction.
Source: Third 2016 Presidential Debate moderated by Fox News
Oct 19, 2016
Gary Johnson:
Only third-party candidate on the ballot in all 50 states
It rankles Gary Johnson he won't be onstage with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump for the final presidential debate. "Really, really it just sucks--no other way to put it," the Libertarian presidential nominee said. "I'm the only third-party candidate
on the ballot in all 50 states."Johnson has been absent from the stage in all three presidential debates because he's unable to meet the national polling threshold of 15% in five major national polls. Johnson said if he were allowed to participate,
he could, perhaps, force Clinton & Trump to "actually talk about issues, instead of seeing them talk about how they're going to kill one another," Johnson said.
Johnson, who has done well with millennial voters, has sought to shore up that
support by reaching out to young people who backed Bernie Sanders. This week Johnson released a campaign video highlighting issues on which he says he and Sanders share common ground--among them, opposition to the Iraq war and marijuana legalization.
Source: Los Angeles Times on Third 2016 Presidential Debate
Oct 19, 2016
Evan McMullin:
In statistical 3-way tie for electoral votes in Utah
Utah has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1964, but Donald Trump's lewd comments about women have enraged socially conservative voters, and a little-known candidate could come out on top there. Independent Evan McMullin and Hillary
Clinton are virtually tied with Trump in Utah according to a new poll, with 22%-26% support [each, within the margin of error]. Libertarian Gary Johnson takes 14%.McMullin, a Utah native, presents himself as the "true conservative" alternative to
Trump. His weakness--common among third party candidates--is that 48% of Utah voters don't know him. But McMullin receives positive marks from the 52% of voters who do know him: Four out of five view him positively. That's in stark contrast to Clinton
and Trump, as both have unfavorable ratings of 70% in Utah.
McMullin cannot win the presidency through the Electoral College since he is on the ballot in only 11 states. But voters can write in his name in 23 additional states.
Source: McClatchy News on Third 2016 Presidential Debate
Oct 12, 2016
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