The Man wrote:

Jill Stein wasn't able to raise $5 million in nearly two years, and now she all of a sudden was able to raise nearly $5 million in one day.  How did that happen exactly? Something is shady there for sure.

And also, Jill Stein got what, 1% of the vote? Why would she want a recount? Does she think the recount might possibly get her 1.001% of the vote?

This whole thing is funded by the DNC, they just paid Jill Stein to be the face of it so they don't have to take the negative publicity.  It is clear as day.

She raised that money off of low information democratic voters who can't get over the fact that Hillary lost.

The DNC is in shambles. Hell, their leader is a interim placeholder while they figure out where they're going to go next. I don't think for a second that the Democratic Party is organized enough to pull something off with Jill Stein.

And oh, by the way, let's just say that in a recount, we learn that Hillary won Wisconsin. So what? It doesn't give her enough electoral votes to change the results. So saying that the DNC is behind doesn't pass the smell test for me.

On the case of Jill Stein and the greens, I do think that they're just fundraising and trying to pad their mailing lists.

TheLagerLad wrote:

The Man wrote:

Jill Stein wasn't able to raise $5 million in nearly two years, and now she all of a sudden was able to raise nearly $5 million in one day.  How did that happen exactly? Something is shady there for sure.

And also, Jill Stein got what, 1% of the vote? Why would she want a recount? Does she think the recount might possibly get her 1.001% of the vote?

This whole thing is funded by the DNC, they just paid Jill Stein to be the face of it so they don't have to take the negative publicity.  It is clear as day.

She raised that money off of low information democratic voters who can't get over the fact that Hillary lost.

The DNC is in shambles. Hell, their leader is a interim placeholder while they figure out where they're going to go next. I don't think for a second that the Democratic Party is organized enough to pull something off with Jill Stein.

And oh, by the way, let's just say that in a recount, we learn that Hillary won Wisconsin. So what? It doesn't give her enough electoral votes to change the results. So saying that the DNC is behind doesn't pass the smell test for me.

On the case of Jill Stein and the greens, I do think that they're just fundraising and trying to pad their mailing lists.

 
It's not the fact that she raised nearly $5 million that is fishy, it's the fact that she did it in one day all of a sudden, when she couldn't raise that much during her entire Presidential campaign.  Something definitely stinks of DNC involvement there, in my opinion.

TheLagerLad wrote:

The Man wrote:

Jill Stein wasn't able to raise $5 million in nearly two years, and now she all of a sudden was able to raise nearly $5 million in one day. How did that happen exactly? Something is shady there for sure.

And also, Jill Stein got what, 1% of the vote? Why would she want a recount? Does she think the recount might possibly get her 1.001% of the vote?

This whole thing is funded by the DNC, they just paid Jill Stein to be the face of it so they don't have to take the negative publicity. It is clear as day.

She raised that money off of low information democratic voters who can't get over the fact that Hillary lost.

The DNC is in shambles. Hell, their leader is a interim placeholder while they figure out where they're going to go next. I don't think for a second that the Democratic Party is organized enough to pull something off with Jill Stein.

And oh, by the way, let's just say that in a recount, we learn that Hillary won Wisconsin. So what? It doesn't give her enough electoral votes to change the results. So saying that the DNC is behind doesn't pass the smell test for me.

On the case of Jill Stein and the greens, I do think that they're just fundraising and trying to pad their mailing lists.

In general, I agree with you and believe this is the most likely motivation for what Stein is doing.

However, I would not discount the Dems going to Stein and asking her to be "the face" of this request.  This all started when the aforementioned J Alex Halderman went to the Clinton Campaign and suggested their could have been voter fraud in WI, MI and PA and they should request recounts.  It is entirely possible people within the Clinton campaign wanted to pursue this, but knew they couldn't be leading the charge for a recount when they so thoroughly denounced Trump claiming the election was rigged without further damaging the Dem brand.  So maybe they "encouraged" Halderman and Stein to work together on this and have her lead the charge.

Like I said, I don't think it is the most likely scenario of what happened, but it is not out of the realm of possibility.

IF there is nothing to it, then that's just how it is and some people spent money for nothing. 

And if there is nothing to it, then there should not be anything to worry about by the winning party. 

Our democracy owes it to itself that we are even allowed to challenge and look into such a thing. 

Last edited by tennyson (11/27/2016 7:26 pm)

Goose wrote:

The question remains, why has the President elect jumped on the far-fetched effort and claimed himself that the election was rigged, when he should be out there getting those coal jobs back?

Who knows with Trump. His tweets were certainly a waste of time especially when there is so much to be done that our country depends upon. His demeanor more and more is not one of a leader of ALL the people of the US. Sad.