[EM] Fwd: Declare your independence from the 2-party trap
Michael Ossipoff
email9648742 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 20 11:07:56 PDT 2024
On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 10:58 Michael Garman <michael.garman at rankthevote.us>
wrote:
>
>
> Third time’s the charm!
>
>
> But “63% of Americans want a third party” doesn’t mean 63% want a leftist
> third party.
>
Though that statement doesn’t “mean” that, it’s nonetheless so. “Leftist”
is what you rightists Biden types call progressives.
As the Public-Citizen article points out, progressive policies are
synonymous with popular policies.
Some want it for sure — like you and me. Others want a group of milquetoast
> centrists. And still others want something even more Nazi than the GOP.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 1:55 PM Michael Ossipoff <email9648742 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> In this message she refers specifically to polling percentages. Is she
>> lying. You want to know her sources? Then ask her or her campaign for the
>> sourc.
>>
>> Likewise Public Citizens, to which I linked in my other post. Are they
>> lying too?
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: Jill Stein for President <info at jillstein2024.com>
>> Date: Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 11:24
>> Subject: Declare your independence from the 2-party trap
>> To: Michael Ossipoff <Email9648742 at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>> Time to fight for real democracy.
>>
>>
>> [image: Jill Stein for President]
>> <https://www.jillstein2024.com/nv?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=1>
>>
>> Michael - Are you feeling free today?
>>
>> We all grew up with the fairytale of Independence Day, that the Fourth of
>> July is a celebration of democracy and freedom from the tyranny of an
>> unaccountable ruling elite.
>>
>> But that was never the real story.
>>
>> From the beginning, our country was founded on white supremacy and
>> genocide, governed by the wealthy, landed class. But 248 years into the
>> American experiment, have we become a democracy governed by We the People?
>>
>> Here’s where things stand today:
>>
>> - *63% of US voters want a new major party (a record high)* because
>> neither Democrats nor Republicans represent the people.
>>
>> - *77% of Americans are dissatisfied with the direction of the
>> country. *Trust in government has also plummeted to historic lows,
>> with just 22% saying they trust the government to do what’s right most of
>> the time.
>>
>> - *An overwhelming majority believe (correctly) that moneyed
>> interests have too much control in our government* – backed up by an
>> already-20-year-old bombshell Princeton-Northwestern study proving economic
>> elites and organized big money interests determine US government policy,
>> while average Americans have “near zero” influence.
>>
>> All of these statistics tell a clear story: *the United States is in the
>> grip of an unaccountable ruling elite that doesn’t represent us* - and
>> what little democracy we have is on life support.
>>
>> This is what “lesser evil” voting has brought us. The twin parties of war
>> and Wall Street have thoroughly sold us to the highest bidder.
>>
>> And if this election year has shown us anything, it’s clear that
>> “politics as usual” is only getting worse. But we don’t have to live this
>> way.
>>
>> *It’s time to declare our independence from the two-party trap.*
>>
>> It’s time to pull out of the duopoly death spiral and fight for real
>> democracy.
>>
>> “Politics as usual” is accelerating the climate emergency and dragging us
>> closer to the brink of world war with nuclear powers.
>>
>> *It’s time to fight for real democracy as if the survival of humanity
>> depends on it – because it does.*
>>
>> <https://www.jillstein2024.com/matching?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=2>
>> DONATE
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>>
>> - *We demand an actual** democratic voting system* that empowers
>> people to vote for what they want, instead of voting against what they
>> fear. That means ranked-choice voting for all elections, and proportional
>> representation for legislative elections. These voting systems are common
>> in democracies around the world - voting for “lesser evil” is not.
>>
>> - *We demand open debates* with all ballot-qualified candidates. The
>> recent Biden-Trump debate was a national embarrassment. It’s hard to think
>> of a better argument for more voices and more choices in debates.
>>
>> - *We need to end anti-democratic, restrictive ballot access
>> barriers, enact full public financing of elections, and provide free public
>> airtime for candidates.* The ruling class has created a system that
>> ensures only candidates backed by big money can get on the ballot and reach
>> the huge numbers of voters necessary to win major elections. Once again,
>> the US is a major outlier, while many democracies around the world provide
>> public resources that enable regular working people to run competitive
>> campaigns at all levels of government.
>>
>> - *We need to revive our democracy* with a full spectrum of reforms
>> to empower the people - see our platform
>> <https://www.jillstein2024.com/platform?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=3>
>> for more.
>>
>> We can have real democracy, but *only if we demand it* - and vote for
>> candidates who are fighting for it. Those who tell you to vote for “lesser
>> evil” are telling you to give away any power you have to demand a better
>> future.
>>
>> *Join the fight for democracy - declare your independence from the
>> two-party trap!*
>>
>> In solidarity and gratitude,
>>
>> Team Jill Stein 2024
>>
>> <http://www.jillstein2024.com/matching?e=fd2fdf8a58d486db63dbd3f538d9a65a&utm_source=jillsteinforpresident&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4th_of_july&n=4>
>> DONATE
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>>
>> Jill Stein for President, www.jillstein2024.com
>> P.O. Box 4359, Fall River, MA 02723-0415
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