[Peace-discuss] Midge O'Brien letter to NG

[David Green]

Dems slam Stein, show weaknesses
  
Thu, 08/25/2016 - 7:00am | The News-Gazette 
 

Democrats must be running scared, stooping to smear tactics with untruths on Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein.

In spite of Hillary Clinton's unpopularity, she is still leading in national polls. Maybe the Democrats don't believe it. Why else would they use blatantly disinformation tactics about Dr. Stein's positions on several issues, mentioned by Eric Vimr in his letter to the News-Gazette printed Aug. 20?

A distinguished scholar and graduate of Harvard Medical School where she taught and practiced internal medicine for 25 years and currently an emergency room physician, Dr. Stein is hardly the anti-scientist that detractors such as local Democrat/Clinton shill Eric Vimr tried to portray as "loony left."

Her platform extends to issues raised by Bernie Sanders, such as Medicare for all, free education through college, more stringent banking and investment control, elimination of egregious economic inequality, and steps to address imminent global warming.

None of this can be achieved without curbing America's imperial foreign policy and disgraceful defense industry profit in wars not in our national interest, which Clinton and Democrats are not likely to do.

Vimr concludes that "HRC (is)the only viable candidate." He must have taken the Kool-Aid from local Democrat "Just Foreign Policy" Robert Naiman's attempt to discourage support for Jill Stein (related article in Counterpunch Aug. 19 by Jeffery St. Clair).

MIDGE O'BRIEN

Savoy