Greenwald: U.S. should be ‘on its knees begging’ that nothing happens to Snowden

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39. I doubt he's given up his US citizenship. GG always pushes voting 3rd party or not voting:

In the preface to his 2006 book, he wrote "I never voted for George W. Bush — or for any of his political opponents"

And then there's this:

At a talk given the day after the 2010 election — one that was a disaster for Democrats — “progressive” writer and civil liberties lawyer Glenn Greenwald gave a talk at the University of Wisconsin, and expressed the hope that Democrats might suffer the same fate in 2012 ... Greenwald offered a few insights into his way of thinking ... He said Democrats have stigmatized the idea of supporting third parties or not voting at all ... Greenwald’s notion of third party voting .. offered the greatest window in what he’d like to see happen in American elections ... Here’s a transcript

... If .. at the end of the day .. you say .. I’m going to give you my support because .. the .. alternative is .. worse .. you're guaranteeing that you’ll always be ignored ... And the only way to break that is .. by abstaining or supporting a third party ...

Re-rise of the Naderites: Glenn Greenwald’s third party dreamin’ **UPDATE: on Libertarianism
Posted on April 22, 2011 by jreid
http://blog.reidreport.com/2011/04/re-rise-of-the-naderites-glenn-greenwalds-third-party-dreamin/