Jamie (Internet remix)

  1. The only way that I win the election is to be in the national debates. And I’m not saying I win the election being in the national debates, I’m just saying that’s the only way I have a chance. To present something way different than is currently being presented. And I think that way, actually lines up with most Americans. Have you seen the website iSideWith.com? Based on that website, I’m the next president of the United States.

    Gary Johnson: “It borders on racist” - Salon.com

    According to isidewith.com, I most align with Gary Johnson, second most with Jill Stein (Green). 

    How is it that so many people will end up voting for Romney or Obama when there is someone who better represents their beliefs? Oh, right, media silence on anything other than the two major party candidates.

    (via ghollingsworth)

    I’ve been wondering about this a lot lately. There are definitely people who represent my opinion better than Obama does, and voting for him is, in part, a defensive move—-I don’t want Romney to win. But I’m curious about third- (and fourth-) party candidates. For someone not in the two major parties to have a legitimate shot at winning the Presidency, their party would need to have a decent ground game. Right now, that just doesn’t exist.

    There is one independent governor—-Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, who until recently was a Republican. There are two independent senators—-Joe Lieberman, who was a Democrat, and Bernie Sanders, who describes himself as a democratic socialist.

    You’d like that it would be easiest to have an independent Representative, since those are more local races, but there are no independent Reps at all.

    Until a political party can make a convincing showing in Congress or among governors, how could it actually hope to win the Presidency?

    (via ghollingsworth)

    2. Source: salon.com

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