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Gary Johnson, Jill Stein Fail to Qualify for First Presidential Debate
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This is NOT a blessing. People want to hear more voices and we are stuck with two morons.Shocker of the year
Johnson should count this as a blessing in disguise. He was never winning anyways and now he's managed to avoid Trump ethering his soul in front of millions over that Aleppo slip up
I'd rather hear more voicesYou'd rather their be double the amount of morons on the debate stage?
I'd rather hear more voices
Then you'd better hope the 3rd parties have better luck appointing semi-competent candidates next election cycle.
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I'd rather hear more voices
Stop taking your medication
Adam3000
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You are a certified illogical dumbass. Should we let all these other non-serious contenders on stage too just to satisfy your thirst for "voices"I'd rather hear more voices
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Adam3000
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Should I be allowed on stage too?
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bytchboy, those candidates don't have a path to 270. However, Stein and Johnson does. Take your CTR pathetic ass outta here.
Adam3000
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I'm sorry that your teen angst will not be fulfilled once you realize that Stein is only going to pull 1% of the vote. You will have to find another outlet
If Stein was a real serious candidate, she would have primaried as a Democrat and brought her progressive agenda into the party. Just like Bernie Sanders did, who is not a typical Democrat yet he ran as one
If Johnson was a real serious candidate, he would have primaried as a Republican and brought his libertarian agenda into the party. Just like Rand Paul did, who is not a typical Republican yet he ran as one.
ANY person who runs for third party, KNOWING beyond any shadow of a doubt that they will not gain a single electoral vote, is doing so as a narcissist.
We have a 2 party system because that is what works within the electoral college. 3rd parties can only play spoilers, they can never win.
Outsiders HAVE THEIR CHANCE to run serious campaigns by winning major party primaries. But instead, they play their dog and pony show every 4 years and smart-dumb kids eat it up thinking that they are going to be the generation that causes revolution.
A revolution that is not needed, by the way.
Johnson did that in 2012 with no avail.