Nearing the end of Round 1
While the Democratic and Republican nominations ended with a whimper, and not a bang, the next two biggest parties look to name a nominee.
The Green Party seems to be moving forward with naming Howie Hawkins as their nominee. He was with the party from the first, essentially one of the founders of the party.
I tried to get some of the Green Party candidates to contribute something to the blog, but was met with silence all around. Even the briefest of looks at the Green nomination race, one can tell there was some resentment fro the other leading candidates towards Hawkins. Then, the most recent news was that Jesse Ventura might be interested in being the nominee. It's uncertain if we have seen the last of this race.
The Libertarian Party will be naming their nominee very soon. This was a race I talked about a lot on the blog, and consider a very important one, since the Party had run Gary Johnson twice in a row, and this race will be determining their next direction.
A lot has happened since I last talked about the race, even though it feels I wrote quite recently.. Rep. Justin Amash had been a rumored candidate, but had never committed to throwing his hat in. In April, he changed his affiliation to Libertarian officially and briefly consider running, even attending at least one candidate debate, I believe; before finally deciding he would not run.
The Libertarian Party has seen some movement in its race. Some of the big changes in recent months:
-After seemingly coming out of nowhere to becoming a top tier Libertarian Party candidate with 8% of ballots cast, Ken Armstrong changed his direction and decided to seek the party's Vice Presidential nomination
-Judge Jim Gray (the Party's 2012 Vice Presidential nominee) and activist John Monds were late additions to the race. Gray is running with a very popular Libertarian Larry Sharpe. Monds is one of the most successful Libertarian candidates of all time (receiving over a million votes in a statewide Georgia race).
-The always colorful John McAfee (whose tweets make Donald Trump look like Pat Boone) ended his campaign in order to become the running mate for top-tier candidate Adam Kokesh.
-Early campaigner and NH state senator Max Abramson has stopped his bid for the Libertarian Party nomination and has decided to seek the Presidential nomination of the Veterans Party of America. Abramson still received nearly 7% of ballots cast. He is also seeking the Reform Party nomination.
-Former Governor Lincoln Chafee and comedian Mark Whitney have since dropped out. Whitney has endorsed Gray.
The convention will be the first major Party Convention to be virtual, which seems a necessity driven by COVID-19, but is inline with some of the early adaptations of the Party, which has always embraced the technology, and a later in-person convention may be held at a later date.
John Stossel will be moderating the final debate right before votes are taken this weekend.
I, of course, attended one of the last in-person and debates and spoke about it at length (here, here, and here)
Here are a few random quotes from some of the current Presidential candidates that I wrote down that I didn't get around to using on my blog, from that February Iowa debate I found thought-provoking.
Agree? Disagree? In any case, worth weighing.
Dan Behrman: "If society is divided on... (abortion).. then we have a societal problem, and that is something we resolve by having a conversation and not yelling at each other like angry idiots.... you have this conversation recognizing it's a societal issue, and not a government issue"
Sam Robb: (On National Intelligence and Criminal Justice) "(Intelligence) needs to be very different from what we have now. We don't need a Central Intelligence Agency that meddles in the World. We need one that reports on the World. We need law enforcement, that is not enforcement. We need law enforcement that helps keep the peace.... A uniformity of laws that is enforced, a bare minimum so that... wherever you go, (the law) is consistent, and you are not going to be getting in trouble for victimless crimes or excercising your rights or doing what you need to do as an American to live your life"
Jacob Hornberger: "I grew up in the poorest city in the United States, Laredo, Texas. Every day, doctors offices were filled with people who couldn't pay and they knew it... There was not one instance that a doctor turned away any patient for inability to pay. Same with the local hospital. This was before Medicare and Medicaid.... This is what we need to get back to. We need to restore faith in freedom, faith in ourselves...Anybody thinks that they are going to solve the Healthcare crisis by keeping in Medicaid and Medicare intact is living in La-la Land, That is the root of the problem... Healthcare costs would plummet (under Hornberger's plan)... People with preexisting conditions, that is where doctors come in. I lived a large part of my adult life without medical insurance..and doctors would give me a discount... Restore Faith in doctors and faith in healthcare workers and faith in ourselves and others.
Jo Jorgenson: "The default is to get rid as of many government agencies as soon as possible....at the very least, we saw from 9/11, how different factions of the federal police force were not talking to each other, not doing a good job in communicating... of course, (we need) a dramatic overhaul"
Adam Kokesh: "The (current) American legal system is not a justice system, it's a legal system based on punishment, not justice. When you get that function localized down to a community level, it means the people who are serving and protecting are accountable to the people they are serving and protecting and not to politicians. The more localized government is, the more customized it is, the more everyone gets what they want."
Mark Whitney: "The only reason for (the Constitution) is to secure the rights we as sovereign citizens we reserve. All authority comes from the citizens and not the government and the 14 th amendment makes sure that these things that we agree are sacrosanct.. are injunctions. George Washington called the Bill of Rights "injunctions" (and he said that these injunctions) the people imposed on the government are to be never touched."
(Ed note: I tried to catch these quotes as accurate in content and in context as much as possible. I admit that I may not be 100% on target. Check out the entire debate on the LPIA Facebook page.)
The Green Party seems to be moving forward with naming Howie Hawkins as their nominee. He was with the party from the first, essentially one of the founders of the party.
I tried to get some of the Green Party candidates to contribute something to the blog, but was met with silence all around. Even the briefest of looks at the Green nomination race, one can tell there was some resentment fro the other leading candidates towards Hawkins. Then, the most recent news was that Jesse Ventura might be interested in being the nominee. It's uncertain if we have seen the last of this race.
The Libertarian Party will be naming their nominee very soon. This was a race I talked about a lot on the blog, and consider a very important one, since the Party had run Gary Johnson twice in a row, and this race will be determining their next direction.
A lot has happened since I last talked about the race, even though it feels I wrote quite recently.. Rep. Justin Amash had been a rumored candidate, but had never committed to throwing his hat in. In April, he changed his affiliation to Libertarian officially and briefly consider running, even attending at least one candidate debate, I believe; before finally deciding he would not run.
The Libertarian Party has seen some movement in its race. Some of the big changes in recent months:
-After seemingly coming out of nowhere to becoming a top tier Libertarian Party candidate with 8% of ballots cast, Ken Armstrong changed his direction and decided to seek the party's Vice Presidential nomination
-Judge Jim Gray (the Party's 2012 Vice Presidential nominee) and activist John Monds were late additions to the race. Gray is running with a very popular Libertarian Larry Sharpe. Monds is one of the most successful Libertarian candidates of all time (receiving over a million votes in a statewide Georgia race).
-The always colorful John McAfee (whose tweets make Donald Trump look like Pat Boone) ended his campaign in order to become the running mate for top-tier candidate Adam Kokesh.
-Early campaigner and NH state senator Max Abramson has stopped his bid for the Libertarian Party nomination and has decided to seek the Presidential nomination of the Veterans Party of America. Abramson still received nearly 7% of ballots cast. He is also seeking the Reform Party nomination.
-Former Governor Lincoln Chafee and comedian Mark Whitney have since dropped out. Whitney has endorsed Gray.
The convention will be the first major Party Convention to be virtual, which seems a necessity driven by COVID-19, but is inline with some of the early adaptations of the Party, which has always embraced the technology, and a later in-person convention may be held at a later date.
John Stossel will be moderating the final debate right before votes are taken this weekend.
I, of course, attended one of the last in-person and debates and spoke about it at length (here, here, and here)
"Air Force None"
Here are a few random quotes from some of the current Presidential candidates that I wrote down that I didn't get around to using on my blog, from that February Iowa debate I found thought-provoking.
Agree? Disagree? In any case, worth weighing.
Dan Behrman: "If society is divided on... (abortion).. then we have a societal problem, and that is something we resolve by having a conversation and not yelling at each other like angry idiots.... you have this conversation recognizing it's a societal issue, and not a government issue"
Sam Robb: (On National Intelligence and Criminal Justice) "(Intelligence) needs to be very different from what we have now. We don't need a Central Intelligence Agency that meddles in the World. We need one that reports on the World. We need law enforcement, that is not enforcement. We need law enforcement that helps keep the peace.... A uniformity of laws that is enforced, a bare minimum so that... wherever you go, (the law) is consistent, and you are not going to be getting in trouble for victimless crimes or excercising your rights or doing what you need to do as an American to live your life"
Jacob Hornberger: "I grew up in the poorest city in the United States, Laredo, Texas. Every day, doctors offices were filled with people who couldn't pay and they knew it... There was not one instance that a doctor turned away any patient for inability to pay. Same with the local hospital. This was before Medicare and Medicaid.... This is what we need to get back to. We need to restore faith in freedom, faith in ourselves...Anybody thinks that they are going to solve the Healthcare crisis by keeping in Medicaid and Medicare intact is living in La-la Land, That is the root of the problem... Healthcare costs would plummet (under Hornberger's plan)... People with preexisting conditions, that is where doctors come in. I lived a large part of my adult life without medical insurance..and doctors would give me a discount... Restore Faith in doctors and faith in healthcare workers and faith in ourselves and others.
Jo Jorgenson: "The default is to get rid as of many government agencies as soon as possible....at the very least, we saw from 9/11, how different factions of the federal police force were not talking to each other, not doing a good job in communicating... of course, (we need) a dramatic overhaul"
Adam Kokesh: "The (current) American legal system is not a justice system, it's a legal system based on punishment, not justice. When you get that function localized down to a community level, it means the people who are serving and protecting are accountable to the people they are serving and protecting and not to politicians. The more localized government is, the more customized it is, the more everyone gets what they want."
Mark Whitney: "The only reason for (the Constitution) is to secure the rights we as sovereign citizens we reserve. All authority comes from the citizens and not the government and the 14 th amendment makes sure that these things that we agree are sacrosanct.. are injunctions. George Washington called the Bill of Rights "injunctions" (and he said that these injunctions) the people imposed on the government are to be never touched."
(Ed note: I tried to catch these quotes as accurate in content and in context as much as possible. I admit that I may not be 100% on target. Check out the entire debate on the LPIA Facebook page.)
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