Every
four years, we’re told that the upcoming presidential election is the most
important in our lifetimes. While it does seem that every election cycle the
consequences become much more serious, this one is particularly notable
because, regardless of politics, it’s a clear choice between sane and insane.
Donald
Trump is insane. Obviously, we’re not saying that in a clinical way because
fortunately, we’ve never met him, but he’s thin-skinned, narcissistic, a
pathological liar and doesn’t give a crap about anyone other than himself.
Politics aside, those qualities should keep him out of office.
While there are
a number of third party candidates running this time around, only one third
party ticket is on the ballot in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., and that’s
the Libertarian ticket of Gary Johnson and his vice presidential candidate Bill
Weld.
Famed Watergate
journalist Carl Bernstein believes the Johnson/Weld ticket might not hold up
for long, and that Weld could be dropping out of the race to support Hillary
Clinton.
The Libertarian
ticket is currently polling at 9 percent and the Green Party ticket is polling
at 3 percent.
Many are saying that
the third party tickets are siphoning votes from Hillary Clinton, not Donald
Trump and according to Bernstein, Weld might not be able to live with that
fact. He has “another day to fight for libertarianism,” according to Bernstein.
He also believes that Weld could help bring Millennials into the Democratic
fold.
“Bill Weld does not want to be Ralph
Nader,” says Bernstein.
Nader, as you recall, ran against Al Gore and George W. Bush in 2000 and many
say that Gore would have won if Nader had not been in the race.
Bernstein also
feels that Weld is spinning his wheels on the Johnson ticket. He called Johnson
a “flake,” and said that Weld wants to make a difference and the difference he
can make is supporting Clinton.
Here’s the
video:
Could Libertarian VP candidate renounce his candidacy?
“Bill Weld does not want to be Ralph Nader.” – @carlbernstein https://t.co/TzGOzMcM2z
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CNN Tonight (@CNNTonight) September 17, 2016
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