{"id":3006,"date":"2020-06-26T08:59:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T12:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=3006"},"modified":"2020-06-26T11:16:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T15:16:55","slug":"third-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/06\/26\/third-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jorgenson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This week the Libertarian Party introduced their candidate for President of the United States on social media, sixty-three year old Dr. Jo Jorgenson.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dr. Jorgenson is a PhD in Psychology who runs a business-consulting firm in Greenville, South Carolina.&nbsp;&nbsp;She has no government experience at all, but based on Libertarian principles, that\u2019s probably a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Libertarian Party has run candidates for President since 1980, and has been the most visible \u201cthird\u201d party since former Republican Congressman Ron Paul became their flag bearer for the 1988 campaign.&nbsp;&nbsp;Other better-known Presidential candidates were former Congressman Bob Barr and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson.&nbsp;&nbsp;Johnson was the candidate in both 2012 and 2016, when he got greater visibility in 2016 as an \u201calternative\u201d to Clinton or Trump.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Platform<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Libertarian Party platform is based on government reform.&nbsp;&nbsp;They believe about that \u201cbig government\u201d caused our current national problems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Big government mandates and programs created these problems. 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It\u2019s sure better than a vote for Trump.  Just one caveat: I believe that this election is an existential choice about Trump.  If you believe that too, then Jorgenson is not the answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jorgenson This week the Libertarian Party introduced their candidate for President of the United States on social media, sixty-three year old Dr. Jo Jorgenson.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dr. Jorgenson is a PhD in Psychology who runs a business-consulting firm in Greenville, South Carolina.&nbsp;&nbsp;She has no government experience at all, but based on Libertarian principles, that\u2019s probably a good thing. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2020\/06\/26\/third-party\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Third Party&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Third Party : Our America - Essays on Politics and American Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Social Media is full of the Libertarian candidate for President. 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