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(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Catherine Rampell tells us what most of us already know, but bears repeating, regarding the candidacies of "Scary Gary" Johnson and Dr.! Jill "WiFi" Stein:
...[T]hese third-party options are bad candidates not simply because of their impracticality, or their underdog status, or their lack of exposure, or some nonsense about a rigged political system.
Johnson and Stein are, on their own merits, terrible, unserious choices. They are unfit for office.Rampell leads you through the reasons why both Johnson and Stein are unfit, then concludes:
These candidates have received relatively little media scrutiny, let alone attacks from competitors. This allows many Americans to think of them as the purer choices for the presidency. If all the mudslinging misses them, their feet of clay go unnoticed.
Which is precisely why they probably haven’t felt the need to do their homework. If you give them your precious vote, you haven’t done yours, either.Let's say it again: the next President will be either Hillary Clinton or neo- fascist buffoon Donald "Rump" Trump. Voting third party or not voting is tantamount to a vote for installing the authoritarian buffoon in the most powerful office in the world. Would you want that on your conscience for the rest of your life?
BONUS: There's also this buzzed about review of a new book about Hitler that has striking parallels to the current environment.
