Arr, I lent me hand to set sail No Labels back in 2010. But by Davy Jones' locker, it be wrong 'bout 2024!
2023-07-24
Arr, No Labels be needin' t' abandon its fancy third-party plans fer 2024! Instead, let us back th' jolly good bipartisan candidate in this here race, ye scurvy dogs!
Since George Washington's election, no third-party candidate has ever won a presidential election. Third-party candidates have been successful at taking enough votes from one party to benefit the other. In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt challenged his hand-picked successor, President William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson ended up winning the election. Bill Clinton owes his 1992 election to Ross Perot, who secured 19% of the popular vote against George H.W. Bush. Ralph Nader and Jill Stein also had a similar effect in the 2000 and 2016 elections. This year, No Labels seems poised to spoil the presidential election as a third-party effort. The author, who helped launch No Labels in 2010, criticizes the organization for veering away from its original principles and engaging in partisan campaigns. No Labels has recently started setting up state political organizations to get ballot access for a third-party candidate. They also released a 63-page "Common Sense" party platform, which the author finds inoffensive and bland. The author argues that No Labels should drop their third-party bid and instead support Joe Biden, who has demonstrated bipartisan efforts throughout his presidency. The author believes that Biden is the true bipartisan candidate and that No Labels' actions mock their founding principles. The article concludes by emphasizing the importance of the 2024 election and the need for bipartisan consensus in politics.