Monday, May 7, 2012

Right Wing Third Party Candidates

Three economically right wing third parties have official nominees now. The Libertarian Party candidate is Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, the Constitution Party candidate is former Congressman Virgil Goode, and the Boston Tea Party nomination is libertarian activist Jim Duensing. Tiffany Briscoe, the BTP's original nominee this year, is now running as an independent, with Libertarian James Ogle as her running mate.  I am rather skeptical of Johnson after discovering that he supports intervention in Uganda to find Joseph Kony, continued drone strikes, and is supportive of leaving some U.S. bases behind in Afghanistan.  Virgil Goode is very far right on social issues and voted for both the Iraq War and the Patriot Act while in congress.  Jim Duensing is a 9/11 truther and seems like a good choice for anti-war libertarians.  He also is critical of America's special relationship with Israel and supports ending foreign aid altogether in the region.  Tiffany Briscoe seems to have a good foreign policy and supports closing U.S. bases overseas, as well as ending predator drone strikes.  Her running mate is James Ogle, who had also been running in the Libertarian Party's primary against Johnson.

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