Lincoln Chafee Makes An Unexpected Comeback As A 2020 Libertarian Candidate

Lo, a presidential hopeful from days of yore has returned!

Former 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Lincoln Chafee is taking another shot at the White House, this time as a member of the Libertarian Party.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1282843

Message to ALL Third-Party candidates…GO AWAY!

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Destructive fool. Pawn.

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… and the horse you rode in on

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Sorry, Lincoln. The other Lincoln, who’s been dead for over 150 years, will get more write-in votes than you.

Not part of a major Party, not a billionaire, and probably without significant corporate backing nor enthusiastic grassroots support equals no chance in today’s politics.

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However, Chafee was forced to suspend his campaign several months later in October after falling kilometers behind Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

:raised_hands:

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WTF? Why? Stop it!!

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I dunno, that metric system platform is timely and topical and at the same time sorta seventies-retro, for those who yearn for the political good ol’ days. (Where’s that eye-roll emoji when I need it?)

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Maybe he doesn’t have anybody to have lunch with.

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“Thirty Years, Zero Scandals,” the site declares. “Lincoln Leads With TRUTH.”

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You’re kidding - what? o jesus we needed more candidates. That’s just what we needed.

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It gets lonely when you’re holed up in a log cabin with no Civil War to wage.

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We have problems in this country that going metric won’t solve, Lincoln. :roll_eyes:

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“Here’s a bold embrace of internationalism: Let’s join the rest of the world and go metric.”

Good. We can finally call it the Royale with Cheese.

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Libertarians: Republicans who like pot

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is he hoping to head off Tulsi Gabbard’s 3rd party run?:skull:

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The Libertarian Party usually nominates washed-up Republicans. Chafee is a washed-up Republican and a washed-up Democrat.

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Buy him off–offer him the Ambassadorship to Freedonia.

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Then he can get to business, and take up the tacks.

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Kilometers? What is he, French?

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