In a day-long virtual meeting, after four ballots, the 1,035 delegates assembled for the Libertarian Party's online convention selected Jo Jorgensen as their presidential candidate.
She won with slightly over 51 percent of the vote (not every delegate voted in every round) on that fourth ballot, with 524 votes. Jacob Hornberger came in second, with nearly 28 percent of the vote. Vermin Supreme came in third, with 20 percent of the final vote.
Reason ran an interview with Jorgensen, a lecturer in psychology at Clemson who was the party's vice presidential candidate on a ticket with Harry Browne in 1996, on Thursday.
The party's voting procedure involved six candidates officially in nomination: Jorgensen, Jacob Hornberger, Vermin Supreme, John Monds, Judge James Gray, and Adam Kokesh. (Members could vote for other people if they wanted, or for none of the above, and many did.)
Jorgensen led the vote in every round, though she was only 12 votes ahead of runner-up Jacob Hornberger on the first ballot. As per the party's procedure, the lowest vote getter in each round was technically eliminated for the next one.
Kokesh was eliminated after round one, Gray after round two, and Monds after round three. Jorgensen's lead grew with each round, to 82 votes over Hornberger on the second ballot and a 126-vote lead on the third. Hornberger's support remained pretty steady, rising only to 285 from his first-round 236 votes.
Jorgensen vowed to "make this the most successful campaign we can" in a speech after the results came in. Runner-up Hornberger said in a concession speech that he "hold[s] her in the highest respect and esteem."
Joseph Bishop-Henchman, an at-large representative on the Libertarian National Committee who is running for its chairmanship this year, said in a written message on learning of her victory that "Jo Jorgensen has proven that she is a fighter, and will serve as a great contrast to the 70+ year old men she's taking on. She brought a remarkably diverse group of Libertarians together."
Jorgensen's vice presidential running mate will be selected in a second vote scheduled for tomorrow.
#1: Fred Mertz To: Bill D Berger (#0)
Was he born with that name? Maybe they should have went for Varmint Supreme.
Fred Mertz posted on 2020-05-24 00:36:48 Reply Private Reply
#2: Bill D Berger To: Fred Mertz (#1)
Vermin Supreme—a gray-bearded performance artist and serial joke candidate who promises free ponies for everyone and wears a giant boot on his head.
Vermin Supreme promises free ponies for all Americans—that's sort of the tagline. And then the punchline is a federal pony identification system:
You must have your pony with you at all times. So yes, it's a gift pony, but on the other hand, it is your identification card.
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With a platform like that, how in the heck did he get even 20%?
Bill D Berger posted on 2020-05-24 00:52:59 Reply Private Reply
#3: NeoconsNailed To: Bill D Berger (#2)
JoJo's platform includes "“I will work to remove government barriers to replacing coal-burning and oil-burning power plants in the United States with safe, non-polluting, high-tech nuclear power plants"
joj2020.com/issues-jo-jorgensen/
Do any such things exist? Nuke waste is non-polluting?
NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-24 04:07:04 Reply Private Reply
#4: Pinguinite To: Bill D Berger (#0)
Pinguinite posted on 2020-05-24 04:32:21 Reply Private Reply
#5: Pinguinite To: NeoconsNailed (#3)
There are thorium nuke reactors, at least on the drawing board. Sadly, they can't use them to make nuke weapons.
Pinguinite posted on 2020-05-24 04:55:40 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-24 05:36:00 Reply Private Reply
#7: NeoconsNailed To: Pinguinite, Bill D Berger, All (#4)
NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-24 05:37:25 Reply Private Reply
#8: Ada To: NeoconsNailed (#3)
Ada posted on 2020-05-24 09:29:51 Reply Private Reply
#9: StraitGate To: Bill D Berger (#0)
www.lp.org/issues/immigr ation/
For the last 50+ years Republicans and Democrats have endeavored to extinguish the white race. Could a Libertarian do any worse?
StraitGate posted on 2020-05-24 09:46:26 Reply Private Reply
#10: Ada To: StraitGate (#9)
There is a small loophole on her immigration policy
repeal arbitrary quotas on the number of people who can legally enter the United States to work, visit, or reside.
which I take to mean criminals, those with communicable diseases and those likely to become a public charge could not enter legally. Of course, being Libertarian, there would be no welfare for immigrants or anyone else.
This was US policy up until 1924 and pleased the industrialists no end but not the general public.
Ada posted on 2020-05-24 10:21:15 Reply Private Reply
#11: Pinguinite To: NeoconsNailed (#6)
I was being facetious.
Pinguinite posted on 2020-05-24 10:59:58 Reply Private Reply
#12: StraitGate To: Ada (#10)
StraitGate posted on 2020-05-24 11:58:35 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-24 12:05:15 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-24 12:29:20 Reply Private Reply
#15: BTP Holdings To: NeoconsNailed (#7)
No disrespect NN. but the Libertarian candidate does not stand a snowball's chance in hell of being the nominee for President. That is just the way things are.
Back when McCain and Obama were the candidates in 2008, I voted for Ron Paul since he was the best candidate. The other two were members of Council on Foreign Relations. And BOTH were internationalists. Ron Paul was just the opposite.
And now with Biden fading fast, who will come in and pick up the ball and run with it for the Dims? ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-05-24 12:44:28 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-24 12:48:40 Reply Private Reply
#17: BTP Holdings To: Bill D Berger (#2)
I suppose the Federales would then want to register those ponies.
Since they do not have VINs like motor vehicles they just might give them a tattoo inside their lip so they can be identified easily. I do not think there are enough designs for brands to go around like the old days.
And once those ponies are registered, the government then has an interest in them. At that point they can be used as collateral against the debt.
So don't think for one minute this is such a hair brained scheme. ;)
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-05-24 12:53:02 Reply Private Reply
#18: Ada To: StraitGate (#12)
Ada posted on 2020-05-24 13:51:31 Reply Private Reply
#19: NeoconsNailed To: Ada (#18)
NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-24 13:59:49 Reply Private Reply
#20: Ada To: NeoconsNailed (#19)
Ada posted on 2020-05-24 16:53:21 Reply Private Reply
#21: Ada To: NeoconsNailed (#13)
Ada posted on 2020-05-24 16:54:50 Reply Private Reply
#22: BTP Holdings To: Ada (#21)
I knew a girl that lived across the street in Chicago.
Last time I saw her, she had two dirty-faced little kids, each by a different father.
Last I heard the older one was in the Joliet State Pen and she was living in a trailer in suburban Des Plaines.
My how things change. :-/
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-05-24 18:14:10 Reply Private Reply
#23: NeoconsNailed To: Ada (#20)
https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/mallardfillmore/s-2363187
NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-24 19:47:35 Reply Private Reply
#24: NeoconsNailed To: Ada (#21)
NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-24 19:48:34 Reply Private Reply
#25: Ada To: NeoconsNailed (#24)
Poor think couldn't help that, but she chose SC.
Ada posted on 2020-05-25 11:35:42 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-25 11:49:41 Reply Private Reply
#27: Ada To: NeoconsNailed (#26)
She do? Affirmative action is not Libertarian AFAIK
As President, I will work to eliminate the Department of Education and return control of education to where it belongs – with parents, teachers, and students.”
Ada posted on 2020-05-25 13:14:06 Reply Private Reply
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NeoconsNailed posted on 2020-05-25 13:48:21 Reply Private Reply
#29: Anthem To: Bill D Berger (#0)
Anthem posted on 2020-05-25 19:13:03 Reply Private Reply