It is effectively impossible to win any significant political office in the US as a third party or independent
No, no, no. You don't understand. The Democrat label is bad. You literally cannot call yourself a Democrat without becoming corrupted by the dark magics that infest the party.
You need to create a third party, because third parties are pure and sweet and invulnerable to the temptations of power. Third parties are clean, while the Democrat party is dirty and foul. Third parties are honest, where as the Democrat party is a miserable lie. Third parties are formed only of the most true-hearted proletariat, never careerists or ideologues whose judgement might be clouded by ambition and pride.
Only by abandoning the (D) label can Carter successfully run for a higher office. I won't even hear you discuss the mathematical problem created by entrenched two-party interests or the volume of extra work necessary to obtain name recognition or the inevitable Naderite reactionary force you run up against in a third party bid.
Third Party Good. Dem Party Bad.
Any argument to the contrary is wicked devil talk, and proves you aren't serious about leftism at all.
No, no, no. You don't understand. The Democrat label is bad. You literally cannot call yourself a Democrat without becoming corrupted by the dark magics that infest the party.
You need to create a third party, because third parties are pure and sweet and invulnerable to the temptations of power. Third parties are clean, while the Democrat party is dirty and foul. Third parties are honest, where as the Democrat party is a miserable lie. Third parties are formed only of the most true-hearted proletariat, never careerists or ideologues whose judgement might be clouded by ambition and pride.
Only by abandoning the (D) label can Carter successfully run for a higher office. I won't even hear you discuss the mathematical problem created by entrenched two-party interests or the volume of extra work necessary to obtain name recognition or the inevitable Naderite reactionary force you run up against in a third party bid.
Third Party Good. Dem Party Bad.
Any argument to the contrary is wicked devil talk, and proves you aren't serious about leftism at all.