If you aren't familiar, Vermin Supreme is politically... well,
something. A bit of a character. Kind of like the “the rent is too
damn high” guy or “Lord Buckethead.”
Vermin
has run in before. For the past 30 years, he claims. In
the past he has advocated for mandatory tooth brushing laws as well
as for free ponies for every American which also double as a form of
ID. These positions and policies are just jokes. Like
Stephen Colbert’s persona in the Colbert report.
This
election, things are different for Vermin. This year, for the first
time, Vermin is actually taking the campaign seriously. Listen
to him at one of the libertarian debates.
I'm
in shock. This year he is also the only candidate with any name
recognition at all. So I really might vote for him in this upcoming
primary. Now, does this mean I will vote for him in the general
election? I don't know about that yet. Let's take it one step at a
time.
I
am a little sad to be missing out on some of the other interesting
primaries. The democrats certainly have some interesting things going
on. And as a blog that loves to talk about UBI, Andrew Yang is pretty
interesting (although, as I live in California, which is a state that
votes pretty late in the primary process, I often don’t actually
get to vote for the candidates that interest me. It seems Andrew Yang
recently dropped out before I would have had a chance to support him.
This same thing happened to me in 2016, when Donald Trump was the
presumptive nominee before I even got to vote.)
On
the republican side, Bill Weld is pretty interesting too. He is
taking
one delegate so far from the sitting president, which
honestly is quite a feat. I am very happy for him. I voted for him in
2016 and would happily do so again.
Also,
be on the lookout, as the blog has an exciting update post coming out
shortly to talk a little about where the authors of the blog have
been and the state of the blog.
