The debates are over, and if you’re still unimpressed with candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, I have a suggestion.
With two weeks remaining before the November 6 vote, the people seem to have a general idea of what the Democrat and Republican candidates can offer as Commander in chief, but perhaps you’ve heard of the other five candidates running for president of the United States, too.
(Not a typo; there are actually seven candidates campaigning.)
Take 2008 Howard graduate and anti-war activist Peta Lindsay of the Party for Socialism and Liberation for example.
According to the candidate’s website, Lindsay’s political action profession began at middle school when she became an organizer with the Philadelphia Student Union, a citywide group fighting against racism and for education rights.
While an undergraduate at Howard University, Lindsay was a student organizer for the antiwar and civil rights organization ANSWER, and has campaigned at numerous protests nationwide against imperialist wars and disputes like racism, tuition hikes, police brutality, and anti-LGBT bigotry.
On the issues, Lindsay suggests health care and education should be free for all, having a job should be a constitutional right, and opposes any LGBT discrimination.
Though unlikely to win elections, she is farther at a disadvantage because of her age.
At 28, she is constitutionally not qualified to serve as President. But it’s a crime the silent majority aren’t aware of Lindsay and the other options for president.
(You can blame American mass media for lack of coverage of the third-party nominees.)
The other candidates for president are Libertarian Party leader, Gov. Gary Johnson, Rep. Virgil Goode, Mayor Rocky Anderson, TV personality Roseanne Barr, and entrepreneur Andre Barnett.
For more information on these unspoken figures, read Kevin Mathew’s “7 Presidential Candidates You’ve Never Heard Of.”
