Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Another third party candidate: Darrell Castle

I found out from Isidewith.com that there's yet another third party candidate in the race. His name is Darrell Castle and he's the nominee of the Constitution party. Looking into the party and his platform, he seems to be the equivalent of an ultra conservative reactionary who longs for the way things were 200 years ago. He talks a lot about the decline of civilization, and as the name suggests, wants a strict originalist interpretation of the constitution. He wants things like unfettered access to guns as per his interpretation of the second amendment, the elimination of common core education and the elimination of the federal reserve. He also strongly opposes political correctness and globalization. Looking on wikipedia, he's also pro choice and wants to pull out of many trade agreements around the world.

All in all, he's the equivalent to Trump and the republican party what Bernie Sanders is to the democrats and Clinton. He is far more extreme and brazen in his ideas and dials them up to a ten. He could probably be largely compatible with much of the republican party ideologically, but he would probably see them as too moderate/compromised. I guess if you're an ultra conservative who listens to Mark Levin regularly he could be a good candidate. For me, he's like the complete and total opposite of what I am for on the American spectrum between right and left.

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