To Third Party Candidates

Remind us again there is no black and white.

By Tom Arthur from Orange, CA, United States
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Remind us that conservative and liberal mean nothing without each other.

Remind us that we have a lot to lose in the the bifurcation of our national agenda.

Remind us we have some things in common.

Remind us of choice and freedom. Remind us what those look like.

Remind us that we can think more than we can see. Be the Picasso in a world of Vemeer.

Complicate it for us.

You draw tiny but enthusiastic crowds. You get no air time, even on your hometown local station. They see you fringe. Radical.

Late into the night, you're writing emails to the faithful. You can't yet admit defeat, though you know it eminent.

Dear supporters,

We have several months to reach our goal of getting on the ballot in all 50 states. Shout out to Wyoming for being the first to verify that we made it on the ticket there!

The conversation has grown so small, the sound bytes so tight, the tweets so curt, that political dialogue sounds like nails on a metal counter. We must understand the mission here, the greater good.

We will not get elected. We will not be making policy. I can shake 10,000 hands but we won't even register as a blip on the screen.

But all change starts small. Keep talking. Be that one voice someone else can't forget. The one “what if”