Libertarians and Billy Joel

Good news for Libertarians from Politico:

The venues that will host the presidential debates are drawing up plans for a three-person forum that would provide a lectern for a third-party candidate to stand on stage next to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

The directive comes from producers working for the Commission on Presidential Debates and it’s meant, they say, to force the university hosts to be prepared and not as a reflection of the state of the race. But it could give supporters of Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein hope as they push an alternative to the historically unpopular major party nominees.

“With [former Gov.] Gary Johnson polling in some places more than double digits, they might have, some of our production people may have said, ‘Just in case, you need to plan out what that might look like,’” Commission on Presidential Debates co-chair and former Bill Clinton White House Press Secretary Mike McCurry told POLITICO. "We won’t know the number of invitations we extend until mid-September."

I am reminded of a part from an old Billy Joel song:

Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers
'Cause it's always been the same old scene
There's a new band in town but you can't get the sound
From a story in a magazine, aimed at your average teen

Let's face it folks: Until you get the third parties up on that debate stage, you won't get their "sound". They need to be heard to be appreciated, or even hated.

America needs more than two choices, especially when the choices are Trump and Clinton. Support the third parties now, and if you don't like them, then you can still vote for the crazy Republican or the crooked Democrat in November.