I want to say one last thing. Its not enough to show up. Its not enough to hold the sign. Its not enough to get on social media and talk about atrocities. It is more than that. We have to reach over to our brothers and sisters. We have to tell them that we love them and we accept them. We have to ask them, what can we do to make your life better and empower you. How can we empower our latino brothers and sisters, our muslim brothers and sisters, our lesbian, our gay men, our transgender, our queer, our gender nonconforming brothers and sisters, our republican brothers and sisters, our democratic brothers and sisters, our independents. How can i empower you . The cause of when your life is better, my life is better and when i respect you and you respect me, we are better people and that is what america stands for. [applause] candis and we have got to make sure that not only in november, but every time these Elections Come up, we put our vote where our mouth is. We put people in the white house that represent american interests. People like Hillary Clinton. Applause]d candis it is not about democratic or republican. It is about recognizing me as a person and i have a right to express myself and i have a right to live. My name is candis cox. I love you all. Please trick lots of water and stay cool. Thank you so much. Much, candis. Ery pleaseand gentlemen, welcome back to the stage Randi Driscoll singing what matters for the Matthew Shepard foundation. Randi you made it. You are here. You are beautiful. This has been an amazing day of listening to speakers, people sharing their stories. I know from my work with judy shepard oh, my gosh, over 15 years that she shares her story over and over and over many of youshepard, know, the mother of Matthew Shepard, killed in a hate crime in wyoming in 1998. Its hard to believe we are still talking about hates, but we are going to keep talking about it until we dont have to talk about it anymore, right . Yes. But i know from being a year friend of judys now, watching what she does over and over and she getsn, in one way to speak about the love she has for her child by telling matthews story, but every time she does, she changes a persons mind, she changes a persons someone,e speaks to she helps create laws. My relationship began with judy in 1998, which was the beginning of my understanding that as a songwriter, sometimes we can share our feelings with people and maybe, sometimes music speaks louder than words. I heard about what happened to Matthew Shepard and i was angry and sad and all of the feelings everyone has and tired of the hate and i wrote a song about none of that. Its really about matthew and his family and the unconditional love they represent and as a way to show my condolences. Shortly afterward, a woman heard me see the sing the song and to make a benefit single. I sold that benefit single out the trunk of my car. I used to say that my Distribution Company was the honda civic. We traveled the country. These the song to endorse Matthew Shepard foundation, that is constantly replacing hate and misunderstanding with understanding and love. We do not keep track anymore, but at the time we raised about 40,000 for the Matthew Shepard foundation to and liang and hate crimes. Two in bullying and hate crimes. The entire shepard family have done so much for humanity, actually. In really proud i am really proud to sing this song today. This is how i know jason hayes, possible. His day i said i have this song, this benefit single, and of course, jason was right there. Because when you call, he answers. Thanks for making this happen. Yes. So, this song is called what matters, and it is a song about unconditional love and i feel that today and i am proud that we are standing together for that. Amazing grace clearly, continuing signal problems at the rally to disarm hates. We are continuing to record the event. You will be able to see it later in its entirety on our website at www. Cspan. Org. To the move on now weekly addresses. President obama and his weekly address talks about clean energy and combating climate change. Senator chuck rascally delivers the republican response senator Chuck Grassley delivers the republican response. Everybody. Bama hi, one of the most urgent challenges of our time is climate change. 2015 surpassed 2014 and 2016 is on pace to be even hotter. When i took office, i said this was something we could not kick down the road any longer, that our childrens future depended on our action, so we got to work. Over the past seven and a half years, we have made ambitious investments in clean energy and ambitious reductions in Carbon Emissions. We have multiplied when pulled threefold. We have multiplied solar power more than 30 fold. In parts of america, these clean Power Sources are finally cheaper than 30 are, and Carbon Pollution is at its lowest level in 25 years, even as we are continuing to grow our economy. We have invested in Energy Efficiency and we are slashing Carbon Emissions from appliances, homes, and businesses, saving families money on energy bills. Looking at americas coal reserves. We have set International Standards limiting the amount of Carbon Pollution that can be released into the sky. We have also increased the distance our cars and light trucks can go on a gallon of gas every year through 2025 and they are working. At a time we have seen automobile sales surge, manufacturers are bringing new innovations to market sooner than expected. They are meeting vehicle standards ahead of schedule and we have seen a boom in the plugin electric Vehicle Market with more models, lower battery costs, and more than 16,000 charging stations. But we are not done yet. In the weeks and months ahead, we will release a second round of fuel efficiency standards for heavy duty vehicles. We will take steps to meet the goal we set with canada and mexico to achieve 50 clean power across north america by 2025, and we will continue to protect our land and water so our kids and grandkids can enjoy for generations. There is still more to do, but there is no doubt that america has become a Global Leader in the fight against simon change. Last year, that leadership helped us bring 200 nations together in paris to save the one planet we have got. That is not something to tear up. That is something to build upon. If we keep pushing and leading the world the right direction, there is no doubt we can leave a better, cleaner, safer future for our children. Thanks, everybody. Have a great weekend. Senator grassley hi. Ofm senator Chuck Grassley iowa. Consider this. On the first senate bill debated under a new republican majority, the Senate Considered more amendments from both sides of the aisle than the entire Previous Year under the leadership of harry reid. That is a dramatic change in the way business is done for you, and its working. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, i worked to make sure the Committee Works for all americans. So, i adopted an approach to get , straighte for you from the common sense nature of iowans. I decided early on that the Judiciary Committee would spend your taxpayer dollars and our time focusing on areas where we can reach an agreement rather than on political fights destined for failure. Its the right thing to do and it works. Bills passedthe 27 out of the committee under my leadership has had bipartisan support. The president has signed 12 of those bills into law. Our committees approach justice,access to prioritized public safety, and demanded accountability from the bureaucracy. Republicans and democrats collaborated to help communities heal the ones of addiction. The illicit reduce market for sex trafficking and modern slavery and expanded support for its victims. Andave extended power answered the call to protect communities. We protected inventors and aspirin or to fuel innovation and job growth that fueled the economy of iowa and the rest of the nation and we expanded public transparency to make the federal government more accountable to the American People. These are just a few of the bipartisan bills that read through the committee that have become law. They are helping americans from diverse whats of life. In thisr months left congress, the Judiciary Committee has already outpaced the Previous Congress and bills processed in committee, passed in the senate, and signed into law. And we are not done yet. We are pushing ahead on legislation for all ages. We are making significant progress on a bill to prevent troubled youths from entering a life of crime and steer them towards a path of opportunity and productivity. And we are moving a bill to reduce crimes against seniors by , prevention,cation and prosecution. I have worked with colleagues to keep better tabs on convicted sex offenders, and ensure that justice is served for victims. I am working with a Diverse Group of senators to recalibrate sentences for lowlevel drug offenders while keeping violent criminals off our streets. Governmentowered whistleblowers in their efforts to tackle fraud, waste, and abuse in government. Whistleblowers know what is wrong and we ought to listen to them to get things that. Democrats can and Work Together bipartisanship has allowed us to make meaningful progress on good ideas from senators on both sides of the aisle. This rentable has ensured the republican led senate has not wasted time or resources. Now it is a formula for Representative Government that puts us to work for you. And a reminder again that the rally to disarm hate, the rally taking place in washington, d. C. , will be available later on our website. You will be able to see it in its entirety. Just go to www. Cspan. Org. On on cspan, a conversation the role of third parties from todays washington journal. Green. Ur guest is donald politics, president and third parties in american history. He is oppressor professor of american history. He is joining us from tampa. Good morning, donna. Guest good morning. Its good to be back. Host tell us a little bit about the role third parties have played an american president ial elections. Starting from the top theres been 103rd parties since the 1830s. 10 have played i think a significant role. Two parties have changed the outcome to an election, there have been parties that have brought issues to the table that were taken up by the major parties as had an impact on the history of the united states. The Antislavery Movement of the 1840s and 50s led to the founding of the republican party. Course, the civil war. Ralph nader, change the elections outcome in florida and that brought george bush and to power rather than al gore. Without nader, al gore would have been the president. But had played a role, there has played a lot more of them that have not played a role third for example, in 1980 John Anderson got about 7 of the vote which was good but he didnt bring any issues to the table that changed anything. He didnt change it out, the election. Does the outcome of the election. Host why has the third Party Struggle to gain a toehold here . We are used to the twoparty system. We have had a twoparty system since the founding. The republicans and the federalists and the whigs and the democrats. Now the democrats and republicans. A twopartyd toward system. The other thing is that people may support a thirdparty during the election, then it comes time to the final time to vote and they feel if they vote for their thirdparty they will throw away the vote. The other aspect is very often a major party coopt and issue. If they see and issue that is resonating with americans, they mightve dumped it as their own. It feeds into the narrative of two parties just going on and on. Host we are talking with donald green. We will let our viewers know that they can call us and join the conversation as well. A special line for this segment if you are voting for a thirdparty you can call us at. 022027488000 7488001. S are 202 here is a bit of the history of two third parties from usa today. Thurmondovernor strom they received 2. 4 of the votes, receivedllace in 1968 13. 6 of the vote. Those were segregationist parties and those two years. Those modelsge of is the highest percentage of those funds was ross perot being given 18. 9 remote. How did that election how might that have look different if ross perot had not receive such a high number of votes . Not change the outcome of the election. Some people claiming her was. He might have hurt george bush and in a couple of western state. By at leastnton won 100 electoral votes. Even if they did occur it did not change the outcome. The thing about ross perot is that in the spring of 1992, shortly after he announced on the larry king show, he was ahead in the polls, he was ahead of president bush and ahead of bill clinton. He was about 40 in the polls. It had a lot of support. It was an example of a candidate who could have won the election, if he would have continued to be ahead he might have become. Resident people would not have deserted him and plus the fact that he was a billionaire. He dropped out for various reasons. He comes back in and he as at seven percent than he purchase of faith in the debates and does very well. He is up to almost 20 . It didnt change anything. What is interesting is that his big issues were the mess in debt. Gton and the rio 4 trillion and it had we owed for train dollars and it had tripled. When reagan came in in 1980 our 970 billion. When reagan and bush left it was 4 trillion. That was a big issue back then. Of course now it is 20 trillion. It looks quaint back then but it was a major issue in 1992. We would love to be down to 4 trillion right now. Lets get to our phone calls, from norfolk, virginia, mark is on the line. You say you will vote for third party . Caller im going to vote green able to make are it on the ballot in virginia. If not im comfortable switching ,o the the Libertarian Party which has 22term governors who are successful in their own right. Just. Green, i would proffer that maybe he missed one main reason that the thirdparty doesnt get any traction. The reason is because most people who are in the journalistic field or the media dont even acknowledge that there are other people running besides the two parties. Put their finger on the scales by saying that they have no chance. By not mentioning other americans who are putting their life on hold, families at risk to do the patriotic thing to run for president i think they should be i think they should be mentioned in a recent area when youre talking about the race. Host Donald Graham . Guest i dont know what comes first, the chicken or the a. I guess the egg. Theres a lot of attention to the major parties because that is where the laws supporters. In the last few weeks i have seen a lot of plays for jill stein and gary johnson on television. Not as much as donald trump of course. And hillary. They have gotten attention in the media. I think there is interest there. Im nott people sure people realize how extreme the libertarians and the green party are. I saw Greer Johnson on the other night on cspan gary johnson. If you watched him he seems like a reasonable person. Platform, he is much more extreme than he appears to be. You sort of stole my cheese there. Interview gary johnson. You guys can watch first off and see what he says. Guest we think that by being in the president ial media, to former republican governors reelected in heavily democratic states, we think if we are in the president ial debate anything is possible. We do believe that is a very , looking at the western states, you could look at utah, wyoming, nevada, bill weldhe dakotas would have a list of those himself where we might actually win outright. The idea is to win outright. I know that sounds crazy but this is a crazy election cycle. Two weeks ago where the projected audience for the first president ial debate is going to be exceeding that of the super bowl. Theres no way we have chance of winning if we are not in that game. Many the president ial debate. Is there any chance of a third Party Winning outright on this election or influencing the out, the election . Guest i dont think theres a chance of winning. From what i can see. He is at 10 and jill stein is at 5 . There is another candidate who popped out of the cake recently, as in mcmullen mcmullen, former director of the cia and the republican on some house committees, a policymaker. He could take votes away from donald trump i think. He is a mormon and is popular in new job. He could take you to away from donald trump. He could affect the outcome to an election. I have a feeling there might be some money behind him and he will get a lot more coverage in the next few weeks. We still have three months to go in this election so anything can happen. I think he could have an impact and he could get enough votes. There might be people who dont want to vote for donald trump, they dont want to vote for Hillary Clinton, so he might be an alternative that would be acceptable here at he seems like a responsible individual. Host fayetteville, north carolina, brian is on the line. Brian, go ahead. Vote for am going to Hillary Clinton. I wanted to vote for jill stein because i like her platform, and she has no chance of winning. Voting for her could be a vote that would give donald trump the victory. About nader scoring the election. There were also other factors. The Supreme Court jumped into the election and decided it. We have to look at the big picture also. The problem is with the democratic and republican party, they are both court both corporate owned. Most people realize that. We also need to end the 50 threshold. Them in on the debates. Lets eliminate the 50 threshold so we can have the representation. The republican and democratic parties are not representing the American People. Host Donald Graham, how important are the televised debates to the outcome of the president ial election . They are very important. That has ross perot from 7 to 19 . He did very well and a debate. This gentleman has a good idea about allowing more people in the debate. I dont think you want 15 or 20 like the republican primaries but to have four or five specials debating on the stage would be a good idea. Host where do you put the cut off . I guess the 50 threshold thresholdt host with four or five people then jill stein and gary johnson could be in the debate. I see no harm in having poor people on the stage. Jill stein wants to cut the Defense Budget by 50 . Gary johnson wants to legalize drugs. Showid on your interview that he okayed marijuana but if you look at his platform he says drugs so it sounds broader than that. He wants no restrictions on guns. Buying a gun under Gary Johnsons presidency would be like going in and buying a bagel. You pay for it and you go home. Aspects aboutof agendas would not be good for americans. California is up next. Mark, which party are you voting for the selection . Caller i dont know yet. Party other than the two major parties at this point is the only way we will see change. The primary problem everybody is overlooking. I managed to do this in my life, and i am just trying to get paid for my time in the service, but the lack of efficacy, the lack of people to have integrity, both parties have sold out. Way you will get changes look to a third party. To allt quick point this, last person who really had a chance to do that was ross perot. If everybody goes back and looks and remembers, he quit because he said they threatened my family. That is how insidious it has gotten and thats how little you should trust these two parties. In the 1980s we had 30 of the Homeless Population was veterans, now it is 40 . Yet they say the honor us . How does that honor anybody . Thats mark from california. Lets hear from another caller, joanne from indiana. On theis also calling line of for those planning to vote for third party. On supporting jill stein. For Bernie Sanders. I saw how dirty that the media and the republicans and the democrats were trying to keep him from being seen and heard. If you cannot go on and run himself because of the pledge joiningmade at the time and running with them. Thinksng with the one he will follow his agenda in net is jill sign. Jill stein. Host do you were about a vote like that will become a vote for donald trump . Caller my vote is what counts. Where it goes and how it is counted is what is matter to me. Is the sum ofcted the country. I want my vote to be counted as the way it should be counted. For mrs. Clinton. I watched her for the last 40 years. I am not for mr. Trump. He is part of the 1 and part of the problem. I cannot fall for either one of them in good conscious conscience. No, my vote for jill stein will cause the parties to elect mr. Trump. I dont know who it will elect, that it was know not voted on mrs. Clinton or mr. Trump. Thats what i would like the record to show. I have been voting ever since i was 18 and unfortunately the first two votes i did was mr. Nixon and i will never make a mistake again. I have always been on top of all and imical candidates, sorry, but clinton doesnt make it and mr. Trump definitely does not make it. I dont think the host people in america are blind. Thats joanna from indiana. Suggesthe seemed to that Bernie Sanders didnt get the attention he deserved but he was in the news all the time and got a lot of attention. He was an exciting candidate. He got somewhere around 40 of the float. Of the vote. Hillary was 52 in the democratic primary. He came close and had every opportunity to endorse jill stein but he has not done it. I think he feels that if hillary wins he can play a role. That he can play a role in the senate and push some of his platforms through congress. Host samuel from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. What is your thought this morning . Let us not underestimate the power of social media. As a write inte asdidate, i am on Facebook Samuel l. Hurt. I will be the next president of the unitedt of states. I am happy. Who will notthose be voting for hillary or donald trump. Host what is your platform samuel . Onler my platform is posted facebook. I am a conservative. I believe in equal rights for everybody. I am a viable alternative. The major news Media Networks will give me any coverage. We all know why that they are not going to give me the proper respect i need because they want this country to remain in the hands of the status while your and im a viable candidate will be the next president of the united states, and the election will be contested election. There will possibly be a large insortium of people washington dc the night before the election. I will be the next president of the united states, and i look forward into to serving this nation honorably. Website did show your on air for our viewers to see. Ill bring, your thoughts . Guest he raises the issue of social media and write in spirit right in. Gary johnson got up play trying to get on the ballot. I think he is on in two states. There are only 15 states remaining residential and has not passed. He can be maybe on 15 or 20 ballots. They will go to the courts. He did emphasize social media and the power of right ins. We will see if that has any impact after the election. I guess it would be the first time you use social media to get ins. Wr ite virginia, can you are on the air. Did you earlier this morning . Yes i did. First time ever calling in. We are supposed to only have one call per show. Do try again another day. Next up is the rain from syracuse, new york also calling on the thirdparty line. Go ahead. Know thehat i want to democratic and republican party, they are saying washington is not doing its job. The only reason they are not doing their job is at the republicans since president they was in operated, decided not to work with him on any issue. They are blaming everything on president obama which i think is not fair. How do they expect him to get anything done if they are not working with him . Host any thoughts . Guest she has an interesting point. Take the example of the Supreme Court nominee, merit garland. The job of the congress is to have hearings and disapproved or approve what they have done anything. This is unprecedented. An example of what this lady is saying. Many people in congress will not cooperate with the president. This is a primary example, an obvious example of it. To remind our viewers of our call in policy. It is once every 30 days for a phone call into washington journal. Here is some more information on evan mcmullens. He missed more than two dozen filing deadlines to get on the ballot. Issaid this week that there an opportunity to get his name on the ballot in every state. A former cia officer and conference chief policy director. He says he will not be limited to a right in option for effective voters. Do you see Something Different about this year . It has been an unusual election cycle . Thirdpartyar candidates can gather the attention and support of the American People . Guest frankly, i dont know yet. I think that gary johnson and jill stein i think people are aware of them. They are in peoples minds and mcmullen has come out of nowhere. He has attacked donald trump. He made a statement the other night that he thinks donald trump is more of a threat to National Security than isis area. A third party could play a role in this election. After it isow until over and you look at the numbers. Donald in cooksville, tennessee calling on the thirdparty line. Caller good morning. Lets see if the host can guest guess i have one question and then i will hang up. Would you consider a lack of clarity of the Libertarian Party as far as a platform doesnt let it get from a charismatic leader . Seeme get off and i will go your answer. Thank you for your time. Host that was donald from tennessee. I think Kerry Johnson is a reasonable candidate. He was the government governor of new mexico twice and while it a very well spoken. There is a difference between what he says on television and if you look at the platform. He talked about on the interview , he talked about reforming social security. The platform they want to eliminate social security. There will be no gun control. About no marijuana on the interview but in the platform they say that drugs are ok. Not being upfront with what he really wants. After reading his platform, i get the feeling he wants to go back to the 19th century when all the government did was deliver the mail. He wants to get the government out of health care, retirement accounts, out of almost everything, he wants to cut back on defense. He would honor our commitments overseas, but if you look at his platform he wants no entangling alliances. That something George Washington advocated when he left office. Theres a big difference between what he says on tv and his platform and his platform is extreme in my opinion. Host there is still time to get their phone calls in with donna green. If you are planning to a 2027488000202 we will hear now from sheila calling. Sheila plans to vote for a third party. Go ahead. Caller hello . Can you hear me . I will definitely vote for jill stein. She was on your program on july 15 when a man asked her a question. She says that the public honors the airwaves and president obama should insist that the fcc change the rules so that the public has access to candidates and they get free airtime. I want the public to be aware that she will be on cnn at 9 00 on this wednesday, august 17th for a town hall meeting. I think she has a good chance in ofs election if they get rid the gerrymandering and the electoral college, which is going to give clinton the vote. I think this is totally unfair. Im mad at bernie for not standing his ground, going all the way, and bringing up these points so he could have been the nominee. Haveld like jill stein to nina turner as her running mate. Host all right. Jilln also interviewed stein last week. She is again the green Party President ial candidate. She talked about the states where she expects to be on the ballot. You can have a listen at what she said. [video clip] is an fewer party than half the states. What will that look like this Election Year . How many states do you expect to be on the ballot. Between 48 and 50. The early numbers reflected the deadline of the petition process. Those numbers are going up rapidly. We also have active ongoing cases in court. We expect to be on the ballot voter, or nearly every voter. I think the realistic vote is to stand up and build. However far we get, we are that much farther ahead for the down ballot races and the ongoing fight for america and the world that works and a world that works for all of us. From our next caller comes south carolina. Will is on the line. Caller good morning. How are you chuckle and really enjoying this. Im loving all the people supporting the third party, as i am i. I want to make a point to the author there. I think he felt to make a point raking of the system by the two parties, who have the fors set up to make it hard third parties to gain Ballot Access in most cases. Also there is a situation where taxpayers are actually subsidizing those two parties, which are essentially privately that lowerzations aemselves to give us the voice, supposedly, on occasion. I would love to see all this independent support work towards getting us more independent voices in congress. During the and angus king bothe and angus king are independent voices in the senate, if we could have more in , i think we could gain some. We have a Facebook Community that i started called political seeking host we will leave it there. Donald green, your thoughts . Guest one of the main obstacles for third party, and this gentleman touched on it, is getting on the ballot. In the old days, candidates would have a representative at the polling station with tickets. You walked in and took the ticket of that candidate dropped in the box. Starting in the 1880s, they started which is called the australian ballot, an official ballot. Then, the question became who chuckle everyllot state has different rules and regulations. Cut of states, different numbers in signatures you need some states it might be 500,000 so, a thirdparty has to hire lawyers to study the rules. Sometimes the rules are not that clear. It would be nice if there was some uniform system for getting on the ballot, but at this point, there isnt. Host the caller brought up a point about congressional elections. We focus so much on the congressional race. What role do they play in the house and senate . 1800s, thehe late Greenback Party and the populists had a lot of power in some of the midwest states. They were parties of workers and farmers. In those states, a lot of those caught in the state legislator. They had some power. There was also party in the 1850s called the american party, and antiimmigrant and anticatholic party. A lot of representatives from that party were in the legislators in the northeast new york, new jersey, pennsylvania, and states like that. One of the problems now is gerrymandering. These weird shaped districts which give a particular. Andidate a lock that is a reason why so many republicans have a lock on the house of representatives. There is a chance the democrats could pick up the senate, but it is unlikely in the house because of gerrymandering. Ive read some statistics the other day that republicans get less than 40 of the popular vote but they have control of the house of representatives. That is because of gerrymandering. Some of these districts, they look like a blood vessel, they go on and on and on. It has given them control of the house of representatives. Host the next caller is john calling on the thirdparty line. Go ahead. Caller thank you for taking my call this morning. Good morning. I just have a question because i am planning on voting thirdparty jill stein, but am also very much of the never trump perspiration. Im fromso far maine, it is a pretty democratic states. Our leadership is republican, im not sure how things will play out what we get closer to elections. If trump is strong, i will vote for hillary because i think i can sleep better at night without trump. If hillary has a strong lead, i will vote third party. I dont know for a lot of people have that strategy, but im wondering, is it a good strategy check of the pros and cons of what i plan on doing good strategy . The pros and cons of what i plan on doing. Guest if you are the only one, ok. If a lot of people think the way you are, if hillary is in the lead, and a lot of people think the way are, and as a group, you vote for joe stein, it is possible you cause hillary the lead. You might outsmart yourself. Keep that in mind. Recentere is some polling from the wall street journal showing the impact of. He thirdparty candidate in a twoway race, Hillary Clinton would receive 46 of the vote, donald trump would receive 41 of the electorate would be undecided. However, in a three party raise, Hillary Clintons lead would reduce to 39 , donald trump at the angela stein at 6 of electorate. Hillaryeeway matchup, clinton sees a decline in support and donald trump receives a decline, but not one that is quite so large. Guest im surprised. I saw something similar to that. I had assumed that Gary Johnston would hurt donald trump more than hillary, but he seems to hurt hillary more than trump. Is johne next caller from connecticut, calling on the line for those who plan to vote for one of the two major parties. Why is that, john . Caller yes. I do plan on voting for mr. Trump. However, there is a sour taste in my mouth. What i would like to talk about is a thirdparty that you just mentioned, ross perot. I got caught up with him and i really believed what he was saying. It just got to be and i voted , which wasin in 1996 ok by me because i really was going to vote for clinton that year. I would like to go and talk about third parties aside. You know, there were no parties when George Washington ran. I would like to know i thought that was great. They should have never amended the constitution and changed it. What you would do is you would not pick a Vice President , you would run for president , and the number two guy would come in. I think that added to checks and balances. I would like to hear your answer on that. Thank you very much for taking my call. Well, there is nothing the constitution about political parties. The founders were opposed to political parties. They evolved because there were different ideas about how to govern. Believed in as strong Central Government and somebody, ild he guess the leader of that faction. Jefferson believed in a weak Central Government. These individuals led to the formation of the early political parties. Announced onet day. Its sort of evolved. That is the way it has been ever since. People sort of surround those parties and pick the party that suits their belief. One of the things that the founders wanted was the idea of factions. If an issue came up, they wanted people to choose sides do we want to get into a war in europe, for example. There would be a debate, we auld decide, there would be vote, something would happen, and the two factions would disappear. Then, another issue would come up. Two factions would come into play, one against another. They would decide. This is how the early founders wanted the country to proceed. It did not work out that way. Breadfelt that Party Politics ambition, politics. They did not want that. They felt it would be detrimental to the future of the country. That is the way it evolved, and were still living with that 200 years later. Host we have time for a few more callers in this segment. Next is brant from tennessee. What are your thoughts this morning . With the guest please the two Ballot Access. I remember mr. Nader complaining he cannot get on the ballot in all 50 states. To both of the alternate parties have Ballot Access in all 50 states . Im here in tennessee. It does not matter where i cast my vote. As a republican friend says, it is better to vote for the devil you know than the devil you dont. Johnston,hink gary from what i read in the papers, he is on the ballot in all 50 states. Jill stein is on the ballot in all 50 states and working on getting access and the rest. Ballot inen is on the two states as of this weekend. I think you tell the final date is tomorrow to get on the ballot. He plans to challenge some states in courts, he plans right ends, he says there are right ins, he says there are other means to get on the ballot. Host our last caller for this f fromt will be jef california. Good morning. Caller howdy. Host how are you . Caller just fine. Mr. Green, i think you may have something wrong and may have just quoted the libertarian view on guns. That is an article theyto you guys think that rifles can all be turned automatic and pistols are the same. Another thing i differ with you on is you just assumed that gerrymandering always helps republicans, and so, must be done by them. I live in california, and the gerrymandering helps democrats. My vote counts for nothing. I was a republican until they voted for trump. Host final words . Guest i will give you that one on gerrymandering in california. What was he other question . Host he asked about the platform for gary johnson on guns. Platform. Ead his they are against any kind of gun control. You could buy any gun you wanted. No registration. No background check, none of that stuff. It is like buying anything else, a loaf of bread, or something. Host all right. Donald gre washington journal live every day with impact the impact you. Coming up sunday morning, that is settlements and the president of campaign has her public and pollster in strategist and a democratic pollster in strategist. 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