The Horn Book » third-party candidates http://www.hbook.com Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 13:27:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 KidLit Election 2012: Third-party tickets http://www.hbook.com/2012/10/blogs/out-of-the-box/kidlit-election-2012-third-party-tickets/ http://www.hbook.com/2012/10/blogs/out-of-the-box/kidlit-election-2012-third-party-tickets/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:15:58 +0000 Horn Book http://www.hbook.com/?p=18311 Our Republican and Democratic candidates established, we now turn our attention to some third-party tickets certain to give Mr. Kincaid and Ms. Cavatica a run for their money. Advocate for your favorite candidate (or nominate another!) in the comments; write-ins also welcome in our final vote in November.  Green Party “We speak for the trees—and the tree-huggers.”   [...]

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 Green Party

“We speak for the trees—and the tree-huggers.”

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presidential nominee: The Lorax
vice presidential nominee: Miss Rumphius

Libertarian Party

“You can pry our bows, arrows, and hatchets from our cold, dead hands.”

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presidential nominee: Brian Robeson (Hatchet)
vice presidential nominee: Gale Hawthorne (The Hunger Games trilogy)

Independents

“A little common sense and a lot of spunk go a long way.”

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presidential nominee: Ole Golly (Harriet the Spy)
vice presidential nominee: Clementine

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