Jet Blue Says Live Free or Fly, If You Support One of the Two Major Parties, That Is
If your candidate of choice loses, Jet Blue will enter you into a drawing for a tropical vacation

Jet Blue's newest promotion enters you into a drawing to win a trip to the tropics, if your candidate of choice loses. Right now the website's polling 57 percent for the Democratic candidate and 43 percent for the Republican (Jet Blue doesn't name them). At first glance the results don't appear to show people voting for who they think is more likely to lose; Intrade has Obama's chances of winning at 70 percent and Nate Silver has them at 84 percent. And if people aren't really gaming the system to win, it's a shame some of the third party candidates that'll be appearing on most ballots across the country aren't included, like Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson (on the ballot in 47 states plus litigating access for the other three ) and Green Party candidate Jill Stein (on the ballot in 37 states, litigating for access in six more and an official write-in candidate in five). Tonight's debate, as usual, won't include any third party candidate, even though Johnson and Stein are both getting federal matching funds.
Via Michelle Fields
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Maybe what libertarians need to get some respect is an animal mascot like the major parties have. Nominations?
Wild Turkey goddamnit
An anthropomorphic joint holding an AK-47.
What are we, Jamaica?
Lobster girl?
or just sideboob
This has all the makings of a permanent majority.
We better make it our symbol before somebody comes along and steals it, as happened with "liberal."
A puppy.
Wile E. Coyote
I vote Libertarian Owl.
Libertarian owl has been my avatar for awhile now. It replaced banjo cat.
They are both so fancy.
Porcupine
Wait, why wouldn't people voting in this pick the person they expected to lose? Are they stupid?
Short answer: yes
Really, what JetBlue should do here is obligate the losers (people who picked the winner) to chuck in some money toward the losers' next tickets.
Live Free or Fly seems like a very sinister catchphrase. Are they saying I have to choose? Now in the age of TSA, its probably a very apt phrase, but not one I'd advertise with.
Also, WTF?
If you have to fly away if your favored candidate loses, it's more like "Live Our Way or GTFO."
America, fuck yeah!