The REPUBLICAN party was once a "Fringe" third-party too.
Stop the presses! Our system of self-governance will catapult a fringe party to national prominence and majoritarian rule in spite of the supposed gubermintal conspiratorial oppression, provided their ideas resonate with a very large number of people. I'm sorry to break the news to you, but the LP ain't that vehicle since it is a humanist moral-liberal construct rooted in fantasy ideology.