Gary Johnson

cajunrevenge said:
When it was clarified they were talking about the Syrian crisis Johnson said he would work out a deal with Russia. Days later Kerry announces a deal with Russia to deal with the Syrian crisis. Still want to pretend like he doesnt know whats going on in Syria?
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The best part about this is that 57 thinks this is a disqualified... but sees no issues with the emails or the pay for play corruption.

Classic
 
I don't think it disqualifies him but what it did do is left the taste in the casual voters mouth that he doesn't know Middle School geography.
As in it was his "in what respect Charley " moment
Warranted or not.

I have always wanted him on the debate stage - I think he has points and they deserve being heard.
Though those points are (R) with a smiley face and sophomoric But given what else (R) has to offer -
Niche candidates can't afford to have those kinds of slips. He may not get another crack
Warranted or not
 
Aleppo is not middle school geography. The people on twitter who called Aleppo the capital of Syria when it's Damascus, that's middle school geography.
 
you get my point.
it left him looking like a fool (stoner ? )

If you have to explain what he meant, there is a problem
warranted or not
 
Oh Sturg --- I don't claim to hold truth --
All I have are opinions that are more often than not borne out by history.

Your question reminds me of the 2012 election where one of the hot topics was off shore drilling.
When one candidate or the other changed to be against OSD. One fellow poster opined that he could no longer vote for a candidate that would abandon his "core values" so easily.
Really ? The political issue of Off Shore Drilling is a metric of "core values "
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My opinion of (L) is it is (R) with an emoji
 
Voting Third Party is the Electoral Equivalent of Sending Thoughts and Prayers


Which is why voting third party is mostly an empty gesture meant to telegraph a person’s own virtue without actually involving real work. If Stein really wanted to do some progressive good or even pass her bonkers woo ideas, she’d be a Democrat or at least an Independent who works with Democrats like Sanders. If Johnson actually cared about letting you smoke weed hassle-free, he should have done something about it when he was a Republican in actual power.

http://www.freepresshouston.com/vot...l-equivalent-of-sending-thoughts-and-prayers/
 
57Brave said:
Voting Third Party is the Electoral Equivalent of Sending Thoughts and Prayers


Which is why voting third party is mostly an empty gesture meant to telegraph a person’s own virtue without actually involving real work. If Stein really wanted to do some progressive good or even pass her bonkers woo ideas, she’d be a Democrat or at least an Independent who works with Democrats like Sanders. If Johnson actually cared about letting you smoke weed hassle-free, he should have done something about it when he was a Republican in actual power.

http://www.freepresshouston.com/vot...l-equivalent-of-sending-thoughts-and-prayers/
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He was a Republican Governor of a Blue State not a dictator. He was the first Governor to publicly come out for legalization of pot. This was in 1999. It was considered career suicide to say something like that. He helped get the ball rolling.
 
Oh wow, I didn't know that ~ He was rreally a (R) Governor in a blue state ???/ -- wow

the article, if you read it, was not about the people / resume Johnson or Stein per se
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Both you an Sturg have pretty much made the writers point
 
Privatizing prisons is a cornerstone Johnson policy
Don't "we" read because all you see are the shiny things his handlers (yes, he has handlers. See above link) want you to see.
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Walnut Grove was run by Management and Training Corp., a Utah-based company that is among the nation’s largest private prison contractors.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/16/u...rod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=1

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Why does the term "Utah based" keep coming up in anything you read about Johnson ?
 
sturg33 said:
I'd much rather send thoughts and prayers than implement bad policy.
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Expect the onslaught of "you're wasting your vote!" "Johnson is a far right-winger!" "Koch Bros!" from 57 and his ilk as the race tightens and the Hillary people crap themselves when they look at polling data of young people when the question is posed as a 4 way race rather than a 2 way race. No amount of "private prisons!" are going to make me abandon Johnson for Clinton and her abhorrent positions/decades of corruption, but it's amusing to watch the democrats squirm.
 
acesfull86 said:
Expect the onslaught of "you're wasting your vote!" "Johnson is a far right-winger!" "Koch Bros!" from 57 and his ilk as the race tightens and the Hillary people crap themselves when they look at polling data of young people when the question is posed as a 4 way race rather than a 2 way race. No amount of "private prisons!" are going to make me abandon Johnson for Clinton and her abhorrent positions/decades of corruption, but it's amusing to watch the democrats squirm.
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Vote for whomever you'd like, but private prisons are a nightmare (just like private armies are a nightmare). But I agree that's a blip on the screen of the big picture.
 
At the same point in 1992, Ross Perot was polling lower than Gary Johnson is right now.

He got in the debate and made a real impact.

It is shameful, that the democratic/republican controlled commission for presidential debates is not allowing a candidate who is polling double digits, and will be on the ballot in all 50 states, in the presidential debates.

The system is rigged, indeed
 
I saw a clip of sellout Bernie urging young people to vote for Hilary, rather than a "protest" third party candidate, simply because Trump is so horrible.

And people want to think Bernie has principles? LOL...
 
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