1. and 7. are contradictory.
absolutely no contradiction. Gary Johnson is one of the few politicians who is willing to put country before party. he will not subordinate the party's demands to the nation's needs. that is a good thing. that Gary Johnson attracts voters from both parties is also a good thing. notice there is no contradiction there
Since all the meat in the sandwich doesn't matter if no one knows where the bread is!
the person who cares about what is good will seek out and find something satisfying and nourishing. those who don't care will instead eat ****
any dining invitations you offer will not be accepted
No one knows about Gary Johnson. No one cares about him either.
he is not well known. just as it did to Ron Paul four years prior, the GOP did everything possible to ensure that his brand of conservatism was not viewed by the onlooking public. but then you may be fond of the present GOP hierarchy and how it operates
2. You'd be surprised. Paulbots defending Rand Paul already.
yes, but not in significant numbers to propel him to national candidacy. and if you are interested in a wager, where you are willing to bet on rand paul's success in 2016, send me a PM; i welcome taking someone else's money in a sure thing
3. Hahahahaha I was going to take you seriously, but it seems it is you who have no idea what you are talking about! Ron Paul supporters did not start the Tea Party. I don't even know why you guys want to think that since you apparently hate all tea party members that aren't libertarians, and those libertarians need to fall in line with Ron Paul's ideas...
you have no clue about the formation of the tea party or my involvement with it in 2007-2008
Ron Paul's campaign, being unable to participate in the established GOP nominating process, scheduled its own meetings coincident with those of the GOP. often in the adjoining space. those meetings were termed Tea Parties by the Ron Paul supporters in attendance. these gatherings of Ron Paul supporters were quite effective in expressing views outside the established party line. which was why the wingers co-opted the Tea Party brand after 2008 as a way to avoid identifying themselves to be affiliated with or supportive of the party of dicknbush and mccain
4. No it's not. Gary Johnson is just a paultard.
while i recognize your "tard" reference may be an appropriate one, i disagree that it describes Gary Johnson
Christie is a governor who has a national presence and who leads in times of crises! He also throws punches at the establishment and kills anybody who makes fun of his weight. Johnson has got none of that.
and that Gary Johnson does not throw his weight around like christie is a very good thing. christie goes out of his way to piss people off. if he were black he would be known as THE angry black man of this political era. but christie is a fat guy, obviously without self discipline in very visible ways. christie is good telling it like it is until he has to account for his own (in)actions. then he becomes VERY defensive and combative. appealing to some, maybe, but certainly not a character trait that will win a national election. as presidential candidate, the media will roll him in mud in short order [apologies for the visual]
5. As outlined before on this thread, his boldness when dealing with both parties makes him more appealing not the other way around. Democrats like Christie and Republicans like Christie. The only people who don't are principled Tea Partiers and liberaltarians.
i admire your optimism but reality is certain to disappoint you. any voter who seeks a temperate candidate will NOT vote for christie. he turns off as many as he turns on - from both parties. that is the lesson christie will have to learn if he decides to take a shot at the white house
6. What major player likes Gary Johnson in both parties?
why is that important? it is the voters at large, not some major player within the political party, who will need to turn out to vote for and elect Gary Johnson
to offset a campaign contribution disadvantage he will have to appeal to the average citizen for help ... if i recall, that's what the winning presidential candidate did in '08
8. Gary Johnson like Ron Paul first ran as a Republican. So that alone makes him a RINO!
since the GOP would not allow him to play in its reindeer games leading to the selection of a presidential candidate, the truth is the republican party left Gary Johnson
Then, he ran on the libertarian ticket focusing mostly on drugs.
that was not his focus. of the 11 issues he posted here
Issues
drug reform is one of them. he properly recognizes that the current prohibition mimmicks that one repealed in the 30's. common sense, actually [recognizing common sense is no longer all that common]
Well, here's his farewell State of the State Address, in which he explains to New Mexico the things which were important to him, the accomplishments of which he is most proud. Virtually all of which are various programs he has increased. Various spending he has increased. Various pork barrels.
Stateline - New Mexico State of the State Address 2002
don't think you could have read his speech and then made those absurdly wrong statements. so, hold on while i correct your 'work':
Virtually all of which are various programs he has increased.
from Gary Johnson's final state of the state speech [the emphasis will be mine]:
I can also report to you that your state government is smaller and better. We have reduced the number of state employees by 1.25% since I took office while at the same time putting in systems that better serve our citizens. Prior to my administration, the state employee head count grew at an annual rate of 2.8%. If that trend had continued, the employee count would now be approximately 25,000 instead of the current 20,000.
Finally, having made all of this progress and more, my administration has also held the line on taxes. In the last seven years there has been no increase in taxes. I repeat, no new taxes. I will always remember when I signed the repeal of the six-cent gas tax in 1995 and I thank the Legislature for that.
... we need an income tax cut to stimulate the economy in New Mexico. Clearly, we have needed an income tax cut in New Mexico. An income tax cut will help New Mexico families and businesses. Is this an easy sell and will it happen this session? Probably not. Should it happen? Absolutely. We have had seven years of surplus and no meaningful income tax reduction.
This is not a time to expand government programs. Last legislative session, I vetoed $147 million in general fund capital outlay and $110 million in recurring spending. In retrospect that was the right thing to do because it allowed us to increase our reserve fund to $450 million. ... I am going to make the following promise to every citizen in New Mexico: I am not going to walk out this office in December 2002 and leave the state the way that I inherited it in January 1995. Today reserves are at $450 million. In 1995, because of under-funding by the Legislature and the Governor prior to my taking office, reserves went down to $22 million.
i am still looking for those pork barrels you were referring to
Mr. Johnson did veto many bills, but clearly not nearly enough.
so, that he alone vetoed more bills than the other 49 governors COMBINED was not enough to prove he is willing to act the way he speaks. yes, he ONLY vetoed 32% of the bills that arrived for his signature. hopefully, you can now recognize why any credibility you may have once possessed about thing politic has now dissipated
He did not veto appropriations bills.
he only did that over one thousand times
hopefully, you can now recognize why any credibility you may have once possessed about thing politic has now dissipated
Those would have been the important ones to veto! He did not veto all the outrageous growth in the state government that was occurring during his tenure. In fact, as you can see from his address above, he took pride in much of this growth. He could have vetoed the cancerous growth. The debt. The taxes. The waste. He could have stopped it. But, either he had no desire to do so (this is what I think is the truth), or, the most charitable possibility is that he had the desire, but lacked the courage to do it. Since, New Mexico has line item veto, not only could he have vetoed budget bills outright, he could have crossed out billions of dollars of spending, line by line. Did he? No.
he only did that over one thousand times
Track Record
i am not laughing
with you
I look forward to your response!!!
i hope it was as satisfying for you as it was for me. hell, that felt so good i need a cigarette
You won't be able to defend your man now, especially since he's been exposed to be almost exactly like Christie what you think Christie is like as Governor!!! Johnson's just another libertarian hypocrite.
if only authentic critics were so lacking in their own criticisms as your own
