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Gary Johnson

Would You Consider Voting For Gov. Gary Johnson?

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ModerateGOP said:
No Thank You. Plus he's got no shot. I'll bookmark this thread and go back to it after the election to see if my crazy prediction comes right! I'm guessing it's not too far from the truth :lamo
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Thank you for your intelligent and respectful contribution to the thread topic..........:roll:

I didn't ask if he would win, I asked if you would consider a vote. Not all of us consider politics a horse race.
 
I will most likely be voting for either him or the Green Party candidate so I wish him luck. They stand no chance of winning but we can hope they take a little bit more of the vote each cycle. The last thing I want is for the winning Democrat or Republican to think they have a so called "mandate".
 
I was extraordinarily disappointed with Gary Johnson in 2012. As a governor and as a republican candidate he was a very competent strong libertarian leaning Republican. But as soon as he became the Libertarian candidate be became a flake. Id love to see him start today and build a serious candidacy. He polled at 1% of the total vote in 2012. If he were able to pull 5% of the vote, he could be taken seriously. No...he isnt going to win. But it would definitely shake up the two major parties...especially the one that lost the most votes to him.
 
TeleKat said:
Gary Johnson has tossed his hat in the ring for 2016. Thoughts?
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Not to be disrespectful, if Ross Perot with his money, profile and everyman charm could only garner about 20% of the vote, and Ralph Nader with his career fighting against corporate malfeasance on behalf of the little guy could only garner less than 10% of the vote, what possible hope does Gary Johnson have to make any kind of impact on the Presidential race?

Perhaps a Michael Bloomberg or a Sarah Palin could garner the public interest and attention to have an impact as an independent or third party candidate. 90% of America or more haven't a clue who Gary Johnson is. That's reality.
 
TeleKat said:
Thank you for your intelligent and respectful contribution to the thread topic..........:roll:

I didn't ask if he would win, I asked if you would consider a vote. Not all of us consider politics a horse race.
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I didn't answer that non-existent question. I told you what I thought about his chances and why I am not voting for him. Why do people who say they are voting for him require nothing but that statement, but others who say no require an "intelligent and respectful" explanation? Makes no sense to me :2wave:
 
I will be voting for Gary Johnson again next year unless either Bernie Sanders or Jim Webb snag the Democratic nomination.
 
CanadaJohn said:
Not to be disrespectful, if Ross Perot with his money, profile and everyman charm could only garner about 20% of the vote, and Ralph Nader with his career fighting against corporate malfeasance on behalf of the little guy could only garner less than 10% of the vote, what possible hope does Gary Johnson have to make any kind of impact on the Presidential race?

Perhaps a Michael Bloomberg or a Sarah Palin could garner the public interest and attention to have an impact as an independent or third party candidate. 90% of America or more haven't a clue who Gary Johnson is. That's reality.
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There is also Rand Paul who will ride the curtails of his daddy's followers and some others who think he sounds good. Seriously he hasn't got a shot. Plus Rand's ego is so big, I'm not so sure, he will submit just so Gary Johnson can "have his shot."
 
VanceMack said:
I was extraordinarily disappointed with Gary Johnson in 2012. As a governor and as a republican candidate he was a very competent strong libertarian leaning Republican. But as soon as he became the Libertarian candidate be became a flake. Id love to see him start today and build a serious candidacy. He polled at 1% of the total vote in 2012. If he were able to pull 5% of the vote, he could be taken seriously. No...he isnt going to win. But it would definitely shake up the two major parties...especially the one that lost the most votes to him.
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How so?
 
ModerateGOP said:
I didn't answer that non-existent question. I told you what I thought about his chances and why I am not voting for him. Why do people who say they are voting for him require nothing but that statement, but others who say no require an "intelligent and respectful" explanation? Makes no sense to me :2wave:
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I wasn't asking for snide comments about how he has no chance. You can feel free to let me know that's why you won't vote for him, but the whole "Lol I'm gonna bookmark this so that I can see I was right later" and such really wasn't necessary. :shrug:
 
If he is the nominee as no democrat is acceptable.
 
TeleKat said:
I wasn't asking for snide comments about how he has no chance. You can feel free to let me know that's why you won't vote for him, but the whole "Lol I'm gonna bookmark this so that I can see I was right later" and such really wasn't necessary. :shrug:
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It was to further highlight the fact that he has no chance. Just in case people start getting butt hurt about the fact that I'm not voting for Gary Johnson. I would be able to go back to this thread and show them that they wasted their vote. It's pretty common knowledge in the political world. But whatever... Feel free to be naive. We as a nation should be very cautious about that type of stuff in the future. Looks like some people don't learn lessons from the past 6 years... :shrug:
 
yes
unless either Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren is on the ballot
 
ModerateGOP said:
There is also Rand Paul who will ride the curtails of his daddy's followers and some others who think he sounds good. Seriously he hasn't got a shot. Plus Rand's ego is so big, I'm not so sure, he will submit just so Gary Johnson can "have his shot."
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Rand Paul has a decent, but long shot at the Republican nomination and I'm not aware that he'll be dropping his Republican Party membership to run as an independent or Libertarian. If he does, he could very well be the 2016 version of Ross Perot, handing the election to Hillary Clinton.
 
There's a better chance of me voting Green, but I do admit the LP is our best chance of getting a third party somewhat mainstream in our lifetime. So for that reason, I would consider it. He is a decent candidate. Disagreeable on economics and the environment, but leaps and bounds better than most other choices in regards to civil reform and foreign policy. And not nearly as kooky as I've found many "big L" Libertarians to be.

Tl;dr: It's a toss-up for me.
 
Not a chance. Cartoonish stances on fiscal and foreign policy are a non-starter.
 
CanadaJohn said:
Rand Paul has a decent, but long shot at the Republican nomination and I'm not aware that he'll be dropping his Republican Party membership to run as an independent or Libertarian. If he does, he could very well be the 2016 version of Ross Perot, handing the election to Hillary Clinton.
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Ah I missed that he was running strictly as a Libertarian. The article linked doesn't say so. An article inside that one does. I could so see Rand dropping the GOP just like his daddy did. HE could get angry that no one votes for him in the primaries and then take away all of poor Gary's votes. :lamo
 
I wouldn't vote for him because I disagree with most of his platform. I disagree with most of EVERYONE's platform. He's got no shot in hell of actually getting elected, hence we're all going to live under the rule of whoever does get into office, I'd rather vote for one side or the other that is slightly less evil than the other, rather than vote for someone who can't win and be stuck with the greater evil.
 
Gary Johnson is by miles the best candidate for POTUS that I am aware of (since Ron Paul retired).

I was hoping Rand Paul might be a version of his father. Unfortunately, he seems to be a highly compromised version of his father.

Gary Johnson would be great for America, Imo....and his chances of winning are practically zip.

To be POTUS today, you need four things. Ignorance, arrogance, no personality and good timing.

How sad.
 
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