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Gary Johnson

Would You Consider Voting For Gov. Gary Johnson?

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TeleKat said:
How so?
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GOP Candidate Gary Johnson


Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson


From serious candidate to hipster candidate with flip flops and a 'cooool' college kid message. Crowd surfing, chilling at Occupy Wall Street, just in general became a populist. Their Youtube campaign commercials were embarrassing. I still voted for him. Probably will again. I just want him to be a serious candidate realistically focusing on campaign issues. NO expectation of him winning, but if he were to draw well, he could put at least a few elected representatives in play.
 
AGENT J said:
if only 3rd parties had a real chance in america right now . . . .
thats no knocking him thats knocking our political world in 2015.
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I get that, but if we use the excuse that a 3rd party candidate can never win and therefore fail to vote for one who is legitimately qualified then it will never happen. As it stands now the popularity of the 2 party system seems to be at a all time low so now is a great opportunity to showcase a 3rd party candidate.
 
azgreg said:
I get that, but if we use the excuse that a 3rd party candidate can never win and therefore fail to vote for one who is legitimately qualified then it will never happen. As it stands now the popularity of the 2 party system seems to be at a all time low so now is a great opportunity to showcase a 3rd party candidate.
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voting third party is an excellent way to display the 15% favorability rate of congress, to congress
 
justabubba said:
voting third party is an excellent way to display the 15% favorability rate of congress, to congress
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It doesn't actually change anything though, they are no better than they would be if 100% voted for the major parties.
 
justabubba said:
voting third party is an excellent way to display the 15% favorability rate of congress, to congress
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Unfortunately those in congress don't give 2 ****s what their national approval rating is. All they need is their district's (house) or state's (senate) approval and they can keep riding their lobbyist's gravy train until the cows come home. However, I do think their low approval numbers can effect a presidential race. Maybe not this year, but one day.
 
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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And thats why you people will never have any real influence over policy
 
Gary Johnson, former Republican governor of New Mexico, would not be my first choice for the LP's candidate, but he isn't the absolute worst possibility. He has given support to the notions of federalism in the past, but there are contradictory statements he has made on several key issues that make me hesitant to lend him any support. Voting for him is not beyond possibility, especially if the GOP nominates someone I cannot give my support to.

Currently the libertarian I am most excited about is Rand Paul, but he would be running in the party in which he currently holds a federal position, of course.
 
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Crovax said:
And thats why you people will never have any real influence over policy
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Ultimately, politics *IS* a horse race. The only one who matters is the one who comes in first. Libertarians have been voting libertarian for more than 40 years and they're not performing any better today, and in some ways they are performing worse, than they did 40 years ago. Yet a lot of them keep saying that voting third party will make a difference. When? In another 40 years? Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?
 
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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Exactly, I vote for the best candidate. Not the candidate who has a good chance of winning that I hate the least.

Too many Americans will only vote for candidates they think can win...which speaks volumes about them as voters and why one medicore/lousy POTUS after another gets elected.

Remember America, if you vote for a candidate that wins and he/she ends up sucking and hurting America...you are partly to blame.
 
I wouldn't rule out voting for him, but it's the presidential election, after all. If I'm going to vote third party, there's plenty of candidates who don't want to abolish the social safety net as we know it.
 
DA60 said:
Exactly, I vote for the best candidate. Not the candidate who has a good chance of winning that I hate the least.

Too many Americans will only vote for candidates they think can win...which speaks volumes about them as voters and why one medicore/lousy POTUS after another gets elected.

Remember America, if you vote for a candidate that wins and he/she ends up sucking and hurting America...you are partly to blame.
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I actually like most of the other choices, much more than Johnson. The dark horse last time around was Obama and he came from out of left field and over took Clinton...A Clinton!!! But he didn't run as a Green Party, he didn't run as a "socialist" or a Black liberation theologist. He ran as a Democrat and did all the right things to get respect from his party and now they love him and defend him to death. No Libertarian I know of has done that to date in regards to the GOP. Since we are somehow the only people who would actually listen to some of your crazy ideas. We welcome you in and you stab us in the back, every time. The mess in 2012 on a county level was horrendous. Ask Alaska, Iowa, and Maine. They have just recently finished cleaning up your messes and the damages you did to the state. In fact, Libertarians are dead set against party leadership and quickly throws them under the bus every chance they get. Follow Obama's model and you win elections. Follow the one you've been doing for years, and you lose.

Yet, you guys think someone MORE radical than Barack Obama will be the change that changes things??? Lolz. :lamo
 
ModerateGOP said:
The dark horse last time around was Obama and he came from out of left field and over took Clinton
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Dark horse? Obama was the clear number 2 even as early as this point 8 years ago (Jan 2007). He didn't come out of nowhere.
 
DA60 said:
Exactly, I vote for the best candidate. Not the candidate who has a good chance of winning that I hate the least.

Too many Americans will only vote for candidates they think can win...which speaks volumes about them as voters and why one medicore/lousy POTUS after another gets elected.

Remember America, if you vote for a candidate that wins and he/she ends up sucking and hurting America...you are partly to blame.
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Exactly. As it is at the moment, Corpgov's two ruling factions have decided that Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton will be the two final candidates. Already many, many sheeple are trying to justify their support for one or the other. In their minds those candidates are the only two who have a chance at winning. Not the two best, not the people who actually might upset status quo and move the nation forward, but rather the two who have "the best chance of winning". That is not democracy. Those voters have already given up on democracy.

I vote for the person who best represents what I'd like to see in America.
 
TeleKat said:
Gary Johnson has tossed his hat in the ring for 2016 as a Libertarian Party candidate. Thoughts?
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I voted for Johnson in 2012 and would vote for him again. In 2012 with the two major parties I lost faith in one candidate and didn't trust the other. In fact I do not trust either of the two major parties to do what is right for America. They are only interested in doing what is good for their party and to heck with everything else.
 
Johnson will have to give up his CEO position in the marihuana industry .
 
ModerateGOP said:
I actually like most of the other choices, much more than Johnson. The dark horse last time around was Obama and he came from out of left field and over took Clinton...A Clinton!!! But he didn't run as a Green Party, he didn't run as a "socialist" or a Black liberation theologist. He ran as a Democrat and did all the right things to get respect from his party and now they love him and defend him to death.
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Good for him.

No Libertarian I know of has done that to date in regards to the GOP.
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Why should they? They are part of an entirely seperate political party. The GOP thinks they own libertarianism...it's actually quite amusing. Too bad that's not the case. :shrug:

Since we are somehow the only people who would actually listen to some of your crazy ideas.
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Bull****. There's plenty of libertarians that try to work through the Democratic Party. I would know, cause I'm one of them.

We welcome you in
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Lulz.

The mess in 2012 on a county level was horrendous. Ask Alaska, Iowa, and Maine. They have just recently finished cleaning up your messes and the damages you did to the state. In fact, Libertarians are dead set against party leadership and quickly throws them under the bus every chance they get. Follow Obama's model and you win elections. Follow the one you've been doing for years, and you lose.

Yet, you guys think someone MORE radical than Barack Obama will be the change that changes things??? Lolz. :lamo
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Yeah, follow Obama's model: Promise a bunch of crap, flake out and go through with next to none of it, run things no differently than your predecessor.

Great idea! :)
 
Risky Thicket said:
Exactly. As it is at the moment, Corpgov's two ruling factions have decided that Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton will be the two final candidates. Already many, many sheeple are trying to justify their support for one or the other. In their minds those candidates are the only two who have a chance at winning. Not the two best, not the people who actually might upset status quo and move the nation forward, but rather the two who have "the best chance of winning". That is not democracy. Those voters have already given up on democracy.

I vote for the person who best represents what I'd like to see in America.
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Everyone on this board is missing Gov. Walker flying under the radar--just as Priebus wants him to .
 
Cephus said:
Ultimately, politics *IS* a horse race. The only one who matters is the one who comes in first. Libertarians have been voting libertarian for more than 40 years and they're not performing any better today, and in some ways they are performing worse, than they did 40 years ago. Yet a lot of them keep saying that voting third party will make a difference. When? In another 40 years? Isn't the definition of insanity doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results?
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And the overwhelming vast majority of the voting populace always picks one of the "Big 2". Boy, that sure works out, doesn't it?
 
azgreg said:
1.)I get that, but if we use the excuse that a 3rd party candidate can never win and therefore fail to vote for one who is legitimately qualified then it will never happen. As it stands now the popularity of the 2 party system seems to be at a all time low so now is a great opportunity to showcase a 3rd party candidate.
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i agree, i didnt say no one should vote for him i was just pointing out him winning is virtually impossible in 2016.
Unfortunately, while its sad, i dont think the people will make that change on voting on a president alone.
 
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 true! I'm guessing it's not too far from the truth :lamo
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Yeah, because 80% of Americans is too chicken and too stupid to know what is really good for us.
 
ModerateGOP said:
I actually like most of the other choices, much more than Johnson. The dark horse last time around was Obama and he came from out of left field and over took Clinton...A Clinton!!! But he didn't run as a Green Party, he didn't run as a "socialist" or a Black liberation theologist. He ran as a Democrat and did all the right things to get respect from his party and now they love him and defend him to death. No Libertarian I know of has done that to date in regards to the GOP. Since we are somehow the only people who would actually listen to some of your crazy ideas. We welcome you in and you stab us in the back, every time. The mess in 2012 on a county level was horrendous. Ask Alaska, Iowa, and Maine. They have just recently finished cleaning up your messes and the damages you did to the state. In fact, Libertarians are dead set against party leadership and quickly throws them under the bus every chance they get. Follow Obama's model and you win elections. Follow the one you've been doing for years, and you lose.

Yet, you guys think someone MORE radical than Barack Obama will be the change that changes things??? Lolz. :lamo
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This post is interesting because you're praising Obama's tactics but the GOP has done everything to prevent what Obama had done.
 
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