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General Category => News & Politics => Topic started by: crudos on May 13, 2012, 01:56:06 PM
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Reasons to vote for Gary Johnson:
- Balanced New Mexico's budget, and left the state with a suplus.
- Won two elections in a state that is primarily blue, as a Republican. NM has term limits, he was only able to have two terms as Governor.
- Cut taxes in NM, and didn't raise them once.
- Veto'd 750 bills in his time as Governor.
- Not a Washington insider, not beholden to the traditional power structures and lobbyists that have ruined America.
- Does not use fear to pit 'us vs. them' as a strategy to get your vote.
- The guy seems to be a very likable and forthcoming, yet has the steel to stand up against those who would enslave us further.
Granted, my list is not all that grand and I've been really struggling with this post as a pro-Gary Johnson endorsement. Maybe it's just the constant bombardment of campaigning that started since Obama took over. Been growing very weary, yet that is what the two-party system wants. People to be so tired and abused, that they end up voting out of fear, anger, and distrust. Well, I say fuck that. I'm voting for the vision of a better nation. While I like a lot of what Ron Paul stands for, and did vote for him this past primary, my vote in the 2012 campaign season is going to Gary Johnson. A genuine third party, libertarian candidate for President. I have to face that RP is trying to work within a very broken GOP, and it's only gotten worse and worse. I appreciate what RP has done, but he's has become just another cog in the GOP machine, albeit a very squeaky one. Time to go outside the Grand Old Party, that age is over with. Now is the right time to vote Libertarian and Gary Johnson is just the man to right the ship sinking from the dead weight of two party system. Check out some of GJ's Google+ chats he used pretty successfully in this modern social media age. In the past, the Libertarian's choices for President left a lot to be desired, but they have really hit a home run in getting Gary to run on their platform.
http://youtu.be/lAaRbMi2s1Q (http://youtu.be/lAaRbMi2s1Q)
http://youtu.be/60y5Cjy1-pg (http://youtu.be/60y5Cjy1-pg)
http://youtu.be/R1MD6qoJJN0 (http://youtu.be/R1MD6qoJJN0)
For years and years, I've despised politics as usual and the associated fear-mongering. I've voted for a wide-variety of candidates and parties since I was of age, and have gotten very good at sniffing out the bullshit usually associated with major Presidential campaigns. Being totally honest, I don't smell the usual stink with Gary Johnson's campaign. Is he perfect? No, but the perfect candidate is not out there, nor ever will be. We gotta end this two-party stalemate (notice emphasis on stale), right now is time to get behind a third party. I need all of my SP brothers and sisters to answer the call and join me on the line in the name of freedom this election cycle. You can check out Gary's campaign site in my signature and learn more about him and what he stands for. Thanks for reading this.
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Thanks for the post Crudos, Gary Johnson was a fine Governor and ran the state for 8 years with a firm hand.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Johnson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Johnson) "Legacy"
In an interview in Reason magazine in January 2001, Johnson's accomplishments in office were described as follows: "no tax increases in six years, a major road building program, shifting Medicaid to managed care, constructing two new private prisons, canning 1,200 state employees, and vetoing a record number of bills."[24]
Andrew Sullivan quoted a claim that Johnson "is highly regarded in the state for his outstanding leadership during two terms as governor. He slashed the size of state government during his term and left the state with a large budget surplus."[38]
According to one New Mexico paper, "Johnson left the state fiscally solid," and was "arguably the most popular governor of the decade . . . leaving the state with a $1 billion budget surplus."[39] The Washington Times has reported that when Johnson left office, "the size of state government had been substantially reduced and New Mexico was enjoying a large budget surplus."[26]
According to a profile of Johnson in the National Review, "During his tenure, he vetoed more bills than the other 49 governors combined ? 750 in total, one third of which had been introduced by Republican legislators. Johnson also used his line-item-veto power thousands of times. He credits his heavy veto pen for eliminating New Mexico's budget deficit and cutting the growth rate of New Mexico's government in half."[40] Johnson has "said his numerous vetoes, only two of which were overridden, stemmed from his philosophy of looking at all things for their cost-benefit ratio and his axe fell on Republicans as well as Democrats."[21]
Gary Johnson is regular guy, he used to call the local rock station and give the fishing report and tips. You could find him on his bike riding unescorted up and down the mountain roads in Northern New Mexico on most weekends. Look him up, you'll like him.
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I would prefer Gary Johnson as president, he needs to keep at the grindstone as Ron Paul has for decades. Gary Johnson should be running for Senate or Congress so his platform will become more noticed on a national stage.
The only problem I have, and maybe you can help me overcome it, is that I REALLY want Obama out of office.
I don't like everything about Romney either, but I certainly like him MUCH more than Obama.
So should libertarian/conservatives such as myself run the risk of "splitting the vote" potentially resulting in Obama for a second term?
Nobody wins by popular vote, NM only has 5 electoral votes. As we know from recent history Bush vs. Gore (what a fiasco), the election can come down to a very narrow margin.
Like I said, I prefer Gary Johnson, but I would be sick to my stomach for 4 years if I gave Obama the election because I didn't vote for Romney.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Mexico,_2000[/url] ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Mexico,_2000[/url])
Help a brother out!
Regards,
Walker
I think the notion that Romney has a better shot against Obama is pure media BS. I'm certainly no professional statistician but when you add up all the blatant and obvious media bias, plus the repeated vote fraud in state after state after state, plus the fact that the actual delegate count shows the two running VERY close to each other. It's funny how the fraud always negatively effects Pauls numbers and not Romney.
I think ALOT of people are going to be shocked in Tampa. I could be wrong. Like I said, I'm no expert.
and as far as Johnson goes, put it this way, if it comes down to Romney vs. Barry, I'm voting Johnson. If it's Paul vs. Barry, I'm voting Paul. just my .02
I wasn't too impressed with him when he was still in the early debates. He seemed to harp on legalization so much that it made it seem like that was the core of his platform. I am for legalization, but that's not the most important issue of the day IMO.
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I would prefer Gary Johnson as president, he needs to keep at the grindstone as Ron Paul has for decades. Gary Johnson should be running for Senate or Congress so his platform will become more noticed on a national stage.
The only problem I have, and maybe you can help me overcome it, is that I REALLY want Obama out of office.
I don't like everything about Romney either, but I certainly like him MUCH more than Obama.
So should libertarian/conservatives such as myself run the risk of "splitting the vote" potentially resulting in Obama for a second term?
Nobody wins by popular vote, NM only has 5 electoral votes. As we know from recent history Bush vs. Gore (what a fiasco), the election can come down to a very narrow margin.
Like I said, I prefer Gary Johnson, but I would be sick to my stomach for 4 years if I gave Obama the election because I didn't vote for Romney.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Mexico,_2000[/url] ([url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Mexico,_2000[/url])
Help a brother out!
Regards,
Walker
There is no splitting the vote with Johnson. That implies that there are only two choices, when there isn't. It's a matter of perspective in seeing what this nation could become with a strong third party or what it has become as we continue to prop-up the two party system. Too many people chicken-out on election day and vote with fear and loathing, instead of pride and conviction. Four years of Obama or four years of Romney, I can't see much difference between the two. The GOP has severely screwed us over with even allowing a disingenuous, upper-class twit to be in this position. I've played the game, and it sucks, so I'm changing my game, and going to let the GOP know they can pound sand. Live Free brothers and sisters.
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Once again I agree with Crudos, I don't see any difference between Romney and Berry.
"The GOP can go pound sand"
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Once again I agree with Crudos, I don't see any difference between Romney and Berry.
"The GOP can go pound sand"
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http://youtu.be/ELWM9VS1PJQ (http://youtu.be/ELWM9VS1PJQ)
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11.6% growth isn't anything to scoff at.
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Walker,
You're on the money.
Personally I couldn't think of a better endorsement then "Unionized Government Employes hate him." Seems like you got something worth working with once you get to that point!
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Walker,
You're on the money.
Personally I couldn't think of a better endorsement then "Unionized Government Employes hate him." Seems like you got something worth working with once you get to that point!
Yes Sir! [URL=http://www.smileyvault.co
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Gary Johnson internet townhall tonight with LNC Vice Chair Lee Wrights. May 22 at 6:00PM PT / 9:00PM ET.
http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/ (http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/)
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Gary Johnson internet townhall tonight with LNC Vice Chair Lee Wrights. May 22 at 6:00PM PT / 9:00PM ET.
[url]http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/[/url] ([url]http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/[/url])
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http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/for-immediate-release (http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/for-immediate-release)
GOV. GARY JOHNSON?S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN QUALIFIES FOR MATCHING FUNDS
May 31, 2012, Santa Fe, NM ? Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson?s campaign has qualified for matching funds from the federal Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Johnson?s eligibility was announced by the Federal Election Commission Thursday.
Responding to the FEC announcement, Johnson said, ?The fact that our campaign has attracted the broad-based support required to qualify for matching funds is yet another clear indication that we are having a very real impact on this election. Poll after poll confirms that a great many Americans are not finding what they want in the limited choices presented by the two ?major? parties, and these matching funds will help us give those voters a real voice in November.?
To become eligible for matching funds, candidates must raise a threshold amount of $100,000 by collecting $5,000 in 20 different states in amounts no greater than $250 from any individual.
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See Gary Johnson on the John Stewart Show tonight!!!!!
http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/gary-johnson-on-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart (http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/gary-johnson-on-the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart)
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Go GJ, GO!
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-5-2012/gary-johnson?xrs=share_copy (http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-5-2012/gary-johnson?xrs=share_copy)
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Go GJ, GO!
[url]http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-5-2012/gary-johnson?xrs=share_copy[/url] ([url]http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-5-2012/gary-johnson?xrs=share_copy[/url])
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Gary Johnson will be on the ballot in every state. Come on GJ, lets do this!
http://rundown.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/08/12124891-twos-a-partythrees-a-national-ballot?lite (http://rundown.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/08/12124891-twos-a-partythrees-a-national-ballot?lite)
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As the doldrums of summer take hold, lets not give-in the outright lies of Romney and the complete ineptitude of fearless leader Obama. Gary Johnson is the way forward, your only pounding sand with the other two.
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If we really voted on issues, and not personalities (or lack of one)....
http://garyjohnsongrassrootsblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/johnson-wins-election-based-on-issues.html (http://garyjohnsongrassrootsblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/johnson-wins-election-based-on-issues.html)
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I'm voting for him, but I have no doubt in my mind that he has no real chance of winning this election. America as a whole is completely still asleep.
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Found this great comment about the fallacy of throwing your vote away....
Actually, the entire idea of ?throwing your vote away? is an idiotic idea circulated by Democrats and Republicans to keep people voting for one of the two old parties. Because of the Electoral College system, unless you live in a ?swing state,? it is impossible to have an effect. Even if you live in a ?swing state,? the idea that your vote will decide the election is absurd. No state ever has had its presidential electors decided by one vote. Calculating the odds of your affecting the outcome of the election requires the use of imaginary numbers. The odds of your vote deciding the election is somewhat less than your being killed by a crashing Russian spy satellite. Voting is a self-actualizing event. The point of voting is to affirm for yourself (and for those with whom you choose to tell) the policies you endorse. It means you can sleep nights serenely. But, in the end, no rational person can truly believe that their vote will decide the election. Accordingly, what?s odd and irrational is to vote for someone you do not endorse, thinking that doing so actually matters. It is that activity that is absurd, like other absurd ideas peddled by politicians. Ha!!! Vote for the person you endorse and the policies you endorse; that?s the ONLY way to build support over time for what you want and the only way to get what you want EVENTUALLY.
- by John Mills, in the comment section of this article... http://www.politico.com/blogs/charlie-mahtesian/2012/07/gary-johnsons-shadow-129386.html (http://www.politico.com/blogs/charlie-mahtesian/2012/07/gary-johnsons-shadow-129386.html)
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Weekly bump....
http://reason.com/archives/2012/07/24/why-america-needs-gov-gary-johnson-in-th (http://reason.com/archives/2012/07/24/why-america-needs-gov-gary-johnson-in-th)
Last fall, GQ ran a profile of former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, then a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, under the headline "Is This the Sanest Man Running for President?" The piece noted that in 2003, Johnson scaled Mount Everest with a broken leg, and in 2005, broke his back paragliding off the highest mountain in Maui. "Sanest"? Well, maybe not.
But Johnson, now running on the Libertarian Party ticket, is certainly the most interesting candidate in the 2012 field -- and that's not an attempt to damn with faint praise.
Yesterday morning, I sat down with "Gov. Gary" to talk about what he hopes to achieve in this race.
The American electoral process almost guarantees third-party failure, says "Duverger's Law," coined by the French political scientist who pointed out that "The plurality (1 winner) voting system tends to lead to a two-party system."
But some of the main obstacles that third parties face are artificial, not structural. "The two old parties have gamed the system," Johnson charges. The Presidential Debates Commission, or CPD, the private group that serves as the gatekeeper for the nationally televised debates, imposes an arbitrary barrier of 15 percent support in three national polls before a candidate can be included. That rule, adopted in 2000, would have barred virtually every third-party candidate in American history. The fix is in, it seems.
Still, getting into the debates is one of Johnson's key goals, and he intends to "kick and claw and scrape" until he hits 15 percent or public pressure forces the CPD to lower the bar: "If I'm in the debate, then the world changes," he insists.
What about the "spoiler" charge -- or, as a Twitter follower of mine phrased it, "why does [Johnson] want four more years of Obama?"
He says he gets that a lot: "The implication of the question is that I'm gonna take votes away from all those ... anti-war, pro-gay marriage Republicans that are currently supporting Romney." Johnson admits that his candidacy hurts Romney in North Carolina, but insists, "I take more votes from Obama in New Mexico."
He's right: Last week the Public Policy Polling firm noted: "Interestingly [Johnson] hurts Obama a little bit more than Romney, pulling the President's lead down to 42-38."
Regardless, he adds, "to heck with all that -- you as a voter should vote your conscience," Johnson argued.
"Vote your conscience, not your fears" was a Ralph Nader slogan in 2000, for a Green Party presidential bid that earned Nader the enmity of liberals for allegedly helping deliver the presidency to George W. Bush.
How much you fear "spoiler" scenarios depends on how stark you consider the difference between 2012's major party standard-bearers. On Sunday, I spotted a minivan bumper sticker that read: "Jesus was a 'community organizer.' Pilate was a governor." Pretty stark!
But you could be forgiven if you don't see the difference between the technocrat who pioneered the individual mandate in Massachusetts and the one who took it federal as one of -- ahem -- Biblical proportions.
Meanwhile, Johnson is "the only candidate who doesn't want to bomb Iran. ... the only candidate who wants to repeal the Patriot Act."
And, as he made clear to me, the only candidate who's committed to abolishing specific agencies: the departments of Education and Homeland Security "for starters." As the final, catchall plank in the LP platform puts it, "Our silence about any other particular law, regulation ... [or] agency ... should not be construed to imply approval."
I don't know that "the world changes" if Johnson manages to claw his way into the debates. But the race would start to get interesting. And interesting is one thing that, right now, it's not.
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Gotta love Reason.com.
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At least GW had a certain charm to his bumbling. While Romney pretty much wins Upper Class Twit of the Year award during his visit to collect bribes from Barclays in the UK. Just say no to the GOP-minted Romney, and vote for Gary Johnson instead.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4456840/Wannabe-US-President-Mitt-Romney-in-Olympics-insult-but-David-Cameron-insists-Well-show-you.html (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4456840/Wannabe-US-President-Mitt-Romney-in-Olympics-insult-but-David-Cameron-insists-Well-show-you.html)
http://youtu.be/TSqkdcT25ss (http://youtu.be/TSqkdcT25ss)
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Honestly I disagree with everything Gary Johnson Stands for! His foreign policy is SHIT I fought for this country in Granada to keep boys like you free. All them other countries hate us because we are free, and because we love Jesus! I call it spreading democracy and our god fearing ways, and if muhamad has a problem with it Jesus will kick his ass. Stay Frosty!
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on a more serious note, don't troll this forum bro.
LOL I loved the picture NOLA and I completely agree, however, I just spent some time talking to CG, and he's pretty legit, and actually I met him at the PatCon that we went to a while ago. I don't think he's trolling, I think that's really his beliefs.
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on a more serious note, don't troll this forum bro.
LOL I loved the picture NOLA and I completely agree, however, I just spent some time talking to CG, and he's pretty legit, and actually I met him at the PatCon that we went to a while ago. I don't think he's trolling, I think that's really his beliefs.
well in that case I guess I'd better shut my mouth. I just got my ass reamed recently for firing on all cylinders on the topic of the global American Empire.
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well in that case I guess I'd better shut my mouth. I just got my ass reamed recently for firing on all cylinders on the topic of the global American Empire.
LOL Its totally cool man. Yeah, I remember I was one of the ones doing the reaming. Its all good. [URL=http://www.smileyvault.co
I do agree with you, though. That was an awesome picture. Just thought we should be a little bit cooler at first to our new member. :D
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Ejr, thanks for the backup man people are giving me a hard time over my name. It was good to talk to you again! You and I should get together sometime, and if Anthony can make it also that would be even better! Stay Frosty brother!
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Honestly I disagree with everything Gary Johnson Stands for! His foreign policy is SHIT I fought for this country in Granada to keep boys like you free. All them other countries hate us because we are free, and because we love Jesus! I call it spreading democracy and our god fearing ways, and if muhamad has a problem with it Jesus will kick his ass. Stay Frosty!
Well okie dokey then, thanks for your contribution to the thread. [img]http://www.arrse.co.uk/at
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Crudos, Have you heard the good news?
Jesus still loves you and I do too! Stay Frosty!!
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The definition of insanity...
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The definition of insanity...
Isn't that the truth!
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Another fantastic commercial from Gary Johnson....
GARY JOHNSON Liberty Will Be On The Ballot (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqtfyaWgW74#ws)
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Haven't read the thread but any Libertarian or third party candidate, including the infallible Ron Paul [img]http://www.arrse.co.uk/at will never have a shot at winning or ending the two party system. When they constantly run as a Republican and fail to get the nomination and then go third party. They need to go third party from the start and get their message out their way before the other parties start. The time to start campaigning for 2016 in now. A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama. And don't crawl up my ass, I like Johnson.
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You know Crookedsights I like your idea. [URL=http://www.smileyvault.co
Just think about it....
The Tea Party announces (Don't get your panties into a bunch..it could be any group) February 1, 2013 that they are going to start a third party and invite candidates to join and start a around the country speaking series. Than in 2016 their is a primary so that those Libertarian candidates can get whittled down to one. They would than run against the Republican and Democratic nominee's. I LOVE IT! Now that would be an election!!!
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Haven't read the thread but any Libertarian or third party candidate, including the infallible Ron Paul at will never have a shot at winning or ending the two party system. When they constantly run as a Republican and fail to get the nomination and then go third party. They need to go third party from the start and get their message out their way before the other parties start. The time to start campaigning for 2016 in now. A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama. And don't crawl up my ass, I like Johnson.
Actually a vote for Johnson is a vote for Johnson, and a vote to end the two-party tyranny.
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Haven't read the thread but any Libertarian or third party candidate, including the infallible Ron Paul [img]http://www.arrse.co.uk/at will never have a shot at winning or ending the two party system. When they constantly run as a Republican and fail to get the nomination and then go third party. They need to go third party from the start and get their message out their way before the other parties start. The time to start campaigning for 2016 in now. A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama. And don't crawl up my ass, I like Johnson.
Ohh really? Have you ever actually done any research into the Electoral College and how our presidents are actually elected in this country, instead of believing the propaganda that you get from the media and other such sources? PRESIDENTS ARE NOT ELECTED BY A POPULAR VOTE. You really need to, because then you'd realize how silly of a phrase, "A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama," really is. In fact, I know for a fact that Romney will get 100 percent of Georgia's electoral votes, so it matters not one gnat fart, what I or any of the other people in Georgia who vote for Obama or Johnson do on election day, our state's electoral votes are going for Romney.
So here is an interesting idea, before making ridiculous and silly generalizations about people's vote, why don't the people who use them go do some research on the electoral college and how it works, you know, how Presidents are ACTUALLY elected, instead of spreading around such silly generalized propaganda.
First, CHECK OUT YOUR STATE. See how it has historically voted in the past twenty or thirty years. Check out a bunch of polls and see how much Obama or Mitt are running in your STATE. For me, Romney is going to win by at least 12 percent in my State.
For me, voting for PRINCIPLE, is more important than following the collective sheep herd, because if Johnson can get 5 percent of the vote, than the Libertarian party can start to receive campaign funds, and they have a greater chance of breaking the iron grip control that the two major parties have right now, and of course, its incredibly important to go into a vote with EYES Wide Open, and make an educated vote, instead of blindly following propaganda statements such as, "a Vote for Johnson is a Vote for Obama." UGH, NO! A vote for Johnson is still a vote for Johnson. In the end, it will still go for Johnson, and if we can get his party 5 percent of the vote, we have a chance of breaking the iron grip that the two parties have had on this country for almost 200 years.
Some people on this forum are probably in battle ground, swing States that actually determine elections, if you are, then yes, you have a tough choice, because then it really is should I vote principle, or vote for the lesser of two evils.
I realize in Georgia I am lucky, because I have the easiest vote of all. I know that no matter what I do on election day, my State's electoral college votes are going to Romney with a 100 percent guarantee. So why wouldn't I vote for MY PRINCIPLES of smaller government and more social and economic freedom?
Please become educated on YOUR VOTE, and how it plays into your State, and your State's electoral votes as well as, and your State's history and their role in these elections.
I'd rather people become educated, and vote in an educated way, instead of believing and falling for these blanket generalization that are nothing more than Republican Propaganda, such as "A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama," which is just complete and utter BS.
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Haven't read the thread but any Libertarian or third party candidate, including the infallible Ron Paul at will never have a shot at winning or ending the two party system. When they constantly run as a Republican and fail to get the nomination and then go third party. They need to go third party from the start and get their message out their way before the other parties start. The time to start campaigning for 2016 in now. A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama. And don't crawl up my ass, I like Johnson.
Actually a vote for Johnson is a vote for Johnson, and a vote to end the two-party tyranny.
Yep, all the Libertarian party needs is 5 percent, and they have a chance to break the iron grip that the tyranny of the two party system has had for almost 200 years in this country. In the future, they could get almost 30 million in campaign funding which could also help a lot of libertarians to get elected at lower State and local levels as well. Not to mention a chance to actually get heard at debates, and get more press than they get now from the MSM who does their best to silence their vote, and they are complicit in all of this. It will be hard to ignore them, if Libertarians get campaign financing.
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Based on last nights debate of the lessor of two evils, here's a great quote that bears repeating....
The ideological act of 'voting for the lesser of two evils' is exactly why this country is in the mess that it is in today and NOTHING will change as long as we keep repeating this cycle of madness.
Source (http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/breakout/jim-rogers-neither-obama-nor-romney-worth-vote-120100881.html;_ylt=ApYqT2M5P46titvjIV9mTZGiuYdG;_ylu=X3oDMTN1aGlvZzIxBG1pdANGaW5hbmNlIEZQIE1lZ2F0cm9uIDIEcGtnAzNlNTMyNDE4LTFmNTItM2RmZC1iN2I3LWRhYjljNTU1OWJiZQRwb3MDMQRzZWMDbWVnYXRyb24EdmVyAzlmN2Q0NTEwLTE4NTUtMTFlMi1iZmRmLWZhNTYwZDVlYWY3Mg--;_ylg=X3oDMTFpNzk0NjhtBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDBHBzdGNhdANob21lBHB0A3NlY3Rpb25z;_ylv=3)
Gary Johnson is the answer to the question, "Who has got your back?"
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It's because we have a barnyard of brain dead monkeys voting. This is the problem with democracy. 80% of the average joes probably couldn't tell you the names of the vice presidents much less some vauge 3rd party candidate.
I might get a little heat for this but I think the founders were on to something by making only land owning white men able to vote. They paid the taxes, they hired the workers, they owned the land, they should decide how the country is run. They took into account the opinions of their wife and family and in a way they 'represented' their family's choice by voting.
There should atleast be a short test before you vote to make sure you aren't mentally retarted or just plain ignorant. Questions like, what is Socialism? What is the third ammendment of the Constitution? Which war came first, the Civil War or World War 1?
You laugh but the average voter could not answer these basic questions.
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Summed up nicely. Sorry for the small graphic.
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It's because we have a barnyard of brain dead monkeys voting. This is the problem with democracy. 80% of the average joes probably couldn't tell you the names of the vice presidents much less some vauge 3rd party candidate.
I might get a little heat for this but I think the founders were on to something by making only land owning white men able to vote. They paid the taxes, they hired the workers, they owned the land, they should decide how the country is run. They took into account the opinions of their wife and family and in a way they 'represented' their family's choice by voting. I used to think that way, but then I remembered that everyone is still subject to the laws, whether or not they own land, and therefore should have a vote for their representation.
There should atleast be a short test before you vote to make sure you aren't mentally retarted or just plain ignorant. Questions like, what is Socialism? What is the third ammendment of the Constitution? Which war came first, the Civil War or World War 1? I might could go along with something like this... maybe a high school diploma could be a de facto proof of competence? But then again, a lot of HS graduates couldn't answer such questions correctly.
You laugh but the average voter could not answer these basic questions.
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I hear the frustration in your voice Grudgie however I have to go with what Special-K wrote.
When I went to High School, you couldn't graduate without taking something called Social Studies. What was covered was not USA history what was covered was the Constitution and how the government worked.
I asked my nephew a few questions several years ago about how government worked. Well, not his fault I guess, however he didn't have a clue noe and interest in the subject.
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I don't always agree with this guy, I don't really even like his approach, but heck he gets a FUCK YEAH! for having the cojones grandes to stand up in front of everyone and make such an unpopular stance in this political climate right now. I could imagine that could downright hurt your business, but then again, he seems to be doing fine, so good for him.
NSFW, some ad hominem, and bad words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUFWvbXjIZc&feature=plcp (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUFWvbXjIZc&feature=plcp)
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Only one thing to say about James Yeager.....
'Merica and Gary Johnson, fuck yeah!
[url=http://www.freesmileys.or
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Wise words from the only candidate who mattered during the election.....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-johnson/standing-still-on-a-down-_1_b_2192179.html (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-johnson/standing-still-on-a-down-_1_b_2192179.html)
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Fast forward to today. The morning after the election, America awakened to realize we had reelected a status quo that virtually no one can say is satisfactory. Knowing that things aren?t good, the Democrats are wisely avoiding reckless claims of a mandate. Yet, the election really gave them no reason to change what they are doing.
As for the Republicans, we are reading and hearing widespread shock that they couldn?t win an election after having systematically alienated virtually every voting group in the nation other than white men over the age of 40.
It was a great plan for the Republicans: Go to shameful lengths to tell Hispanics they aren?t welcome, even though they are the fastest growing demographic in the country. Tell women their bodies really aren?t their own to manage. Call themselves small government ?conservatives? while espousing that government should tell us who we can marry and supporting laws like the Patriot Act, FISA and the NDAA that give government powers the Founders never dreamed of.
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Hopefully people are recovered from election overload and ready to start getting third party candidates elected. If you haven't checked out the Libertarian page....
http://www.lp.org/ (http://www.lp.org/)
Governor Gary Johnson got 1,275,804 votes. Well done to those who turned away from the corrupt GOP.
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I'm going next week to register as a Libertarian. Is that a new test? It seems so much simpler than I remember, way too simple.