Gary Johnson Announces Libertarian Party Run For President

[Valli6]

Great - as long as he drops out once Rand wins the nomination.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/06/gary-johnson-announces-libertarian-party-run-for-president/

Gary Johnson Announces Libertarian Party Run For President
Alex Pappas
01/06/2016

Gary Johnson is running again for the White House.

The fiscally conservative, socially liberal former Republican governor said Wednesday that he will seek the Libertarian Party’s nomination for president. He made the comments while appearing on Fox Business with host Neil Cavuto.

“I want to take this opportunity to announce my candidacy for president,” Johnson said. “I am hoping to get the Libertarian nomination for president in 2016.”

“I think the biggest problem facing this country is the $20 trillion debt that we will have when Obama leaves office,” he said. “Government is too big, it’s unwieldy, it’s out of control, we need to get control.”

Johnson, 63, served two terms as governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003. He briefly ran for president as a Republican during the 2012 cycle but dropped out after low poll numbers and an inability to be included in the debates.

He went on to leave the GOP and win the Libertarian Party’s nomination for president. As the third-party’s nominee, Johnson won about one percent of the popular vote against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

After the 2012 election, Johnson became CEO of Cannabis Sativa Inc., a company formed to sell legal cannabis products. Prior to his announcement on Wednesday, Johnson announced his resignation from Cannabis Sativa.

Johnson’s views include legalizing marijuana, reducing domestic and military spending, keeping abortion legal and allowing gay marriage.

Appearing on Fox Business after Johnson’s announcement, Chris Bedford, a senior editor at The Daily Caller, said of third-party candidates: “They certainly can affect the outcome, especially in a race like this.”

But Bedford expressed doubt that enough libertarians would be motivated to help Johnson: “I went to high school with hundreds of guys that were pro-pot and pro-abortion, and I don’t think they’re going to be showing up at the polls to help anybody.”

http://dailycaller.com/2016/01/06/g...tarian-party-run-for-president/#ixzz3wUzdnCzH

 

[evilfunnystuff]

Meh, I liked Gary until he showed his true colors.

Just another self-absorbed, power-hungry, liar.

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[yinzer38]

Strangely enough, he also wants to ban burqas in the USA:
https://reason.com/blog/2016/01/06/exclusive-gary-johnson-running-for-presi

Et tu, Gary?

 

[thoughtomator]

Were there no libertarians available?

 

[William Tell]

I hope Gary loses the nomination to anybody.

 

[evilfunnystuff]

Were there no libertarians available?

John McAfee is going to run. The only thing I heard of that I don't like is he is an open borders guy.(so am I once entitlements and free bennies are no longer an issue)

Depending how things go, I could vote for him.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

May the best candidate win the LP nomination. Depending on Trump dominating the the GOP primaries, it may still fall out that Rand runs for the LP nod as well.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Were there no libertarians available?

where does he fail to meet your libertarian litmus test?

 

[LatinsforPaul]

Hopefully all of this becomes irrelevant if and when Rand gets the GOP nomination.

 

[Peace&Freedom]

Hopefully all of this becomes irrelevant if and when Rand gets the GOP nomination.

We should retire the "relevancy" put down of alternatives. After all, it can cut both ways. If and when Rand doesn't even do as well as his father in the GOP primaries, thus the "let's run a liberty guy within a major party for President" totally fails for the third time, by the 'hopefully' argument won't that have proven it's a failed strategy, and has become irrelevant?

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

where does he fail to meet your libertarian litmus test?

Libertarian litmus tests aside, I don't see how the LP is well-served by fielding squishy candidates like Gary.

 

[Rad]

The libertarian party lets anyone in. Trump could get the libertarian nomination.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Libertarian litmus tests aside, I don't see how the LP is well-served by fielding squishy candidates like Gary.

He's not my ideal candidate either, which is why I said I'd abstain from voting in the presidential election if Rand doesn't get the nomination.

@Rad...I think that's a bit of a stretch to say Trump could get the LP nomination. I know it's been bad lately (Bob Barr, yuck!) but I don't think they'd cross that line.

 

[Dianne]

Meh, I liked Gary until he showed his true colors.

Just another self-absorbed, power-hungry, liar.

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I agree with you. He's a real bas "tard" who turned his back on Ron Paul. I'll never give him an ounce of consideration again.

 

[Tywysog Cymru]

McAfee is better from what I understand.

 

[jkob]

Gary is 10x billion times better than Bob Barr at least

 

[William Tell]

He's not my ideal candidate either, which is why I said I'd abstain from voting in the presidential election if Rand doesn't get the nomination.

@Rad...I think that's a bit of a stretch to say Trump could get the LP nomination. I know it's been bad lately (Bob Barr, yuck!) but I don't think they'd cross that line.

They wouldn't have a choice. They nominate by convention. A total of 595 delegates voted at the LNC in 2012, 419 of them voted for Johnson. Anyone who walks in with with somewhere between 300-600 delegates would win. Trump could do that, but he won't.

 

[opal]

*read thread title.. yawned*

 

[pcgame]

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[Liberty74]

Gary is 10x billion times better than Bob Barr at least

If Rand does not end up on the ticket either as President or the VP slot, I'm voting Gary again.