Libertarian Party Selects Gary Johnson As Presidential Nominee

[William Tell]

Darrell Castle 2016

 

[andy2044]

Darrell Castle 2016

This. Constitution Party in my state has their first organizational meeting today. Want to see if they can get on the ballot.

 

[Working Poor]

Johnson's VP is a high-ranking CFR member!!!

Hilary is a criminal and her husband is a rapist and probably a pedophile and Trump is probably likely as bad. At least Johnson will likely be able to reschedule pot and maybe take some of the sting of the drug war which is an issue that is very close to my heart. I know so many people who have gone to prison for smoking pot and being a drug addict. The drug war has very deeply affected my family being that several of them have been to prison for it. GJ is the only one who seems at least somewhat interested in peace and freedom which I know neither Trump or Hillary are interested in. I don't like some things about him but he is definitely the lessor of 3 evils IMO. Plus I also want to help the party get more juice and maybe next election have someone that we like better run.

 

[ProBlue33]

This is a problem for the purist, how can you vote for CFR on a ticket, have we devolved to the point of picking the lesser of 3 evils, sure seems like.

 

[CaseyJones]

This is a problem for the purist, how can you vote for CFR on a ticket, have we devolved to the point of picking the lesser of 3 evils, sure seems like.

phuc the strategists write in Ron Paul

P.S. I will still not be voting

 

[Origanalist]

ah well, not voting then

Ya, same here.

 

[RonPaulMall]

This is a problem for the purist, how can you vote for CFR on a ticket, have we devolved to the point of picking the lesser of 3 evils, sure seems like.

The Ron Paul movement killed the LP. Drained all the talent from the party and allowed Republican Lites to take over. That the LP has nominated Bob Barr and now Gary Johnson twice is sickening. If you want to vote 3rd party this time around, please vote for the Constitution Party. The LP needs to be humiliated or they'll never learn.

 

[AZJoe]

I haven't been this excited about a Libertarian nominee since Bob Barr....

LOL. That made me laugh.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Good now they just need Weld and they have a serious formidable ticket.

For every person on a forum who says they won't vote LP because of Johnson or Weld, there are probably 20 never Trump or never Clintons who will.

Yup

Johnson's VP is a high-ranking CFR member!!!

This is a problem for the purist, how can you vote for CFR on a ticket, have we devolved to the point of picking the lesser of 3 evils, sure seems like.

The Ron Paul movement killed the LP. Drained all the talent from the party and allowed Republican Lites to take over. That the LP has nominated Bob Barr and now Gary Johnson twice is sickening. If you want to vote 3rd party this time around, please vote for the Constitution Party. The LP needs to be humiliated or they'll never learn.

All three of you are Trump supporters, which means you have abandoned any and all libertarian principles you may have held.

Consequently, you have zero credibility to criticize Libertarian Party candidates for not being pure enough.

I wonder why you even care, since the LP is now your competition.

...or maybe that is why you care?

...maybe you wanted the LP to nominate the weakest, most fringe candidate possible in order to make things easier for Il Toupee?

 

[Krugminator2]

Yup

..maybe you wanted the LP to nominate the weakest, most fringe candidate possible in order to make things easier for Il Toupee?

The party needs to nominate people who can fundraise, get on TV, and present themselves well. That rules out most of the nutters who are active in the party.

Johnson/Weld is a serious ticket.

The problem is Weld is similar to Mitt Romney on the issues. He is basically a liberal Northeast Republican. I spent the weekend vegged out watching the convention and Gary Johnson is an ignorant boobus. The ticket is an economic illiterate who supports equal pay laws and an Iraq War supporter.

I don't know that the Libertarian Party getting traction over Republicans is a good thing if it causes someone like Ron Johnson to lose. I would take Ron Johnson over the last couple of LP nominees.

 

[ThePaleoLibertarian]

It really seems like libertarians (big L and small) love being ineffectual.

 

[Ronaldof]

I will not vote for Johnson/Weld. Now there are the three evils. And I never will hold my nose and vote for any of them. The best candidate out there now is the obscure Darrell Castle and Scott Bradley of the Constitution Party. If you vote for Bill Weld you are voting for the CFR. They are all snakes and squirm their way into everything. I feel sad for the Libertarian Party.

 

[jth_ttu]

I will not vote for Johnson/Weld. Now there are the three evils. And I never will hold my nose and vote for any of them. The best candidate out there now is the obscure Darrell Castle and Scott Bradley of the Constitution Party. If you vote for Bill Weld you are voting for the CFR. They are all snakes and squirm their way into everything. I feel sad for the Libertarian Party.

Just curious. It says you've been a member since 2007 but this is your first post?

 

[VIDEODROME]

I guess the VP is elected by the Libertarian Party? Not chosen by Johnson? That seems weird.

 

[LatinsforPaul]

Do Gary Johnson's poll numbers go up or down in a 4 way race after hearing this...

 

[William Tell]

Do Gary Johnson's poll numbers go up or down in a 4 way race after hearing this...

Well it is too late for an independent to get on the ballot in Texas.

 

[Krugminator2]

He had some interesting debate answers on foreign policy.

 

[VIDEODROME]

I wish their nominee could have been the previous VP nom Judge Jim Grey.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Do Gary Johnson's poll numbers go up or down in a 4 way race after hearing this...

It doesn't matter to me. As long as the LP can eke out 5% overall, and maybe do better next time. There is no "this time" to worry about.

 

[Ronaldof]

Johnson/Weld ticket just plain sucks, I don't want to vote for someone that is a CFR member. If you do, you don't have my admiration.