Libertarian VP Candidate Weld: "I'm Here Vouching For Mrs. Clinton

I seriously considered GJ after he said he would pardon Snowden, but this shows he lacks judgement and can't be taken seriously.

I think I'll be writing in: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
If he's gonna betray his own party, he should at least do it for a worthwhile candidate, like Trump
 
Why the heck did they not nominate John MacAfee? I bet he would be past 10% right now. Hope he runs for something again.

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Bill Weld’s embrace of Hillary Clinton directly undermines libertarians’ unique appeal
By Bonnie Kristian - November 2, 2016

The Libertarian Party’s vice presidential nominee seems to have officially signed up as a surrogate for the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Bill Weld had an interview on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show on Tuesday, and he used that opportunity to essentially endorse Clinton for president — even declining to clearly argue that the man at the top of his own ticket, Gary Johnson, would make a superior president.

“I can’t imagine that your loyalty to [the Libertarian Party] is stronger than your fear of Trump as president,” Maddow said, and Weld agreed.

“Well I’m here vouching for Mrs. Clinton,” he explained, “and I think it’s high time somebody did, and I’m doing it based on my personal experience with her. I think she deserves to have people vouch for her other than members of the Democratic National Committee, so I’m here to do that.”
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Weld also broke with his own campaign’s statement on the recent developments in Clinton’s email investigation, arguing that FBI Director James Comey’s decision to reopen the inquiry was more about politics than real questions about Clinton’s actions.

“You know, in fairness, Gary and I have not agreed on a number of substantive issues in this campaign,” Weld added.

Still, Weld’s biggest betrayal arguably came when Maddow asked whether he “honestly believe that Gary Johnson would be a better president than Hillary Clinton.”

“I think [Johnson would] be capable of being a good chief executive and yes, a commander in chief, Aleppo to the contrary notwithstanding,” Weld said. “He was a strong governor.”
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So there you have it. Veep 101 is that you don’t describe other presidential candidates in more favorable terms than the name above yours.
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In short, this is an inexcusable muddling of the libertarian message that goes well beyond lost opportunity or embarrassing gaffes and brain farts. The single most valuable electoral appeal libertarians have is that we’re not Democrats or Republicans. In 2016 specifically, it’s that we don’t support Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Weld just took a sledgehammer to that advantage.
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More: http://rare.us/story/bill-welds-emb...rectly-undermines-libertarians-unique-appeal/
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well.... there goes any chance of the LP getting my vote.

All is well though, Rand has been giving some great interviews recently, i had pretty much decided to write him in.

My conscience will be clear.
 
This can be a learning experience or a mistake.

More party desperation at the RPFs or...? All is forgiven, we all learn at different times in our lives. Let's hope for a learning experience.:)

(twice a W voter):o
 
There was a reason Weld barely won the VP nomination and Sharpe came a close 2nd on the 2nd ballot. This guy is a snake in the grass, which is what a large portion of libertarians could see a mile away and why a near plurality voted against the guy. He never should have won, but the GJ effort to court delegates on his side well in advance of the convention in comparison to the other candidates is what ultimately gave us someone as terrible as Weld.

If there are people interested in the 2020 LP nomination, and there definitely are, they need to be working on it already or you will lose to a half foot in, half foot out establishment candidate like GJ, who is most certainly willing to do the extensive work to win, and will bring their unprincipled fellows along for the ride.
 
ProBlue33 said:
I hope even our purists on RPF can now see this, and this is the purists test as well, if you are as pure and noble as you have been claimed to be this whole election cycle I don't know how you can still vote LP and maintain your nobility and purity politically.
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LMAO. You obviously haven't been paying any attention if you actually think that we "purists on RPF" support the LP's pathetic joke of a ticket.

The Johnson/LP boosters tend to be just as prone to complaining about us "purists" as the Trump supporters are ...
 
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I noticed r3volution 3.0 didn't dare post in this thread, even though he was here posting in other threads tonight.

I guess one can handle only so much humiliation per day.
 
I don't think there were many enthusiastic GJ supporters here this cycle. I've stated all along that the only reason I'm voting L this election cycle is to support their getting 5%. Anyway, this shouldn't really bother the Trump people around here as his support for Hillary has never been an issue for them.

Now I might just write Ron Paul in.
 
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