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Thread: Libertarian ‘dream ticket’ in peril as Weld bombs in Orlando

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    Libertarian ‘dream ticket’ in peril as Weld bombs in Orlando

    http://www.politico.com/story/2016/0...vention-223682

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reason
    https://twitter.com/MattWelch/status/736040200862871553

    Anecdotal observation from LP-convention gossiping: Support for @GovGaryJohnson is softening; Weld ain't helping.
    Last edited by RonPaulFanInGA; 05-27-2016 at 09:54 PM.



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    Wouldn't be totally surprised to see them blow this uuuuuge opportunity.
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    Johnson at the top of the ticket would be awful, but totally consistent with the awfulness of the Libertarian Party over the past decade. Weld as VP would be an abomination, and plunge them to groundbreaking new depths of awfulness.

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    I hope Johnson/Weld get the boot, glad Weld bombed.

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    And Weld did little to help himself at a Friday night vice-presidential debate in which he got a chilly reception from the hardcore audience of Libertarian true-believers. Asked who did more damage to America — President Obama or President George W. Bush — Weld gave a classic politician answer. “I’d rate it a tie,” he said. He used the word “miasma” in his closing statement.

    At one point, Weld said he would stay in the United Nations — an idea anathema to many in the crowd — and said that when people think of Libertarians they often think of “unattractive people” in their neighborhoods.

    Weld advocated cutting taxes. One of his opponents yelled, “Taxation is theft!”

    “He just didn’t make the case,” Will Tyler White, a delegate from Michigan, said of Weld.

    “He showed that he was Republican-lite,” complained Jim Fulner, another Michigan delegate. “He didn’t mention a single Libertarian idea.”
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    Any chance of a Petersen / Johnson LP ticket or I will even take a Johnson / Petersen ticket?
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    Ugh. I have to say that Johnson just really does nothing for me, and he makes it hard to even get enthused about moving a third party up in the ranks.
    Last edited by Origanalist; 05-28-2016 at 08:15 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LatinsforPaul View Post
    Any chance of a Petersen / Johnson LP ticket or I will even take a Johnson / Petersen ticket?
    Two nicknames for the male organ on the same ticket, now that's a winner.



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    Quote Originally Posted by LatinsforPaul View Post
    Any chance of a Petersen / Johnson LP ticket or I will even take a Johnson / Petersen ticket?
    yes absolutely

    While Johnson and Weld are trying to run as a ticket — they are handing out joint buttons and paraphernalia — the Libertarian Party convention actually picks their presidential and vice-presidential nominees separately. Delegates could select Johnson and then reject Weld.

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    I saw an interview he did on CNN about supporting AWB as a governor and his response was that he is a hunter and he likes hunting. Nothing even about self defense, just hunting. I don't think the man aware of what libertarians are all about



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