Gary Johnson Can't Name a Single World Leader That He Respects (mod edit)

[jct74]

The Johnson's bloopers and blunders reel has been running all day on CNN. He's getting a lot of coverage. They aren't even hiding the fact that they want Johnson out because they think he is taking votes away from Hillary.

ABC evening news ran it as one of their lead stories today. I watch it every day usually, and have never seen them cover Gary Johnson before, except for the Aleppo thing a few weeks ago. They made sure to make him look pretty bad, and rehashed Aleppo again too. Tried to make it into some kind of disqualifying thing, for a candidate they have never covered before and never gave any shot of winning to begin with. Not that he does have a shot, but it's funny that a candidate that has no shot and was never given any shot to begin with from the media is suddenly being "disqualified" by the media.

[euphemia]

Well, who do you trust to be prepared to do the job?

Nobody, unfortunately. Johnson is not it. The Libertarian Party should rename itself the Loser Party. Look at the losers they keep giving us. I'm not sure what they think they are doing any more.

As for the "at least he is getting press now," that is just the dumbest remark, ever. Johnson is squandering his opportunties.

[Brian4Liberty]

ABC evening news ran it as one of their lead stories today. I watch it every day usually, and have never seen them cover Gary Johnson before, except for the Aleppo thing a few weeks ago. They made sure to make him look pretty bad, and rehashed Aleppo again too. Tried to make it into some kind of disqualifying thing, for a candidate they have never covered before and never gave any shot of winning to begin with. Not that he does have a shot, but it's funny that a candidate that has no shot and was never given any shot to begin with from the media is suddenly being "disqualified" by the media.

Yeah, the original three networks and their local affiliates are probably the worst when it comes to establishment propaganda and lies.

[eleganz]

Nobody, unfortunately. Johnson is not it. The Libertarian Party should rename itself the Loser Party. Look at the losers they keep giving us. I'm not sure what they think they are doing any more.

As for the "at least he is getting press now," that is just the dumbest remark, ever. Johnson is squandering his opportunties.

Get involved and be a delegate to the LP if you don't like it.

[puppetmaster]

He panicked, he stumbled...call it what you will. I don't care. If he's pulling votes from Hillary like they say what do you care? I just don't see what the big deal is, so he had a brain fart. WTF? You've never had one?

no he won't be president I know....I just think he does this a lot more than I would expect. Memory issues due to drug use? But really it is just my opinion and I am not making a big deal, just a post in a political forum.

[euphemia]

Get involved and be a delegate to the LP if you don't like it.

I will never join the Libertarian Party. They have jumped the shark and are done for.

[puppetmaster]

ABC evening news ran it as one of their lead stories today. I watch it every day usually, and have never seen them cover Gary Johnson before, except for the Aleppo thing a few weeks ago. They made sure to make him look pretty bad, and rehashed Aleppo again too. Tried to make it into some kind of disqualifying thing, for a candidate they have never covered before and never gave any shot of winning to begin with. Not that he does have a shot, but it's funny that a candidate that has no shot and was never given any shot to begin with from the media is suddenly being "disqualified" by the media.

they use it to make their candidate look better I suppose.

[RonPaulMall]

If Gary (or anybody) can get more than 5% of the general vote, the Libertarian party gets acknowledgement from many states as major party status as well as federal funds for the next cycle. But yea, stay purist and keep getting 1% for the rest of your life.

Wow, Federal Funds! Acknowledgement from many states! Ross Perot got nearly 20% of the vote. Strom Thurmond and George Wallace both won double digit electoral votes. A third party candidate getting traction is not nearly as rare as you think. We don't need some establishment sap to "pave the way" for the mythical good candidate you expect to run in four years. If we had a good candidate, she should be running now. And if God forbid Gary Johnson does get more than 5% of the vote and government cheese starts flowing in to the LP coffers, do you really expect them to go with a true believer in four years? Weld will be the nominee in 2020 running on the Vincente Fox/Angela Merkel fusion platform.

[RJ Liberty]

ABC evening news ran it as one of their lead stories today. I watch it every day usually, and have never seen them cover Gary Johnson before, except for the Aleppo thing a few weeks ago. They made sure to make him look pretty bad, and rehashed Aleppo again too. Tried to make it into some kind of disqualifying thing, for a candidate they have never covered before and never gave any shot of winning to begin with. Not that he does have a shot, but it's funny that a candidate that has no shot and was never given any shot to begin with from the media is suddenly being "disqualified" by the media.

This is the post of the day. Gary Johnson received 11 seconds of coverage on the Big Three networks during an eight month period, according to one study. He went from non-existent to disqualified without ever being seriously covered. Now that he's been "disqualified", they're happy to report on him. WTF?

[Tywysog Cymru]

Does the President of Botswana count?

[Chieppa1]

Hitler. George Bush. Churchill. Stalin.

[Son_of_Liberty90]

I would wager to guess he just doesn't pay that much attention to world affairs. When you are advocating a peaceful foreign policy, trade with all, it's not as important to have a grasp on that type of stuff.

Exactly I would rather have a politician with a peaceful foreign policy more concerned with affairs at home than a machiavellian interventionist that knows everything to know about everything.

[69360]

Wow, Federal Funds! Acknowledgement from many states! Ross Perot got nearly 20% of the vote. Strom Thurmond and George Wallace both won double digit electoral votes. A third party candidate getting traction is not nearly as rare as you think. We don't need some establishment sap to "pave the way" for the mythical good candidate you expect to run in four years. If we had a good candidate, she should be running now. And if God forbid Gary Johnson does get more than 5% of the vote and government cheese starts flowing in to the LP coffers, do you really expect them to go with a true believer in four years? Weld will be the nominee in 2020 running on the Vincente Fox/Angela Merkel fusion platform.

That would still be better than Clinton or Trump.

You are never going to get it all. Getting most of it is better than nothing.

[Son_of_Liberty90]

I sometimes think the LP would be getting a lot more traction with crazy John McAfee.

YES totally called it!

[Son_of_Liberty90]

This is what is destroying the liberty movement and the LP. It is a very naive view that is counter productive to the goal of achieving individual liberty within a region.

If you instituted complete open borders in Germany it would only be a matter of time before Sharia is implemented and the choice is submit, convert or die.

But nations and nationalism are evils opposed to liberty amirite? *sarcasm*

Great sig by the way

[misterx]

Exactly I would rather have a politician with a peaceful foreign policy more concerned with affairs at home than a machiavellian interventionist that knows everything to know about everything.

That's a fair point, but you can't have someone who is ignorant of the world around him. We don't have some giant force field surrounding us. We can be peaceful all we want, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world will. Even if he doesn't intend to interfere, a president needs to understand the world around him in case it interferes with us.

[Son_of_Liberty90]

That's a fair point, but you can't have someone who is ignorant of the world around him. We don't have some giant force field surrounding us. We can be peaceful all we want, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world will. Even if he doesn't intend to interfere, a president needs to understand the world around him in case it interferes with us.

yea that's true - I slowly began shifting my POV after reading more into the thread.

[misterx]

They are really trying to "finish him" today. On CNN, they are putting together all of his gaffs, and saying that he is disqualified.

People are supporting him over Trump, because they think Trump doesn't know anything. People are supporting him over Clinton because they think Clinton is corrupt. Unless they can show that Johnson is corrupt, they are not helping their candidate.

[erowe1]

Did people here seriously criticize Johnson for this?

Which foreign leader would you all have said you admired? (Aside from the Trump supporters who would reflexively say Putin)

[euphemia]

I did say, as it happens. It's not too far upthread.

And yes, I criticize Gary Johnson for it. It's not like they gave him a quiz where he had to fill in every head of state in every country in the world. They asked him to name one world leader he respected. This is a man who wants to be President of the United States. If he can't prepare for an inteview, then how well will he do in the daily briefings? Sheesh. It's not like they asked him something he couldn't find on the internet.

[timosman]

[eleganz]

Wow, Federal Funds! Acknowledgement from many states! Ross Perot got nearly 20% of the vote. Strom Thurmond and George Wallace both won double digit electoral votes. A third party candidate getting traction is not nearly as rare as you think. We don't need some establishment sap to "pave the way" for the mythical good candidate you expect to run in four years. If we had a good candidate, she should be running now. And if God forbid Gary Johnson does get more than 5% of the vote and government cheese starts flowing in to the LP coffers, do you really expect them to go with a true believer in four years? Weld will be the nominee in 2020 running on the Vincente Fox/Angela Merkel fusion platform.

You're literally insane if you think you're going to get the perfect candidate in any given election year and win it all because, "A third party candidate getting traction is not nearly as rare as you think" hahahahaha, who gave you that fool aid? Don't be a fool.

The only reason people are considering Johnson is because he isn't Trump or Clinton, third parties may not have this opportunity again and you're trying to be cute about Fox/Merkel jesus christ man get a grip, that was the dumbest post I've ever seen in 9 years on RPF.

Why does everyone think Ron Paul is going to come back and save the day? Its not going to happen, either get a grip on the reality of electoral success or take the backseat and let the realists drive. But hey, you can libertarian purist yourself all you want and not get jack sht with 1% stuck on repeat every four years until you keel over.

[eleganz]

I will never join the Libertarian Party. They have jumped the shark and are done for.

So you want to complain about the nominees the Libertarian party choose but you want to do absolutely nothing about it. Seems productive.

[euphemia]

So you want to complain about the nominees the Libertarian party choose but you want to do absolutely nothing about it. Seems productive.

You think they would listen to me? Most people in the Libertatian Party are not really even libertarian. Listen to them talk about getting federal funds for Johnson. That's about as un-libertarian as it gets.

[nikcers]

You think they would listen to me? Most people in the Libertatian Party are not really even libertarian. Listen to them talk about getting federal funds for Johnson. That's about as un-libertarian as it gets.

Its all about federal funds not about advancing libertarian policies and getting out of the wars in the middle east. Go back to Trump forums, they like stop and frisk and middle east wars over there.

[undergroundrr]

[Ender]

GOOD!

That means he has no interesting in bombing a place that has nothing to do with US defense.

[euphemia]

Gary says he would not go to war against foreign governments, but he does not plan to enforce a citizen's Constitutional freedoms. It's sad anyone would consider him Libertarian at all.

[nikcers]

Gary says he would not go to war against foreign governments, but he does not plan to enforce a citizen's Constitutional freedoms. It's sad anyone would consider him Libertarian at all.

So. Sad.

[nikcers]

That's a fair point, but you can't have someone who is ignorant of the world around him