Interview with Gary Johnson

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With all the talk about the other "choices" just figured I would post an interview with the 3rd guy running.

“I’m representative of most Americans and I am speaking with a broad brushstroke and the notion that most people are fiscally responsible and socially accepting, tolerant,” he said.

“I’m the only candidate that wants to get out of Afghanistan tomorrow, end the wars. I’m the only candidate that wants to end the drug war. I’m the only candidate that wants to repeal the Patriot Act. I’m the only candidate that’s talking about marriage equality as being a constitutionally guaranteed right. I’m the only candidate that wants to balance the federal budget now, and that means reforming the entitlements: Medicaid, Medicare.

"So there is a third choice and it’s a considerably different choice. I wouldn’t be sitting here right now if I didn’t have a résumé to suggest that I would doggedly pursue the agenda that I’m talking about.
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Libertarian Candidate Johnson: Just 'Say No To Government'
 
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I wish more Americans would give Johnson a look, sadly most are into this right/left garbage.
 
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He did a good job painting his issue with the war on drugs. I don't think that's his main selling point, but people use it against him a lot. I think his main selling point is that he has real experience shrinking a budget while still being popular in a democratic state.
 
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Weezy said:
He did a good job painting his issue with the war on drugs. I don't think that's his main selling point, but people use it against him a lot. I think his main selling point is that he has real experience shrinking a budget while still being popular in a democratic state.
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yeah the pot/drug thing gets all the play but when you look at his record of shrinking govt it is impressive. That's actually what moved me to his side
 
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volinbham said:
? Not sure where this appears in the Constitution.
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I'm not a constitutional scholar, but anything appearing to build on "separate but equal" is questionable.

I wish the Feds would get out of the marriage business all together. Go to consumption tax, and just make everybody's lives simpler.
 
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Weezy said:
I'm not a constitutional scholar, but anything appearing to build on "separate but equal" is questionable.

I wish the Feds would get out of the marriage business all together. Go to consumption tax, and just make everybody's lives simpler.
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separate but equal is interesting here. technically both gay and straight can receive marriage benefits if they marry someone of the opposite sex (enter such a contract). It reverts back to the definition of marriage. If it is defined as man/woman then neither straights/gays can "marry" the same sex but both can "marry" the opposite sex. (just a thought on why SBE can be problematic).

further, I don't see marriage itself as being addressed in the Constitution.

NOTE: I don't want to derail the only Gary Johnson thread on the board so I'll leave it at that.
 
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yet another one- education:

Johnson also wants to cut federal spending on education and abolish the Department of Education.

“The Department of Education was created in 1979, under Jimmy Carter. So if you take educational performance in this country since 1979, there is nothing — nothing — to suggest that the federal Department of Education is value-added when it comes to education.

“The Department of Education gives each state about 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 16 cents worth of strings attached. So what people don’t understand is that it’s really a negative to take federal money.

“If you just returned education to the states, you would have 50 laboratories of innovation. The notion of one-size-fits-all Washington, that’s crazy.

“As governor of New Mexico, I may have been more outspoken than any governor in the country regarding school choice, bringing competition to public education. So in this context of 50 laboratories of innovation, I think states [should] devolve education to the local level.”
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I'm a little torn on the DoEd. Overall, I agree with Johnson but I'd like to see some entity that can look at education from a broad perspective with an eye towards keeping the country focused on what is critical in education - that said, I have zero faith that the current DoEd does that.
 
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volinbham said:
I'd like to see some entity that can look at education from a broad perspective with an eye towards keeping the country focused on what is critical in education
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problem is finding such a group not in bed with unions or the feds. Not sure it exists
 
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volinbham said:
I'm a little torn on the DoEd. Overall, I agree with Johnson but I'd like to see some entity that can look at education from a broad perspective with an eye towards keeping the country focused on what is critical in education - that said, I have zero faith that the current DoEd does that.
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I'm not. We're heavily involved with our schools and school board and tracked all the federal funding over the past few years, especially the various grants provided as part of the stimulus. The number of restrictions and limitations placed on use of the federal funds was ridiculous and in the end cost our local school board more money to accept. But, if they didn't accept federal funds, then they got hammered politically. The federal funding part alone is enough for me to say we should get rid of it.
 
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I think the real problem is that he was an underwhelming speaker/debater when he got his one shot at the debate. The one-liner style of those initial debates with 10 people at podiums isn't ever going to help a guy proposing monumental shifts in the federal government. And the media never helps because they are looking for something to attract viewers and Gary Johnson gives you nothing but "legalize weed."

The crazy thing is that he has the best resume out of all the candidates. He didn't come from one of the elite schools, but he was also self-made.
 
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he is actually polling decent for a guy that is basically left out of everything (including most polls). Fed Funding should be the goal IMO

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_CO_061912.pdf

Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of Gary Johnson?
Favorable........................................................ 6%
Unfavorable .................................................... 15%
Not sure .......................................................... 79%
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If the candidates for President this year were
Democrat Barack Obama, Republican Mitt
Romney, and Libertarian Gary Johnson, who
would you vote for?
Barack Obama................................................ 47%
Mitt Romney.................................................... 39%
Gary Johnson ................................................. 7%
Undecided....................................................... 7%
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Pepe_Silvia said:
I like Gary Johnson but I found that statement odd. IMO, the government should have no involvement with marriage.
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Playing Devil's advocate:

Isn't marriage a contract? If the contract is terminated, who should be the one to settle the dispute and bring about a fair resolution?
 
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Appearing to be well on his way to securing inclusion on all 50 state ballots however, the underdog Presidential candidate is successfully moving on to the next phase – polling 15 percent and a place at the debates.

Currently, former Governor Johnson is registering anywhere from 5 to 9 percent, depending on the state and the poll. Unfortunately, most corporate media outlets – the ones used by the Commission on Presidential Debates to determine which candidates are invited to the nationally televised debates – refuse to even include Gary Johnson’s name as one of the poll’s choices.

As Gary Johnson’s campaign reminds us, “Never mind that their arbitrary and unfair polling requirement might exclude from the debates a successful two-term governor who will likely be on the ballot in all 50 states…The two-party establishment doesn’t want Governor Gary Johnson in the debates for one simple reason – they don’t really want to have debates.”
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Gary Johnson moves onto debate phase of campaign - National Independent | Examiner.com
 
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if he's on the ballot then he should get a spot. If it has to do with polling results then he needs to be included there to get an accurate view.

Citing examples of how similar the Democrat Obama and the Republican Romney are, Nielson describes a Presidential debate without the Libertarian Gary Johnson.
“Without Governor Johnson on the debate stage, there will be no debate about wars. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama both support foreign intervention,” Nielson explains, “There will be no debate about civil liberties. Just a Democrat and a Republican who both support the Patriot Act, who both will continue the failed War on Drugs, and neither of whom will defend marriage equality as a Constitutional right.”
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there's that pesky phrase again but I still think he would challenge both
 
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