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Title: Gary Johnson Is Officially Running For President In 2016
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A Libertarian Future
URL Source: http://alibertarianfuture.com/2016- ... official/#sthash.B4fmpdAc.dpbs
Published: Jan 5, 2016
Author: J. Wilson
Post Date: 2016-01-05 23:37:34 by Hondo68
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Keywords: competition from Steve Kerbel, John McAfee, Austin Petersen, Libertarian Party nomination
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Comments: 3
Gary Johnson 2016! Finally! The wait is over and Gary Johnson is officially running for President in 2016. There are many libertarians who have been waiting years for the Governor to make that decision. Speculation has been running rampant since at least 2014 when Gary Johnson first declared he “wanted to run for President” again. According to Cannabis Sativa Inc. Gary Johnson has resigned as CEO to pursue “political opportunities”. That press release confirms numerous rumors from a variety of sources that Gary Johnson would declare his run for President this week. The formal announcement is surely not far off. First, Gary Johnson will have to run for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for President. Because Johnson has waited so long to officially announce he’s running for President he faces an entirely different political landscape. It won’t be the walk in the park that getting the Libertarian Party nomination was in 2012. While Gary has been waiting in the wings for over a year talking about how he wanted to run for President a number of other candidates have entered the race. There are multiple well organized and well funded competitors to the incumbent nominee. Contributing to that challenge is the significant controversy surrounding a number of comments Gary Johnson has made recently. Even though Johnson once said that he would vote for Rand Paul and thought his campaign was “terrific” he changed his tune in 2015. In an October Facebook post Johnson unscrupulously attacked Rand Paul for “selling out” and simultaneously dissed Ron Paul as well. His disdainful attitude has turned away many libertarians who once respected the man. In addition to his damaged political reputation, there’s also the suspicious circumstances surrounding Gary Johnson’s marijuana company Cannabis Sativa Inc (CBDS). The former Governor joined the company as CEO in July, 2014. At the time the stock was valued at $10.75 a share but as of this article’s writing has fallen to less than $0.70 a share. Then Johnson abruptly resigned in early January. Something isn’t right there. The cherry on top of these controversies is the fact that Gary Johnson’s 2012 campaign debt has yet to be paid off. According to the latest available FEC filing the campaign still has approximately $1.4 million in debt. While uncommon, this isn’t entirely unusual for Presidential campaigns. However, it’s not exactly the fiscally conservative record that many libertarians look for. Given these factors Gary Johnson has quite the year ahead of him. He will face stiff competition from Steve Kerbel, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen for the Libertarian Party’s nomination. They’ll each be able to use these points of contention against him. Getting the nomination will not be the walk away victory that Gary Johnson enjoyed in 2012. That said, the more candidates running for the Libertarian Party’s nomination the better. Now that Gary Johnson is officially running for President there will surely be more news coverage and digital ink used on libertarian candidates and their ideas. Educating voters about liberty is the end goal after all and Gary Johnson running for President in 2016 will help see it achieved. Poster Comment: I wonder if he's still on that jihad against Joseph Kony, and the Lord's Resistance Army?
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
With down-on-his-luck former tech tycoon McAfee in the race -- probably just to boost ratings for his crappy reality show -- the LP nomination will likely be even more worthless than in most years. I think Johnson's break with Rand and Ron Paul will serve him poorly but I expect Johnson will prevail ultimately because he has more political experience.
Gary Johnson and Ron Paul should run on the same ticket. Their campaign ads would look something like this: Obama has played at being a president while enjoying the perks … golf, insanely expensive vacations at tax-payer expense. He has ignored the responsibilities of the job; no plans, no budgets, no alternatives … just finger pointing; making him a complete failure as a president
Funny
Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There are no Carthaginian terrorists.
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