The two front-runners in the 2016 Presidential Election are attracting a large amount of attention but, the Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson has been gaining momentum and is starting to look like the most viable third party solution since Ralph Nader ran in the 2000 election.
The sad truth is Gary Johnson is no Ralph Nader; in fact, Gary Johnson is kind of an idiot.
When put on the spot, Johnson can’t answer simple questions about foreign policy or foreign leaders. I firmly believe that Johnson is the absolute worst candidate you could vote for especially if you are a former Bernie Sanders supporter.
Bernie Sanders supporters are progressives who lean towards a very involved and almost socialistic government so it makes no sense for a Bernie supporter to go and vote for a Libertarian candidate. The Libertarians want as little government as possible and really none of his platform aligns with the views of Bernie Sanders platform.
If you look at Sanders platform it is just about as far from Johnson as you can get, seriously, Donald Trump’s platform aligns better. It’s unfathomable for a Sanders supporter to give their vote to Johnson.
For example, when looking at EPA regulation, Sanders is for major restrictions on companies that pollute while Johnson doesn’t really want any EPA regulations. You can also look at their policies on ease of access for voter registration. Sanders is for easier voter registration while Johnson is on the opposite end of the spectrum and thinks no reform is needed.
The major difference between the two is on Obamacare and Education, Sanders wants to expand on healthcare, while Johnson is strongly against any government healthcare system. The same goes for their views on free college.
The two disagree on nearly every major issue. You name it: gun control, healthcare, government funded college? They disagree.
Nonetheless, having a difference of opinion doesn’t make Gary Johnson an idiot. His constant lack of awareness and platform makes him an idiot.
Gary Johnson just keeps screwing up. When asked in a town hall on live television about the conflict in Syria he didn’t even know about Aleppo, a city at the epicenter of the Syrian conflict right now.
A few weeks later he had another blunder, he couldn’t name a single foreign leader when asked in an interview. Seriously, a candidate who is running for president could not come up with a single foreign leader when asked whom his favorite one was. There are 195 countries in the world and he couldn’t name a single leader that he enjoys. That is inexcusable.
Lastly, a man that is running for the highest office in a nation rattled with a gun control issues wants no gun laws. He doesn’t want to limit any use of guns and that includes automatic weapons. America has restrictions on automatic weapons right now but under a Johnson administration we could see them revoked.
Gary Johnson has no shot at being president and he doesn’t deserve to be in the conversation for the highest office in the land. I urge anyone who has no idea who to vote for to pick a major party candidate. Do your research, Hillary Clinton lies way closer to Bernie Sanders on the political spectrum then Johnson ever will so, if you’re former Sanders Supporters bite the bullet and vote for Hillary.
If you’re someone who wants to vote on his or her values I urge you to look at the two major parties and find out which major party you to the most because I can almost promise you that you aren’t a fundamental constitutional libertarian.
Disgusting and disingenuous. We will never make progress voting for bad people. Gary Johnson has mine and my family’s votes. I vote on principle not fear. I can support increased foreign intervention of misogyny and bigotry, sorry.
“The two disagree on nearly every major issue. You name it: gun control, healthcare, government funded college? They disagree.”
the author must think that US foreign military adventurism isn’t a major issue. More likely the author is a Clintonite and well why would you expect an honest assessment from one of those?
The only loser messing up is the author of this silly article. Gary Johnson is quite versed on foreign policy and the smears have been debunked. Libertarians are in every country and Johnson has not only visited all continents but climbed mountains and gone about meeting the people in all of them.
He gave a powerful answer on Aleppo. He thought the interviewer was talking about an agency because that was what they were discussing at that moment. It turned out the media attacking him was confused about Aleppo, the NYT claiming it was the capital of Syria.
It is a palpable lie he couldn’t name a foreign leader. The question was not could he name a leader, but one he admired.
His positions are very similar to Sanders in many areas. Clinton diverges from both on LGBT, peace, and drug war. In social services Libertarians want legal options, efficiency, and a more voluntary taxation system–something progressives traditionally support. Libertarians are basically the progressives except they’re kicking out the totalitarians in the progressive movement.
The rest of the article is misrepresentations–EPA, guns, etc. Libertarians are tougher on the environment than Greens, and want truly free college based on endowments, not taxes and gotcha loans. This is disturbing in a college student who is supposed to be careful with facts.
Gary Johnson is clearly the best candidate running. You mention 2 factual questions, which are really irrelevant. You would rather vote for Clinton, who voted for the war in Iraq and has made innumerable foreign policy blunders that have cost thousands of American lives? Who wants to make college free while we are close to $20 trillion in debt? Or Trump, who you can see the morals of from the sex tape, who doesn’t understand the benefits of free trade, who has started changing positions after the primaries (much as Hilary Clinton has done throughout her career), once he made sure he got the conservative base vote.
Contrariwise, Johnson has a proven record as 8-year governor of New Mexico, when he entered with a big deficit and ended with a large surplus. His running-mate Weld is a well-liked former governor of Massachusetts.
If Trump or Clinton win, we are going to see a continued downfall of the economy and of the US.
His mom will be mad about you calling him an idiot.
About as lack of good research and critical thinking as I have ever seen. Better work harder on your education son. This isn’t about Bernie son…it’s about governing everybody and until you can see that, you fail to see the full picture.