Comments on: Former Governor Gary Johnson Announces Candidacy For President

By: trebuchet

trebuchet — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:30:35 +0000

If Gary Johnson is able to be considered a ‘top-tier’ candidate by the news corporations, it will be because of the monumental battle Ron Paul won in the last cycle. This time, post tea-party, all of the ideas the good Dr. received scorn for expressing, are on the lips of all the candidates. Last time the reigning zeitgeist was “They hate us because we are rich and free! 911!” How far we’ve come!

Johnson is currently left off of polls, being used to qualify him for debates. RP supporters remember this battle all too well. Johnson has to fight his way into national attention, through the gauntlet of the news corporations. RP has run that gauntlet. This time they’re covering him, and he has all the bonfides to justify the coverage, ten terms in Congress, chairman of a committee overseeing the fed, signature issues that have moved to the center of the debate.

By: Rachel Alburtis

Rachel Alburtis — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 18:28:20 +0000

I have always liked the positions on government that Gov. Johnson took even when he was Governor of New Mexico. If this country fails to legalize marijuana, turn it loose so that it can be produced and used in many many ways and turn out all nonviolent marijuana prisoners, then we deserve to go down the pike hard and heavy. I will wholeheartedly support him or anyone else on this one issue. Get the word out and watch the people back hi.

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Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:55:27 +0000

[...] Ken Fischetti: Doug, Thank you for stating what we Libertarians must accept. As much as we admire Ron Paul for the… [...]

By: Ken Fischetti

Ken Fischetti — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:56:51 +0000

Doug,

Thank you for stating what we Libertarians must accept. As much as we admire Ron Paul for the courageous and consistent stands he has taken over the years, the “long history of the newsletter that he published in between his two stints in Congress” will become a major distraction and will discredit Libertarians. I don’t know if Gary Johnson is the answer but sadly, we Libertarians must explore options other than Ron Paul.

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Johnson begins uphill climb in N.H. — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:07:19 +0000

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By: procopius

procopius — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:47:08 +0000

If the weirdest thing you can keep necro’ing about Ron Paul is the omg-racist newsletters and obvious racist contribution-plants, you should check yourself into a mental program for programmed behavioral-response issues.

Be Johnson great or not-so-great, it’s plain to see that you are the exact same person of 2008.

By: Michael Merritt

Michael Merritt — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 03:24:28 +0000

He just needs to promote his tackling of Everest. He’ll have the badass-liker vote down pat.

By: Brad Warbiany

Brad Warbiany — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:38:12 +0000

Thanks for posting this, Doug. Gary Johnson is probably the only GOP candidate that will actually make me interested in the 2012 election.

I, too, think that he carries all of the positives of Ron Paul without the baggage.