Posted on 05/31/2016 2:43:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Correct.
How many votes is David French going to steal? /sarc
Myth that Johnson is an anti-war noninterventionist. His FP is fairly status quo oriented:
“Fighting and defeating ISIS wherever they are is not ‘intervention’. It is stopping violent jihadists whose stated objectives are to kill Americans, wipe Israel off the map and destroy the very freedoms – including religious ones – upon which our nation is founded. It is protecting us from those who would and are doing us harm.”
http://ouramericainitiative.tumblr.com/post/133533479094/gary-johnson-isis-is-todays-nazi-fascism
He’s certainly no ‘better’ than Trump, and likely worse from a Libertarian POV as I doubt he understands the danger of internationalist entanglements; he is no America-firster.
I take it he’s some kind of neoconservative?
Well, this article contains what has to be about the worst tag of all time:
“#FeelTheJohnson”
Votes for Johnson are not stolen votes, they are votes that belong to Johnson.
Most likely they wouldn't.
Neo-conservatives (like Bill Kristol and George W. Bush types) would never support Johnson because of his foreign policy. Trump, while far from perfect, is ideologically closer to both groups.
Not necessarily. Neocons just want to cast a protest vote, and the anti-Trump third party candidate who could get the most votes might win their support. In other words, they'd be happier if Gary Johnson got over 3% or over 5% than if their own guy couldn't crack 1%.
It's about spite and punishment for them. They wouldn't be unhappy with Hillary in the White House. And they reckon that Johnson and Weld doing okay at the polls (3-5%) would do less to bring about an isolationist Trend than Trump winning would.
Virginia poll: http://gravismarketing.com/polling-and-market-research/virginia-election-poll052016/
Compares with and without Johnson.
Libertarians take more from Trump than from Clinton.
1 point from Hillary but 3 points from Trump.
“The New Johnson”....It’s short, sweet, and everyone wants to see it.
4 Johnson much of his rise in popularity will depend on how well he gets his message out.
Dont see the MSM giving him any help either
MSM will be helping Johnson immensely, they need him as a spoiler candidate. And Johnson only speaks negatively about Trump, never Hillary. He’s got Koch backers.
LOL, that’s why the Dems are pushing for a 3rd Party run by a Republican. Don’t kid yourself, there will be a lot of Democrat money going to any 3rd party run by a Republican.`The end justifies the means when it comes to the Dems.
Hm...didnt know that... So this article is wrong?
I'd want to see the poll. If Ted Cruz is your idea of a "libertarian-leaning Republican" I guess so, but Johnson did best last time in very Republican western rural states and he'll likely pick up some votes from those states this time as well.
Sure, with Weld on the ticket Johnson is aiming most at social liberals who might otherwise vote Democrat. He'll pick up votes in liberal states like John Anderson did in 1980, but if Trump stumbles he'll also get some support in the west.
“This 40+ percent of millennials who are non-ideological Sanders supporters are your average millennials. They lean left on social issues, want a candidate with a vision for dramatic change, and are tired of war in the Middle East.”
In other words, goofball young’uns with nothing at stake but are willing to sacrifice some part of their bathroom priveleges to make the country a better place.
G_d help us.
All three of them.
So it’d appear, given his statements on that link.
Realistically, he’s just another politician with no coherent ideology.
Who?
Who?
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