I don’t fault Johnson for not knowing about Aleppo
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That was such a gotcha.
I’m pretty good at trivia, and world geography is one of my better categories, and if I had not happened to have tuned into the news within the week or two before that question was asked, I probably would have guessed that Aleppo was in Turkey. Points for being close, but no cigar. I only remember that because it was overblown into such a stink at the time. It was more of a current event’s gotcha. Some US State governor isn’t going to know where Aleppo is any more than your average columnist is going to know where Cimarron Canyon is when asked out of the blue.
I only voted for Johnson because Hillary was the absolute most corrupt politician to run for President in my lifetime (even thought he media was suppressing all of it like they did with Obama’s sordid history) and I was really afraid that despite all Trump was saying he was really a NewYork liberal trying to trojan horse his way into office as a republican. I wont make that mistake in 2020, obviously. Johnson was my rebellion vote.
“...and I was really afraid that despite all Trump was saying he was really a NewYork liberal trying to trojan horse his way into office as a Republican.”
I hear you. I was a very strong Cruz supporter in 2016. I felt the same way about Trump. I was ready to cast a vote for the Constitution Party candidate as a protest.
But about two weeks before the election, I came on board and voted for Trump.
I wanted to vote for Johnson until the carbon tax thing. The absolute last thing we need is for the government to have yet more control over us through our energy consumption. So I voted for Trump, hoping some of his supposed conversion to conservatism was legit.
Agree with you 100% on the fear of Trump being a New York version of a Republican, especially considering his recent Democrat bona fides. I'm kinda mixed on Trump's results so far. I 100% love that he's made it obvious even to the average voter that the "news" sources are nothing but cheerleaders for their party. I also like his protection of 1st and 2nd Amendment rights even though he's not exactly the most Christian example to follow (which IMHO adds to his effect more than if a picture perfect Christian was trying to protect religious freedom).
Of course, one reason I was able to pull the lever for Trump is I'm not the usual libertarian in regards to immigration, abortion, and military. (Overturn Roe since the federal govt ain't got no authority from the Constitution on abortion, but then at the state level I'm 100% pro-life. The federal government does have the authority to protect our borders and from other attacks.)
And if had my way after 9/11 Afghanistan would have been made an example of in quick fashion -- removing the "need" for us to be involved in other military affairs later if everybody paying attention learned that we don't play with being attacked. So my libertarian position on the military is the whole peace through strength thing that many libertarians hate. Don't look for excuses to use the military (where I agree with most libertarians). But if attacked use it bigly so we aren't attacked again for a long, long time by anybody. That means I agree with conservatives during peace time -- beef up the military just in case it's needed and don't be afraid to use it. But only if attacked.