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Why Americans want Gary Johnson at presidential debates (the next MSM diversion alert)
Christian Science Monitor ^ | August 27, 2016 | Lucy Schouten

Posted on 08/27/2016 3:06:15 PM PDT by Zakeet

Three out of five American voters want a third-party candidate to speak during the coming presidential debates, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll - a sign that Americans want an alternative to this unusually negative presidential race.

This poll gave Libertarian Gary Johnson, the top third-party presidential candidate, just 10 percent of the vote, but noted 62 percent of those surveyed said they wanted to see a third-party candidate in the presidential debates, and 37 percent said they were looking to vote independent of the two major parties this November.

(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; debates; johnson; mediabias
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The latest mainstream media cause ... anything to help the sick old grandma make it through the debates!

1 posted on 08/27/2016 3:06:15 PM PDT by Zakeet
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To: Zakeet

Might be fun to hear him.


2 posted on 08/27/2016 3:10:20 PM PDT by Phil
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‘Three out of five American voters want a third party candidate to speak during the upcoming presidential debates’

When you start with a lie............


3 posted on 08/27/2016 3:10:21 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Zakeet

I’m sure MSM will allow 4 candidates at debates to gang up.


4 posted on 08/27/2016 3:10:52 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Fatherless violence is the problem; think about the double meaning.)
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To: originalbuckeye

I think Johnson hurts the Demondogs more than he’d hurt Trump.

Trump’s support is a lot firmer than PIAPS’s


5 posted on 08/27/2016 3:11:43 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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I have one Dem and one Pubbie friend who support Johnson. I WISH it would hurt her more.......


6 posted on 08/27/2016 3:13:17 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Zakeet
Over HALF of Americans, Latinos, Latinas, Black Communities, and American Voters are voting for Trump...

The ONLY people pushing this Gary Johnson are the ‘NeverTrumpers’ and Hillary Clinton...

Gary Johnson is a pawn of Willard ‘The Rat’ Romney, and even Rand Paul came out and said for the Liberian Party to vote for Trump, like he is doing...

So a small handful of ‘butt hurt’ people are voting for Gary Johnson, just to make sure that his votes go to Hillary away from Trump...it's been their goal since they started it, and it will be their goal to rig the polls to make sure that happens...

Read about Gary Johnson, you won't like him like over half of the American people don't...

7 posted on 08/27/2016 3:13:18 PM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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Pro carbon tax...

Pro TPP.

Trump could alternate taking shots at both, like the fun days of the early debates.


8 posted on 08/27/2016 3:14:06 PM PDT by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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Thanks to Drudge; that stair photo of Hillary has become iconic, and for all the wrong reasons!


9 posted on 08/27/2016 3:14:38 PM PDT by lee martell
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Media pushing Johnson and pretending Jill Stein doesn’t exist.

Now why would that be?


10 posted on 08/27/2016 3:14:45 PM PDT by Trump20162020
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Yeah sure just like republicans wanted Carly and Christie and Graham


11 posted on 08/27/2016 3:15:51 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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Johnson is a psychopath. So is Welder


12 posted on 08/27/2016 3:16:04 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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Hillary doesn’t want a one on one with Trump. She wants to play the Clinton, Bush, Perot game like her husband did.

And the media want to help, so they will massage Gary Johnson’s poll numbers so he makes the debates, just as they massaged Jeb and Kasich’s numbers so they weren’t moved to the kiddie table.


13 posted on 08/27/2016 3:17:38 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: Zakeet

Yeah, right, Puff the Magic Dragon.


14 posted on 08/27/2016 3:19:28 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (#LancasterfortheAmish)
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To: Zakeet

Poppycock.

I don’t know who will win the election but I know who will come in a distant third, Gary Johnson.


15 posted on 08/27/2016 3:20:05 PM PDT by Impy (Never Shillery, Never Schumer, Never Pelosi)
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To: headstamp 2
Johnson is a psychopath.

Maybe so, but he's a psychopath who could take a lot of votes away from Hillary if he gets enough exposure. I say let him in the debates.

16 posted on 08/27/2016 3:23:43 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Zakeet

Never believe anyone who puts the words “Christian” and “Science” together to form a religion.


17 posted on 08/27/2016 4:07:52 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: GreenHornet

He is more of an option to Hillary than to Trump. Johnson is pro-illegal immigration and pro-BLM.


18 posted on 08/27/2016 4:28:53 PM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Zakeet


19 posted on 08/27/2016 4:30:00 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: originalbuckeye

Exactly. “Three out of five voters” won’t even be watching the debates. .00003% if they’re lucky. Why not just have the Johnson sit with the “moderators”? He can sit there, be quiet and toke on a joint.


20 posted on 08/27/2016 4:45:36 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Government and Founding Documents Great Again!)
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