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Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson thinks there’s a good case for banning cigarettes
POLITICO ^ | September 15, 2016 | Ben Birnbaum

Posted on 09/17/2016 10:30:15 AM PDT by Trump20162020

There had also been an eye-opening moment on the streets of Cleveland during the Republican National Convention, when [Johnson and I had] been walking behind a cigarette-wielding Ohioan. As the smoker’s exhaust wafted in our faces, I remarked offhand that—with the advent of e-cigarettes—I thought there was a good libertarian case for banning regular cigarettes. “I do too,” replied the health-obsessed triathlete, recounting his support for anti-smoking efforts in New Mexico.

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TOPICS: Candidates
KEYWORDS: cigarette; cigarettes; ecigarette; ecigarettes; garyjohnson; johnson; libertarian; libertarianparty; libertarians; newmexico; nicotine; pothead; potheads; pufflist; smoking; thirdparty; tobacco
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To: Trump20162020

Gary Johnson is the farthest thing from Liberalism than a Catholic is to Mormonism...

He’s the biggest phony ever, hand picked by Willard “RAT” Romney to knock Trump out...his record, if you vet him, will tell you he’s the last person you should vote for, outside of Hillary...


21 posted on 09/17/2016 10:44:47 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence; Trump/Pence 100%)
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To: Trump20162020

Legalize marihuana and prohibit tobacco. How about prostitution, gambling, processed sugar, fatty foods, unsafe sex? Where do you draw the line between personal behaviors in which you are allowed to be free, and personal behaviors subject to prohibition?


22 posted on 09/17/2016 10:47:49 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: Trump20162020

There went my vote for him, up in smoke /sarc


23 posted on 09/17/2016 10:48:13 AM PDT by Wneighbor (I'm deplorable.)
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To: All

Does this doofus even understand what the libertarian party is all about?


24 posted on 09/17/2016 10:48:27 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: canuck_conservative

Not nearly as good as Grey Tortoise brand.


25 posted on 09/17/2016 10:51:39 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: sparklite2
good news is that this numb-nutz, in a general election, would draw votes for Hillary and not

So true. First time in my life the 3rd party is actually working the right way for my vote.

26 posted on 09/17/2016 10:52:15 AM PDT by Wneighbor (I'm deplorable.)
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To: umgud
What party does Bloomie represent?

The Party of Not Getting Elected to Anything Ever.

(So... pretty much the same party as the LP.)

27 posted on 09/17/2016 10:53:44 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: Trump20162020

If you were a Libertarian, you would say “Off yourself anyway you choose”.

What’s next? sugar?


28 posted on 09/17/2016 10:54:37 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: canuck_conservative

“What is a Leppo?”

Too bad he didn’t mis-hear it and think the guy said “a lesbo.” Could have made for a real funny answer.


29 posted on 09/17/2016 10:54:41 AM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: MortMan
Makes me wonder if Gary Johnson has ever even seen a libertarian.
30 posted on 09/17/2016 10:55:28 AM PDT by FredZarguna (And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I don’t expect anyone, not even a libertarian to be pure, but Gary Johnson is the opposite of a libertarian - a big government liberal.


31 posted on 09/17/2016 10:59:28 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: canuck_conservative

The smoking section?


32 posted on 09/17/2016 11:07:27 AM PDT by eaglestar
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To: Trump20162020

Johnson isn’t very libertarian. Since when did “libertarian” mean “nanny-state socialist?”


33 posted on 09/17/2016 11:07:34 AM PDT by WMarshal (Trump 2016)
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To: Trump20162020

“Libertarian Party’s Gary Johnson thinks there’s a good case for banning ...”

Hmmmm. That doesn’t sound very libertarian to me ...


34 posted on 09/17/2016 11:07:41 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Trump20162020

Does Gary Johnson and Bill Weld intend to name their new party the RINOtarians?Nothing Libertarian about these two. True Libertarians are thinking WTF with these two Mitt Romney/Jeb Bush wannnabes heading their presidential ticket. The Libertarians proved they can be bought too. No doubt they were given a pot full of money and promised plenty of media exposure by the globalists to give these two Republican RINOs the spots on their party’s presidential ticket. Again, there is not one political party in this country that can’t be bought. If the Libertarians were so above the political fray no way in hell they let two globalist RINOs like Bong Johnson and Wimpy Weld into their party.


35 posted on 09/17/2016 11:10:37 AM PDT by dowcaet (.)
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To: Terry L Smith

But marijuana smoke is GOOD for the lungs. That must be it.


36 posted on 09/17/2016 11:12:42 AM PDT by maro (what did the President know and when did he know it?)
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To: Trump20162020
"Libertarian"


37 posted on 09/17/2016 11:15:40 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Never Hillary)
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To: Trump20162020
recounting his support for anti-smoking efforts in New Mexico.

Worst libertarian ever.

38 posted on 09/17/2016 11:21:21 AM PDT by MaxFlint
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To: Trump20162020

A libertarian for sure, huh?


39 posted on 09/17/2016 11:22:55 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: maro
It was reported just a few months ago that Gary Johnson only recently gave up smoking marijuana, for his presidential run.

What kind of "health nut" smokes anything?

40 posted on 09/17/2016 11:23:58 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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