Posted on 08/28/2009 7:22:31 PM PDT by freepersunite
From January 1995 to December 2002, Gary Johnson served as the Governor of the State of New Mexico, and was the first governor in the history of New Mexico to be elected for two consecutive four year terms. He was ranked among the nation's seven top governors in each of the Cato Institute's fiscal report cards between 1996 and 2002. Under Gov. Johnson's administration, New Mexico experienced the longest period without a tax increase in the state's history, the rate of growth in the state government was cut in half, half of the state's prisons were privatized, state Medicaid was shifted to managed care, and the state was left with approximately one thousand fewer employees (with no firings) and a budget surplus. Gov. Johnson vetoed 750 bills (which was more than all the vetoes of the other 49 Governors in the country at that time, combined), which earned him the nickname Gary "Veto" Johnson.
Gov. Johnson is not only a conservative but he has a proven track record during his two terms in New Mexico of SHRINKING government, cutting budgets, reforming healthcare, introducing a voucher system for schools.
Sounds like a perfect candidate in 2012...
what say you, freepers?
There's a few issues like he says he is personally pro-choice but was endorsed by the right to life committee for his bans on partial-birth abortion and Medicaid-funded abortion which means he supports States on abortion.
He is also a Ron Paul fan and the only GOP Governor not to endorse George W. Bush which made him an outcast with the Establishment. I dont see that as a bad thing and would help him in an election against Obama. He's also libertarian on drugs, again though this isn't an issue as he would be support States rights.
SO on the balance I don't see how he isn't a bad candidate, much more appealing than Palin to a general electorate too and from his time in New Mexico shows he can win big in Democrat areas which will need to be cracked to take the Presidency off Obama and his organizing zombie like drones, no way would Palin do that.
He really does have a great record if you can see past his potential faults.
Well, this is all for entertainment purposes only since Gary Johnson has as much a chance of being President as Alan Keyes.
But I can give you helpful advice. You will not become the GOP nominee by bashing Bush on the war against Islamo Fascism.
Johnson has as much in common with Reagan as Obama.
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Adios, Gary Johnson!
Bush is a big government conservative and his record will look even worse as the years go on. I can’t believe Bush supporters say he prevented terror attacks since 2001, right after the worst terrorist incident the world has ever seen on his watch and with NORAD told to sit in a hangar while planes were allowed to freely smash into buildings.
anyway, no one is going to bash Bush in a primary and I agree it’s not a good way to win for any candidate
Obama is more pro-war than Bush on Afghanistan. Have you been following the news???? Obama has sent MORE troops into the Afghan quagmire. Ron Paul, by contrast, opposes Obama's Afghan policy. If you want more troops to be sent there, you are pro-Obama on that issue.
Haha! He still has a better chance than RINO Romney or any of the other “go along to get along” losers.
By their own standards, those who make the claim should also then take the position that Clinton "prevented" domestic terror attacks between the first attack on the twin towers in 1993 and the end of his second term (thus equalling Bush's record). Of course, since logic and consistency mean nothing to them, they won't.
At least Billy Kristol isn’t one of Johnson’s biggest fans. The fact that he loves Sarah should make anyone suspicious.
In either case I won't be voting for him or anybody like him. Dr Paul, who I disagree with vehmently on foreign policy, is at least consistent in his views. Governor Johnson? Not even close.
I’m no Romney fan but do you think this unknown libertarian would do better in a GOP primary than Romney? You folks are drinking Ron Paul kool-aid again.
Unknown libertarian? Johnson was a very popular governor who, unlike Mitt, could have actually been elected again.
Paul, like Johnson, took a states rights position on abortion. Frankly, I don’t much of a difference from a policy standpoint.
We don’t make it because it isn’t true. There was the attack on the USS Cole and the African Embassies. America was attacked four times under Clinton with a Ron Paul, Gary Johnson kind of response leading to the attacks on 9/11.
He’s against the failed drug war? The drug warriors won’t like that.
I second that “BYE”.
If he is too stupid to be Pro-Choice, then he isn’t smart enough, or moral enough to be President
“...I believe in a woman’s ‘right to choose...’”
Pro-Abotion...
Candidacy DOA.
If the Republican’s screw up SO bad as to choose someone like this, they will forfeit any chance of regaining power...
I don’t really mind Palin. If she were the nominee, I’d support her fully. However, she needs to get on the ball. Letting some idiot megachurch in Anchorage push her around in public over stupid scheduling games indicates to me that she does not have the bare knuckles instincts she will need to defeat the democraps. When the sleazy left (or the sleazy right for that matter) attacks you, you have to knock their teeth out immediately and kick them in the jimmy; not just curl up into a ball and pretend they’re not there.
Nonsense, Paul is pro life, Johnson is pro choice or more correctly pro abortion. State powers have nothing to do with his philosophy that it is OK to aggress on the weakest amongst us.
In all honesty "pro choice" liberatrians make me wanna hurl, the hypocrisy is too much even for my strong stomach.
Don’t worry he has no chance of being elected to anything. This is just the kool-aid hour. We can add Gary Johnson to the list along with Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter and Alan Keyes of those people around here for reasons I can’t quite get consider serious statesmen.
Nice try. If that is your standard, "American was attacked" not just four but thousands of times under Bush. Three thousand Americans died in Iraq and Afghanistan during Bush's term and BOTH U.S. embassies were attacked in those countries. The issue is DOMESTIC attacks and both presidents had an equal number of those (Clinton's in 1993 and Bush's in 2001).
You are not aware of Paul’s position. He is pro-life but would allow the states to legalize abortion if they so choose, hence Paul opposes a Human Life Amendment. Johsnon is pro-choice but would allow them to make it illegal if they so choose. A small difference in terms of policy.
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