This statement alone is enough to sink Johnson.
This practical approach drives his notorious attitude toward drug prohibition, which Johnson has attacked more forcefully and visibly than any other elected official in America today. He rails against the drug war mostly, though not exclusively, on the grounds that it is inefficient. In general, he is more interested in pragmatic concerns than in defending anything as abstract as inalienable rights. When I bring up prostitution, another consensual crime, he endorses decriminalization, but not on the grounds that people own their bodies or that it’s not the state’s business. Instead he frames his response this way: "Given that prostitution takes place, the question is, ‘Are you safer engaging a prostitute in Nevada or New Mexico?’ I think you are clearly safer engaging one in Nevada in a licensed prostitution establishment."
Gary Johnson is probably too Libertarian for many conventional conservatives. But he was a good Governor.
And you’re technically safer having an abortion from someone with clean equipment, a clean OR, and medical training.
That, however, does not make abortion right, good, or desirable.
Yup, socons simply won’t vote for the man, even though he is correct about efficiency’s (drug war) and safety (prostitution)
I agree with him on the drug war, disagree with him on prostitution.