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What does the media owe Gary Johnson and the Libertarians?
The Washington Post ^ | 05/30/2016 | Jennifer Rubin

Posted on 06/01/2016 6:35:42 AM PDT by Cyberman

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Press: Wow, it looks like Trump could win. Wait! I know! isnt there a third party out there that we’ve refused to cover for several generations now? They’re sort of conservative, what with the small government, more freedom stuff and all. This election let’s elevate them to equal status. Then if they siphon off enough votes to wreck Trump we can go back to pretending they don’t exist.


21 posted on 06/01/2016 7:31:26 AM PDT by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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Gary Johnson
22 posted on 06/01/2016 7:48:28 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Like herpes, Cruz can always flare up again. Treat with Trump.)
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I posted something similar this a.m. Matthews last night was all over this w/ RNC former chairmen Steele and talking about Kristol's candidate as well.

They are trying to eek a loss for the Donald, Or at least keep him below a 50% Mandate! I got these Son's a biscuits figured out, they are in full throttle mode because they know he can win and it may in fact be a blowout and they can't stand the concept of that...

23 posted on 06/01/2016 7:53:33 AM PDT by taildragger (Not my Monkey, not my Circus...)
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From the article: “Johnson and Weld have more executive governing experience than the two major candidates.”

The Washington Post doesn’t get the message from the people, at least in the GOP primaries. The people want less government, not governing experience. If they were looking for governing experience Jeb Bush would be the nominee.

The Post also forgets that experience in a subject does not equate to performance. It can assist performance but history shows many experienced people fail. Ask experienced wonder executive John Sculley about running Apple or experienced governor Jimmy Carter about serving as president.


24 posted on 06/01/2016 8:02:10 AM PDT by Soul of the South (Tomorrow is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: RedStateRocker

Libertarians will melt down over the ideology of globalization. They are social progressives, anti-Christian to the max.

Christian libertarians are like infidels in the party. They have to pretend they have no Western morals or ethics in American life and policy. Which makes them non-Christians at the governing level. They dare not question the social banshees of destruction within the party. They must pretend to be atheists.


25 posted on 06/01/2016 8:13:00 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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Johnson is only a libertarian when it comes to borders and dope.

Yep, when they claim most folks are libertarian but don't know it, they forget that there's "libertarian" and then there's libertarian. His idea is that if one espouses even one philosophical idea of a set of folks (libertarian/conservative, etc.) then that makes them able to claim that they are full-fledged. That would make our Mulatto pres Black and Mitch McConnell conservative.....

26 posted on 06/01/2016 8:41:22 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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