tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post3295548689717949093..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Gary Johnson, Libertarian?bionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-28363114976911788952012-06-03T17:08:18.340-07:002012-06-03T17:08:18.340-07:00"Johnson only recently came to the realizatio..."Johnson only recently came to the realization that he's a Libertarian."<br /><br />Maybe so. My main point in the article was not about Johnson but about the Libertarian Party. They will not win the election, they know they will not win the election. this is true of any candidate nominated by any third party given the rules of the game. The best course they can take is to educate. <br /><br />They do not have a candidate that is well versed enough to do this job. That is what I take from the interview.<br /><br />"Wenzel doesn't like Gary. The tone in the interview clearly shows his bias."<br /><br />What I took from Wenzel's tone was that he afforded Johnson the opportunity to explain how he came to these beliefs. Wenzel regularly couched his comments by pointing out that "hard-core libertarians" would take exception.<br /><br />That Johnson does not realize this without Wenzel telling him is only evidence of my first point above.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-65463972605326014282012-06-03T15:57:53.113-07:002012-06-03T15:57:53.113-07:00Wendell got to play "Stump the Chump" an...Wendell got to play "Stump the Chump" and came off making Johnson look like a fool. I wonder if those memories keep Wenzel warm at night.<br /><br />Johnson only recently came to the realization that he's a Libertarian. He has not boned up on the books all the "cool kids" in the Libertarian Party know by heart like people who spout off Monty Python by heart with a British accent at a Sci-Fi convention. <br /><br />What Johnson has proven is that he can govern like a Libertarian. He vetoed so much B.S. wasteful spending as New Mexico's governor, pardoned non-violent marijuana offenders and took New Mexico from a major deficit to a $1 billion surplus. No one can take away Gary's proven record, not even if Wenzel thinks Gary's an upstart who didn't listen to the cool band before it was popular.<br /><br />Wenzel doesn't like Gary. The tone in the interview clearly shows his bias. <br /><br />I like Gary based on a proven record. Not because he read the Libertarian equivalent of Lord of the Rings and can cite all the cool lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com