Oh for crying out loud, the same bullshit over and over....The same stories over and over. Why is it that Clinton fans always give you every bad thing about Trump to keep you from voting for him? Well, because there's really nothing that good about her. Why do Trump fans usually list off all the reasons not to vote for Clinton? Well, because there's really nothing good about Trump. We all know this. At least by every poll, even the rigged ones, 65-80% of us want nothing to do with either. We'd all vote for someone else if we had a better option. So when the 20% average now says they would vote for Johnson, the 40% of the military, the 40% of the millennials, get screamed at all the bad things about the other two candidates.... Clinton fans scream all the bad things about Trump. Trump fans scream all the bad things about Clinton. The one thing they keep convincing me is that I don't need to vote for either. I'm sick of the yelling. I'm sick of the divide. I'm sick of idea that I have to vote for one of two evils that both completely suck. I know they suck. You don't have to tell me. We all know they suck.
So here's my response from now on. All the positives about Governor Johnson.
Everyone in this country dreams of a time where the American Dream is possible. Not some rich kid spoil brat version like the other two candidates. Johnson was a middle class kid struggling to make it through college, so he started his own handyman business to help pay for his classes. He grew it into a multi-million dollar construction company. Isn't that what we want for our children? He is middle class Americans dream come true. He's a real businessman--with no failed businesses.
Johnson wants to fix the deficit. He actually took a state, New Mexico, that was behind the eight ball and balanced their budget. He cut pork bellies, increased infrastructure like schools and roads, and still cut taxes 14 times. Whoa!! That's not possible the other candidates will tell you. Oh bullshit. He left NM after two terms with a $1B surplus. That's right--SURPLUS. He might not be able to fix a $20 Trillion debt, but he's got more experience than any other candidate at handling crushing public debt.
Johnson is the only candidate talking about something that pretty much every single American except those idiots we keep electing to DC wants--TERM LIMITS. We are sick of them making careers out of screwing us. Johnson promised NM he would only serve two terms. In spite of being requested to run for a third term, he kept his word. He pushed term limits while he was in office to help fight corruption. Isn't that a great idea? No wonder the other politicians are so reluctant to endorse him.
Johnson hasn't alienated anyone. He's white, but he's not a racist. He's male, but he's very socially straight forward. He has worked with both sides of the imaginary fence DC has successfully. He promises to make his administration a mix of the best of the best of Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Independents, et cetera. Wouldn't that be nice for a change? It would be nice seeing them get actual work done rather than spewing off at the mouths every other day with the whole country in gridlock and the economy frozen because they won't do the jobs we sent them to do.
Johnson is honest. He doesn't expect we will agree on everything. He acknowledges that we don't. He acknowledges that for this country to move forward in a positive direction we need to get back to compromise. When we disagree, we are supposed to discuss it. When the far right or far left have control like they have right now, we accomplish nothing. Those of us in the middle are getting jammed up in their nonsense. We can't be proud of the people that we elect. They are supposed to be there for us, not us being used by them. Wouldn't it be nice to have someone that we elect that we can believe in? That we can actually trust? What a concept!!!
Johnson doesn't have a lot of foreign experience, except as a border state he actually has experience with dealing with Mexico and Mexican authorities and government--so that's not completely true. Another thing he has real experience with: Immigration. All that screaming and finger pointing, and yet the only candidate that has real experience dealing with undocumented (the legal term) immigrants is Governor Johnson. Amazing right? Would be nice to have someone that actually knows what he's talking about when it comes to immigration in general let alone some of the fears that have been stoked up.
Johnson does want to promote free trade. In the meantime, some are calling him an isolationist because he wants us to stop being involved in every military conflict across the planet. But what he really says is screw with us, and we will respond in kind. Otherwise, we have our own problems on the homefront that need our dedication and focus on. Free trade isn't just about improving our ability to build business here in the USA either. It's also about bringing some of these countries out of the darkness. Free trade benefits all involved. No one would know this better than a true self made businessman. But he also points out that countries in the Middle East that benefit from free trade--Qatar, Saudi, Kuwait and Turkey--are the ones that move towards more democratic thinking. It should sound familiar to some depending upon your age. That was how Reagan broke up the Iron Curtain. The promise of growth and trade is a huge draw.
Johnson won't send our troops willy nilly into a war zone. He's not a big fan of the conflicts we're involved in right now. He also knows in this world we cannot isolate ourselves from our closest allies--the UK, Germany and NATO in general. Oh, and here's a huge plus: he's not $650M in debt to China like one of his competitors or collecting big donations for a "charity" from other questionable governments.
Johnson believes that if you take guns from any legal persons that only criminals will have guns. Yes, I know this will upset some with more anti-gun sentiment, but it's because he believes in the Constitution. A true Constitutionalist. Which also means that he believes in the First Amendment equally. The problem with the other two candidates is they both promise to take guns from someone and they both promise to walk all over other Constitutional Rights. Johnson promises to not violate any. There's a novel concept that stands with the Founding Fathers' beliefs.
Oh yea, but wait, he's for legalized marijuana. No way. Okay, so here's a fact: This is remnants from the parents of the Silent Generation. That's right the same generation that created Prohibition. Look how that worked out. They created a 20 minute movie "Reefer Madness" to keep the Silent Generation during the Roaring 20s (1920s) from using pot. If you watch it and know anything about pot, you know it's all fabrication. The same lies told in that propaganda movie are still the same lies used today to try and keep it illegal. Let's face it. Most of those myths have been completely debunked. It cures more than a dozen forms of cancer. It reduces epileptic seizures. It helps with PTSD and depression. And since being legalized in a couple of states, those states have actually seen a reduction in illicit drug use--so much for being a "gateway drug". He used it as a pain killer after breaking his back paragliding. The prescription drugs made him sick and didn't help. So that's how he learned of its merits. But really, it's such a minor thing, especially when more than 68% of Americans think it should be legalized.
The truth is that Johnson represents what most Americans think right now. Stay out of our bedrooms. No way in hell is the military sweeping my home without proper warrants signed by a judge who actually has evidence that I might be doing something wrong. Hell no, we don't want you using nuclear weapons. We want less taxes. We want the Federal government to stop wasting money and our time. We pay a lot of money for those people we elect to represent us and get a job done. So far all they've done is waste our time, our money and made it like we are here for their personal funding. We want equality even though we know it's not all the way there, but we don't want it to be turned into a circus that just makes things worse. Can we believe the other candidates even give a shit about our every day lives? Please. We all know they don't.
More importantly, after interviewing the main two candidates more and more newspapers are endorsing Johnson. It's pissing off the establishments of both parties--it's pissing off both the other candidates. They are saying its time we vote for a President we can trust, that we can believe in and that a vote for Johnson is not a wasted vote. A wasted vote is voting for someone you can't believe in just to stop someone else that you can't believe in.
Below are the links to the newspaper endorsements for Johnson to date:
The Detroit News (typically GOP endorser)--video
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/editorials/2016/09/28/endorse-johnson-president/91254412/
The Chicago Tribune (typically Dem endorser)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-gary-johnson-president-endorsement-edit-1002-20160930-story.html
New Hampshire Union-Leader
http://www.unionleader.com/editorials/an-editorial----joseph-w-mcquaid-publisher-a-better-choice-for-president-no-need-to-hold-your-nose--20160914
Winston-Salem Journal (NC) (typically GOP endorser)
http://www.journalnow.com/opinion/editorials/decision-gary-johnson-for-president/article_7351cdb6-327e-5cf0-b0d2-9bff7ab6d874.html
Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) (typically GOP endorser)
http://www.richmond.com/opinion/our-opinion/article_b79cc2b6-8ed5-532c-92eb-4a37e779c433.html
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