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Libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson, sends a powerful message. Who here is not moved by it?

Posted by $ puzzlelady 9 years, 6 months ago to Politics
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This is the message we've been waiting for. The opening scene looks familiar.

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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He would be killed in a debate. Rand Paul wasnt that bad, and he got ignored. Libertarians dont give away enough goodies to get listened to in this environment. Unfortunately, thats the way it is.
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  • Posted by term2 9 years, 6 months ago
    Nice video, but this is a mob-rule system we have (democracy). 51% rule, and there are so many uneducated people out there who just feel entitled to others' money that its far too late for talk like this. It has to crash before people will start thinking again and realize socialism and statism just doesnt work.
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  • Posted by $ puzzlelady 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Let's get him on the debate platform first. "Better than this"? Like who? Honesty and dignity, not bombast.
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  • Posted by Temlakos 9 years, 6 months ago
    I see one problem with Mr. Johnson, and just now I find it insurmountable.

    Libertarians suffer from a failure of enemy identification. They cannot recognize enemies external to the society. To them, we have no enemies save those we make.

    Anyone who has actually read the Koran, or the Communist Manifesto, knows better.

    I quote Ayn Rand herself:

    "Just as the United States had the right to invade Nazi Germany, so also does the United States have the right to invade Soviet Russia, or any other slave pen." Especially when the slavers prepare to invade us.
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  • Posted by paris1 9 years, 6 months ago
    Unfortunately, Gary Johnson sounds much better in a 1:43 minute sound bite than he does on a debate platform. We have to be able to do better than this!
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  • Posted by BrettRocketSci 9 years, 6 months ago
    Thanks for getting this video and posting it here. It inspired me enough to share it more. There's still something fundamental missing with the LP marketing...but this looks like a good step in the right direction.
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  • Posted by CircuitGuy 9 years, 6 months ago
    What could we do right now to get him more exposure? My thought is if a) people hear about him now and b) the parties nominate Trump and Sanders, and c) Johnson does not have any skeletons in the closet, he has a shot. The idea would be the other two are crazy, and here's someone who won't push any radical new initiatives. It would still be a longshot, obviously, because it's hard to imagine breaking the R/D duopoly.
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  • Posted by Mamaemma 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I haven't given up hope. I have come to appreciate the good people even more. That the Gulch exists and the movies were made is proof of their existence.
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  • Posted by $ puzzlelady 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    And the more complex our societies become, the more the flaws, like cracks in tectonic plates, become visible. Still, as long as there is a critical mass of reasonably capable people with brains and integrity, we will prevail. And that may reclaim the flawed ones by example, like iron filings around magnets. Don't give up hope, Mamaemma. You're one of the shining examples. As is Gary Johnson.
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  • Posted by Mamaemma 9 years, 6 months ago
    Doing what is right seems so simple to me, but so unattainable. I have concluded that the great majority of humans are fatally flawed.
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