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Libertarian Gary Johnson gains ground by screwing up

Posted by $ nickursis 9 years, 4 months ago to Politics
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An interesting take on Gary Johnson (Libertarian), even down to quoting a New Yorker piece for his "love of Ayn Rand", as if it was some kind of bad thing. Maybe bad in the eyes of the current regime, but may actually spark some people to go see what the fuss is about...I actually found his reasoning about why "looking bone headed" but admitting it "is a good thing" interesting.


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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, I disagree, in that the lemming analogy specifically implies the mindless group think. The individual has no real ability to change the overall group pattern, which is why politicians pander to groups and only to powerful or wealthy individuals. When was the last average person invited to a political benefit? Thats why they are 3000 dollar a plate functions. The problem with the whole system, it is all a game of "move the group your way", and fundamental principles and individual freedom and responsibility are antithetical to that.
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  • Posted by evlwhtguy 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You could make the same lemming analogy regarding people voting their own mind or their conscience. The mass still ends up dragging us all over the cliff.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Your posted reply had nothing to do with my comment. (Follow the dotted line to see what post you answered.) Your reply repeated a accusation against Johnson that is false, The facts about the NM democratic legislature creating the NM budget and Johnson's numerous vetos were posted earlier, but you repeated the misleading data ignoring the real explanation. Instead of you claiming to be a hero for finally checking the story to get the truth, you should be apologising for repeating the misleading data. . Instead you toss out more insults without any basis in reality. It's best to take time before sending a posting to carefully examine the content of your post.
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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You can have that view, or you can vote your own mind, even if it is contrary to what may be the outcome. The problem is it is a group fgrope system, so if the herd of lemmings want us to go over the cliff, they will drag the rest of us who are saying "wait a bloody minute, what about the damn cliff?" Proof of a bad system that does not respect the individual rights and lumps us into a Darwinistic mob, doomed to kill everyone, even if they know it will.
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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I am not sure we should limit the ideas Rand showed to just her, and thus limit them and allow others to cast a pall over them by calling them "Rand ideas". A lot of her ideas are shared by others who may never have considered her, but who respect the individual and their freedom. The whole "who controls the internet" thing is indeed a quandry, as I am unsure just how it is protected from unscrupulous beings who seek power and control.
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  • Posted by gpecaut 9 years, 4 months ago
    Just think about it. After the internet is turned over to the UN, the ability to find any "real" facts may be lost, except when they agree with the UN's agenda.
    He (Johnson) may have read Ayn, but does not fallow her ideas any more than Ryan. I fear no one running is a believer in Rand's warnings. The question is which one will do the least damage.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    They aren't capable and the relevancy is Obama is in competition with Putin for some leadership award or another. ha haha just kidding. Why does it have to be relevant. That's the government's business not mine and they have told me that on many occasions. Above iyour paygrade - and if you object will raise your taxes and lower your paygrade.

    I jest but the relevency is the part of the cycle we are in right now. Having cut the military in half slashed the payscale and taken to using private military units for everything from maintainence on the B2 and F111 while getting rid of the only decent aircraft out there. it's now time to have a crisis which calls for re-manning, ha ha ha person-ing no won't do re-soldiering with all new implements and tools of the trade thus taking care of one large batch of businesses and union employs the present Prez can go out on a note of having brought peace to the world but the next one will get blind sided and....anyway it's a cycle that includes lots of big words like inflation, devaluation and hell no we aren't going to pay what we promised to you old retired bags of future worm feed. and that's the way it goes. The relevency is nothing is close to relatively relevent to anything.

    Next item .. purple dresses.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It boils down to individual choice. Remember the Three Laws of Objectivism. I use the lesser of two evils when the choices are both evil. But Law Two? Prove it to myself and most stuff about people is BS. My rule is there is no difference in evil if you support it you are one with evil.

    So I asked for information and facts and sources on Mr. Trump. Myself I like None of the Above by not voting the best but realism and objectivism plays a part. I also like a Constitutional Republic and that 240 year old document.

    Well nothing surfaced that was new and wasn't suspect. An answer such as posted that before isn't good enough. to serve nor answer a test of Law Two 'is it useful.'

    I found if you treated Trump as the long sought after outsider it was a different view and that's not a sole opinion. Is he useful in retaining our Republic and Constitution? Yes he is. Is he evil? No he is not.

    Law three demands we make our own set of values and ethics all that follows. Back to the beginning it's an individual decision as long as one honors it and lives up to it as best one can do so,.

    Which brings us back to your point. Beav I guess one fo the new people holds to his line of thinking without further comment. EWG points out the fallacy of good intentions.

    So what is the greater sin. I can vote None of the Above and help lose the Republic or I can 'use' Trump as a tool to derail that effort.

    Odds were put this way. Your fear is a 100 percent certainty with Clilnton in office. Johnson and Klein are message candidates. Johnson holds a key amount of support but has come down to many times to the left. All to my evaluation, Trump has been savaged by this years version of dirty bimboism by the party who should never mention such topics. Kept going and kept learning. Still he is in gambling terms a lottery candidate. What iyou see is what you get but now it's not a lottery ticket it's tweo percent. That's more like draw poker. But it's not a one hundred percent certainty for death of a nation.

    That's a rational way of looking at it and if it works none of the above etc. are a possibility.

    so....Law Two and Law Three and pick your own winner. I vote for the Republic and the Constitution. I don't factor in subjective wishful thinking.

    Best I can tell you because here in this forum yiou are always on your own. And thee is never anyone to blame or applaud but yourself.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There used to be a set of figures readily available but I can't google them anymore. On the percent of Syrian Refugees allowed in the country The groups under the most threat and danger were the non muslim groups and within that grouping Druze and Kurds. They had the lowest amoiunt of approvals for entry.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The word as used by the government is a different meaning and purpose. Government especially the military likes to have a nice clean mission accomplished atmosphere and the 'word' is passed on what to and not to say. That is falling apart somewhat this year. Even the military is standing back from their Commander In Chief. To outside the government organizations it's a matter mostly of money or advertising. For example those that fully support childrens issues think nothing of filling TV with violent cartoons and sugar laced cereal commercials. to pick on one part of the industry. Pre-Owned? Give me a break, It's as used car I do the YouGov poll every week and you can see the differences.
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  • Posted by evlwhtguy 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    unfortunatly a vote for anyone other than Trump is a vote for Hillary and she will take us to hell faster.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    realclear.com is a poll of the polls and there are a few others like them. The biggest problem and they do correct for it is they often do not know who to poll and it skews the figures that way. For example using conservatives as a catch all and for that matter liberals causes the most discrepencies but that's where margin of error comes in with a margin of 3% for each or eight point spread 3 plus 2 plus 3 possible the two percent difference though has been tracked over the weeks since the conventions and the bumps occur where they should. Johnson not getting a bump from his add was two things. It's a reminder of 50 years of Republicans saying the same thing so poor choice of words and probably lack of sufficient ads in enough markets. There was no variance and a previous uptick of 12-13 in some areas went bye bye when averaged out.

    The polls were at one time seriously offered as a replacement for voting but they went to far when they added focus groups.
    So....for now realclear.com and a few others. The slanted ones startled me as two of them at least still have Trump in the lead but are Clinton supporters. Unless they are distancing themselves???.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    In your travels did you get the idea that governments versus governments are one thing and people to people is something entirely different? With exceptions of course but in general.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The serious ones left they couldn't take the requirement for facts etc.
    By the way there has been a change in the percentages in the four way no change but in the two way clinton picked up .4 for a 2.4 lead and the declining sign is no longer listed.

    four way
    RCP Average 8/26 - 9/11 -- -- 41.9 39.9 9.0 2.9 Clinton +2.0

    two way

    RCP Average 8/26 - 9/12 -- -- 45.8 43.4 Clinton +2.4

    Facts, Accurate as much as possible, updated as often as possible.

    As for his governor ship record he was only responsible for 5/7ths of that increase and had a Democrat legislature to contend with vetoing 700 plus bills.

    But I dont find him a strong supporter of the Constitution nor a Constitutional Republic.

    You really haven't figured out who the Hildebeasters are? The techniques are about half Radical Reasoning and the other half is Lykoffs manual for secular progressives "Dont See The Elephant."
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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I am amazed at how many stories are around about the Yazadi minority, and yet no one wants to mention them, maybe because they are not a registered special interest group....yet screwed the most by everyone.
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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I am not sure anything can be catagorized as a "for or against" in this mess. The Beast is a clear no choice, Trump really does come off as a very strange cookie, and Johnson is not exactly on top of things. They all have less than stellar performance records, it would seem they are all well suited to be CEO's, but not of the country. Our politics are now "who has the largest special interest group", and when they win, it takes more and more graft to satisfy the debt, which always comes out of our pockets, whether it is the Republicrat special interests or the Dumbocrap ones. Johnson will just bring his own smaller group into the game, which may be the only saving grace, as it may be less costly to let him have a go at screwing things up, not that it takes any real skill.
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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I hesitate to embrace "relevancy". I would have thought that 9/11 was relevant, as it was used to start 2 wars in the Middle East, and yet there is still many unanswered questions about it, and they spent less on the investigation than they blew on "the blue dress stain". After watching "Kennedy" and seeing how much effort went into showing, in public, that the whole thing was a fabrication and setup, I am completely untrusting of anything our government calls "relevant". Each little thing they come up with seems to be someones special little plot for whatever they are pursuing, and the country as a whole never seems to be on anyone's list of things to consider.
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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm not sure we can trust any polls, it all depends on how the questions are cast. Is there a true independent polling system left anywhere's?
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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Michael, don't take it personally, we all should be able to discuss and not get all overheated. Facts are facts, and and facts will show who has what track record. Right now, all we have to pick from is a collection of goofballs, freedom just likes his goofballs a little different. I have seen a few people who are committed to one or the other, the only constant is I have yet to see a HillaryBeast supporter in here, or even anyone try to justify looking at her as any kind of option. It's frustrating to say the least.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Maybe they are getting leaned on at another level. Not many people openly published in military.com a question to the active military people on how they viewed the current situation and their oath of office. I did get zero answers and did provide enough info to find me should someone want to discuss the matter. But leaning on a site like this did cross my mind given the current situation - government wise.
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  • Posted by $ 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Thats weird, I went to go to real vote to see what they say, and Intel blocks it "as a potential threat". I didn't know a place that has facts is a threat...hmmmm...
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    i agree. Which is why I bothered to look up the facts and see them post it. The usual garbage came my way of course So this time I gave tit for tattle. Either he joins me in this unexplained fully situation. Or He goes or I go I really don't care which. I want to see some objective honesty in how this was handled and some freedom for all speech. I can understand being on the losing end but that's debate ability and Johnson is a nine percent message candidate. Like it or not. Besides we aren't supposed to get along with the Libtards but I supported them anyway with facts and ideas to improve their standing. Enough.of being nice to thick people. I have fled a counter complaint and asked for fair and open to the public in this forum judgement.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You mean you are the only one allowed to do so? Take a hike. Mine come straight from a reputable source. You have no sources. http://Realvote.com if you don't like them post your own., I just did a nice one for Gary J. on the NM budget and found out he was not responsible for the entire debt doubling. What did you do? And please don't look in the mirror to try to describe me. Now you may go file another complaint. But be sure you mention who attacked who first and be prepared to explain to everyone why you are 'so special.' freedomforall. Only if the agree with you. Nov 9th will you still be here in an objectivist site? Why?
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 4 months ago in reply to this comment.
    No big thing conservative is a meaningless over worked and over defined word anyway. I be careful around mirrors though.
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