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Good read, Fuzzy.
Denying the 270 might be feasible, but the next step seems nearly impossible swinging enough house of Representatives.....but if something unlikely were to happen, this is the election cycle for it to happen.
It was June 22, and Gary Johnson was on a roll. Four years earlier, following a calamitous bid for the Republican nomination, the former New Mexico governor had garnered 1 percent of the national vote against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney as the Libertarian candidate. Now, facing the two most unpopular nominees in the history of polling, he was already cracking double digits—and the media was starting to notice. In the three weeks since wrapping up his party’s nomination, Johnson had taken his limited-government gospel to Meet the Press, Anderson Cooper 360, and several other top news shows. The irreverent triathlete, whose most recent job was CEO of a cannabis-products company, was also getting a chance to showcase his goofier side. On TBS’s Full Frontal, he went rock climbing with host Samantha Bee and surprised her mid-climb with a peck on the cheek. On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Johnson—flanked by his running mate and fellow onetime Republican, former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld—strode on stage wearing a dark suit and black Nikes. “Governor,” Colbert said, “I am legally required to ask you the following question: Are you high?” The candidate was all smiles. “Being on this show, yes.”
Johnson, whose previous on-screen performances ranged from the mediocre to the horrific, seemed finally to be finding his groove. And today in New York, as the candidate rode the subway with Weld to the CNN headquarters, he was getting his biggest chance yet—an hourlong town hall event, in prime time. As Johnson stood backstage waiting for his cue, he took a deep breath. Everything was going according to plan.
Until now.
From the moment Johnson took his seat on the stage, those who knew him best realized something was off. The candidate appeared uncomfortable, exhibiting all telltale signs of nervous energy—the fidgeting, the inconsistent eye contact, the ill-timed smiles. Perhaps the first bad omen was that Johnson was not wearing his lucky Nikes. Host Chris Cuomo pointed out his black leather shoes. Johnson winced. “I always have sneakers on,” he said. “And I just—you know, everybody in my campaign is just, ‘Don’t blow it with the shoes.’” Whatever it was—the formalwear, the high stakes of the event, the mounting sleep deprivation—it became clear over the next hour that Johnson was lost in his head. In response to a question from the distraught mother of a heroin addict, who railed against Johnson’s support for drug legalization, the candidate talked up the virtues of needle exchanges. In response to an Orlando woman who’d witnessed the Pulse nightclub mass shooting and wanted to know why Johnson would want to make gun access easier, he launched into a scripted response without pausing to acknowledge the woman’s trauma. At several moments, Johnson also appeared wildly out of step with Weld, as the two performed their best impersonation of the two-headed monster from Sesame Street.
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Good read, Fuzzy.
Denying the 270 might be feasible, but the next step seems nearly impossible swinging enough house of Representatives.....but if something unlikely were to happen, this is the election cycle for it to happen.
If congress picks the president I hope this whole ing country burns in the riots following.Good read, Fuzzy.
Denying the 270 might be feasible, but the next step seems nearly impossible swinging enough house of Representatives.....but if something unlikely were to happen, this is the election cycle for it to happen.
I've already decided to vote for him and I don't have to take a shower afterwards.
No just a drug bath
shut up got
Same. I cannot in good conscience vote for the other two. The only other option is to take George Carlin's stance and stay the home on election day.
So u want a very liberal Supreme Court? It was 5-4 on gun rights last time
If you own a gun just rember that
Scalia was an ty jurist, a total asshole. Thanks, Repugs!
Today's conservatives aren't really conservative.
you can not be a real conservative and win today you can lean that way though
Why not? And what is a real conservative in your definition. Second question is a bit tricky, but just wanted your opinion.
Stevens dissent wasn't what you think it was. He simply insisted on acknowledging the first phrase of the second amendment.
Dude's campaign is over after the massive up he just made this morning.
Disqualified himself right there.
Goddamn. He can't even pull a "Trump" and say he was just being sarcastic.
yep, his Aleppo gaffe has exploded over everywhere. Poor guy, but actually, libertarian frauds, anyway.
I'm sorry but most people don't know what or where Allepo is. This was a gotch ya question. I have never heard anyone in the media refer to the Syrian refugee issue as Allepo.
Aleppo is not a "refugee issue". It's the murder, gassing of non-combattants, collateral damage of the non-refugees.
Aleppo has been in the press for weeks now, for anybody, like a wannabe President, who is up to date.
And that is why you're a ing dumbass. Anyone who has a clue know what and where Aleppo is.
Maybe the folks at Fox doesn't know what Aleppo is but I assure you, the rest of the world knows.
it's only Syria's largest city
I am sure that after you googled Aleppo, you know all about it smart guy.
It's been the hot point of Syria for 4 years now. The government sieged it and the rebels broke through in the past months. If you are going to be CiC and the leader of the western world you need to know that. It is a huge indictment of his readiness to take on that role.
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