Gary Johnson, an ex-two term Republican from New Mexico, is quoted by the Huffington Post as saying, “I was going to go to my grave labeled a Republican. I feel so much better. I really do.”
Gary Johnson – Feels ‘So Much Better’ About Not Being A Republican
by Justin Acuff •
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Now Gary Johnson is the libertarian candidate for the presidency. Huffington Post has more;
People have talked about Johnson as an election spoiler, theorizing endlessly about from which camp he’ll draw most heavily and in which states. That’s a conversation he hopes they keep on having. It’s good publicity after all, and though he served two terms as the Republican governor of New Mexico, he has no qualms about taking votes away from the GOP. “I long to be a spoiler in this race,” he said.
Those sentiments were only reaffirmed by watching last week’s Republican National Convention, according to Joe Hunter, Johnson’s press secretary who was on the ground at the convention in Tampa, Fla.
“He was not hearing what needs to be said from the Republican standpoint on balancing the budget,” Hunter said.
What Republicans characterized as bold still isn’t bold enough for Johnson, who advocates balancing the budget by cutting $1.4 trillion in spending in 2013. Plus, there’s his distaste for the party platform on social issues.
While libertarians have only slightly better ideals than most conservative Republicans, the recognizance of the danger of the current GOP is certainly much-needed. We can only hope more Republican politicians take Gary Johnson’s route and opt out of the ever-more-radical Republican party of today.
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