Even if you don't like D's or R's . . . the LP is showing itself not to be an option. Gary Johnson was just calling for open borders on CNN. WTAF?
That doesn't change my stance. Things could always be worse, I choose not to voluntarily make them that way by voting for another career politician.
It strikes me that your vote is being guided by your impressions. Trump comes across as someone who will radically change things. Cruz comes across as a distasteful politician.He comes across like a career politician. I honestly haven't looked into his background much, he shut me down pretty quickly when I started listening to him.
You, of course, deserve credit for your public service.I've served for the public since I was 17 but I'm not trying to get elected. That's never been a goal of mine.
I know I'm the wrong person to defend Libertarians, but a border is a government property line, not a private property line. I imagine that they don't think that government should own property, but that the private landowners should have full rights to defend their own property.
The people are the government, hence it is our property.
I wonder what Gary Johnson would say about the Minutemen or the ranchers patrolling their own land. I imagine he would lambast them for restricting the economic rights of the aliens.
You forgot being micro aggressed and something about safe spaces .A reasonable position. But, since this is INGO, I must say that your position reeks of underinformed, nearsighted bigotry. Or something like that.
You saying that as a negative thing ?You're voluntarily voting for someone who has no experience doing the job at all.
Libertarians will tell you that to have truly free markets, you also have to have free movement of labor. They'll tell you borders restrict that free flow--both into and out of the US. But like so many issues, it sounds good on paper. As long as we have the welfare state we have, open borders will be suicide for our country.
If Johnson is really calling for that, he's a bigger idiot than I previously thought. He's got to be pandering.
He comes across like a career politician. I honestly haven't looked into his background much, he shut me down pretty quickly when I started listening to him.
I've served for the public since I was 17 but I'm not trying to get elected. That's never been a goal of mine.
You're voluntarily voting for someone who has no experience doing the job at all.
How many of the hundreds in DC who have experience are doing what is right for this country? For me, at this point, someone with zero experience is far more appealing than someone who has years of experience.
It strikes me that your vote is being guided by your impressions. Trump comes across as someone who will radically change things. Cruz comes across as a distasteful politician.
My impressions have served me very well throughout the years.
I don't mean that to be insulting - these are emotional decisions, for all of us. That's why they become intense.
You, of course, deserve credit for your public service.
Trump has never done it for 1 day.
You might want to give it a brief glance. While he has quite a bit of dealings in politics, he's not really a politician except for the last 3 (not 2 my mistake) years.
He has shown himself to be a very good supporter of the 2nd Amendment including writing the Amicus brief for Heller that was signed by 30 something state Attorney generals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Cruz
Which do you think would give the order to turn the next Russian pilot who does it into shark food? To actually do that which is threatened?With Russian fighters buzzing our carriers for fun we need someone who will pick up the phone and tell the world that the next genius who tries it will be shark food. I just don't see Cruz doing that.
He's not beholden to the " donor class " and that changes the game in our favor .
I think many of the core assumptions about Trump aren't really supported by evidence. Trump has never once brought down a system. His track record is of thriving within the system. If he went to Prison, he'd be the guy that never got bent over and always seems to have enough smokes.
He's not bringing down the Republican primary process-- he's following it and winning.
Trump manipulates the media to gain advantage, he's not tearing down the media. He gives them the ratings they want, and he gets the free publicity he wants.
The logical conclusion is not that Trump will do anything radically transformative of government whatsoever. Once he's in power, he will assume the necessary form. He will comply with the entrenched system in the way that best suits his interests.
I sort of wish Trump would actually be elected President just to demonstrate to all his supporters how much they've been bamboozled by someone who knows how to manipulate their frustration and anger.
Like Hitler did after the Weimer embarrassment. And Robespierre did. And Lenin did.
There's a word for that: D-E-M-O-G-O-G-U-E.
Which do you think would give the order to turn the next Russian pilot who does it into shark food? To actually do that which is threatened?
Do you want a president who will say it but not do it, or who will do it?
Brazenly stolen from somewhere else: Trump isn't a candidate; he's a murder weapon aimed directly at the heart of the GOP establishment.
There's a word for that: D-E-M-O-G-O-G-U-E.