Gary Johnson wins the Libertarian Nomination

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Gary Johnson, and R. Lee Wrights are debating now. Its on CSPAN

http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN/
http://www.examiner.com/article/gary-johnson-favorite-for-libertarian-nomination

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Lee Wrights sounds so much like my Uncle its creepy

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I think Johnson is going to have a fairly easy victory, 55% to Wrights 45% on the first ballot. Johnson and Wrights got along well in the debate last night, and a Johnson/Wrights ticket could come out of this convention.

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Someone tried to nominate Ron Paul, though the measure narrowly failed. Johnson, Wrights, and two other guys whom I have never heard of.

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Someone tried to nominate Ron Paul, though the measure narrowly failed. Johnson, Wrights, and two other guys whom I have never heard of.

Bill Still and RJ Harris?

Still is an economist from Virginia and Harris is a military vet from Oklahoma who ran for Congress last year and failed miserably. He was endorsed by Ron Paul.

Nah Harris dropped out, its Carl Pereson and some other guy. Its on CSPAN right now.

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Pereson's got the right idea, but he is as charismatic as a blade of grass.

He sounds like he was speaking at his wifes funeral.

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He needs a few more thiga-mcgiggers to become the VP nominee. LOL. That guy was funny.

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Heresssss Gary!

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I love how these people think Gary Johnson somehow stands a chance of getting more than 3% of the vote.

Believe me, I wish he could win, but he can't.

I think he can take up to 10%. He is not charismatic, agreed, but this is the year of the third party. Not only will Johnson take about 5% of the vote, but Roemer will likely come very close (but not surpass) 1.0%, and Anderson, Stein, and Goode will be well under 1%.

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That was the phoniest speech I've ever heard in my entire life.

Holden Caulfield is rolling in his grave.

Why are you guys hating on Johnson? I were a registered Libertarian, I would be thinking that these are the most exciting times since Christ was born in Bethleham! I am rooting for Johnson, though Wrights and Burns are good guys too.

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Welp. Here we go.

That was the phoniest speech I've ever heard in my entire life.

Holden Caulfield is rolling in his grave.

Why are you guys hating on Johnson? I were a registered Libertarian, I would be thinking that these are the most exciting times since Christ was born in Bethleham! I am rooting for Johnson, though Wrights and Burns are good guys too.

He's trying to excite a base that's been as stagnant as a statue since the 1970's. He thinks he can win, but he can't.

Ron Paul begs to disagree

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Was that a transvestite? In the white dress & wig?

Jim Libertarian Burns, who legally changed his middle name to Libertarian. I kid you not.

No wonder I ditched this party.

I lean towards the Constitution Party, but what I really want is a Paulite Party or something of that nature. That was a tranny.

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Here comes the official results

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"The Pennsylvania Libertarian Party, the state that kicked Rick Santorums ass out of the Senate, cast its votes for Gary Johnson"....

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Texas is a big win for Wrights.  And who is this creep from Utah?

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Wayne Allyn Root gets a write-in vote and gets loudly booed.

My reaction as well

Snitker was quick to remind everyone it was not him.

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Here comes Toni Nathan to announce the winner

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Johnson/Gray 2012!

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Despite the fact that I was an avid R. Lee Wrights supporter and even donated to his cause I realize that Governor Johnson is the best choice of all the candidates in the field. If he was somehow elected president (you know if God has an off-day) he would be the least likely of all the other candidates in the field to destroy freedom. In my opinion that is about as good as it gets in terms of presidents of the United States.

He criticizes Romney for flip flopping on the issues, yet he openly stated he would consider military interventionism for "humanitarian" reasons, but now he says that he doesn't support military interventionism. He's one of the phoniest people i've ever heard in my life. Don't get me wrong, I probably line up with him more than Romney, but he has no shot of winning. The fact that he thinks he can win (or even crack 15% to be able to participate in the debates) is astounding. He is not John Hospers. He will not do what John Hospers did. He may crack 5% nationally if he's lucky. As I stated before, Holden Caulfield is rolling in his grave at this guy.

For the record, John Hospers endorsed Bush in '04 and Holden Caulfield was a spoiled brat who whined for about three hundred pages, so I'm not really seeing the problem here.

In all seriousness Jake, what is your problem here? You're supporting Mitt Romney for god's sake. Why the hell are you outraged at any perceived lack of purity from the LP? Would you be supporting Wrights if he got the nomination? Bullsh*t man.

Cut out the pious baloney.

Sorry Jake, you know I you 'ya but this post is kinda right. I would prefer Wrights over Johnson, but Wrights is not a former Governor who has a chance of getting 10%.