Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
Gary Earl Johnsonis an American businessman, politician and the Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election. He served as the 29th Governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 as a member of the Republican Party. He was the Libertarian Party's nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 January 1953
CityMinot, ND
CountryUnited States of America
The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now.
I just feel abandoned. And I feel, I don't feel represented by the Republican Party. I have always had to defend the social side of the Republican Party by saying that it's not the majority, that it's not their focus, when everything suggests just the opposite.
I agree that the two-party system stomps on any kind of competition. A great first step is to open the presidential debates to all qualified candidates, including the Libertarians. If that happens, the Libertarian party will experience unprecedented growth.
Life's a party. Invite yourself.
I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
We said OK, we'll send everybody home, ... And as soon as I said, 'Everybody go home,' the power came back. There was a huge, sad sigh.
We thought our kids performed admirably under the conditions and the situations they were in. We had a few individual performances were were really pleased with.
As (the maintenance supervisor) bent over to look at (a) motor, someone struck him in the head with an ax handle, and he was rendered unconscious,
We're talking serious taxes. A lot of people want to know more about the expenses. There were figures, but there was little to bite your teeth into.
We just wanted to give him this and more.
Would this country be better off if no one drank? Yes, it would be, but we tried that; it doesn't work. I don't want to tell anybody that they can't have as many drinks as they want every single night of the week as long as they don't get behind the wheel of a car.
This is something that I witnessed out on the campaign trail for three years, which is that there is a total disconnect between the rhetoric regarding immigration and the reality. And I'm speaking as a border state.
There was a big difference between Ron Paul and me when it came to the 'no.' His 'no' was philosophical. It was reasoned. It was right. My 'no' actually put a stop to legislation. It cut spending. Mine carried further than just no.
The retirement age needs to be raised. A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized, if not all. And there probably needs to be some means testing. It's a Ponzi scheme that's not sustainable.