Gary Johnson for President

All together now:  “There’s no difference between the two parties.”  And now There IS.

Gary Johnson — aka 2012’s answer to Ralph Nader — is the Libertarian candidate for the White House.  He served two terms as Governor of New Mexico.

This is a little-known fact, but Gary Johnson was actually running for president on the Republican ticket.  Yes, THIS year.  Seriously.  The reason you didn’t know that is because the media kept pretending he wasn’t there.  Everyone jokes about Ron Paul being ignored by the media, but Ron Paul was treated like a Hollywood celebutante compared to Gary Johnson.

Republicans love to preach about “individual freedom” and “limited government,” but come on, it’s just a soundbite.  It has a nice ring to it, but you’re not supposed to take it literally.  And then along came Ron Paul and Gary Johnson, actually MEANING it when they said “limited government.”  This made things a little awkward for the Warmongering Biblehumping wing of the GOP.  Hence the cold shoulder from the “media.”

I personally could never vote for a Libertarian candidate.  I sort of have this thing for funding the infrastructure, protecting the environment, providing job training for laid-off workers, stuff like that.

But for millions of voters who want the government to just go away — no more funding for the infrastructure, the safety net, the Pentagon, the Prison-Industrial Complex — there’s finally a choice.

If you think people are unemployed because they’re shiftless and lazy and they can just hurry up and die, AND you think The Handmaid’s Tale is a blueprint for America’s future — vote for Mitt Romney.

If you want the government to stop “meddling” in the economy AND stay the fuck out of your “morals” and personal life — vote for Gary Johnson.

Ron Paul: “Bush Administration Gleeful After 9/11 Attacks”

You’ve gotta love this guy.  He blurts out exactly what he’s thinking, fuck what anybody thinks.  Ron Paul is by far the most outspoken presidential candidate since Barry Goldwater; maybe even more so.  Goldwater got trounced in 1964, and Ron Paul doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in Hell of ever making it to the White House either.

If you want to get elected president, you have to kiss ass.  Pander.  You have to flipflop on your positions and constantly “clarify” your earlier statements because somebody somewhere got offended.

Homey don’t play that.

Teabaggers pretend to be Libertarians, and at the same time they hate Ron Paul because he’s a Libertarian.  (It’s a wingtard thing.)  Yesterday he gave a speech at the Iowa State campus in Ames:

“Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat.  That’s exactly what they’re doing now with Iran.”

Referring to warmongering chickenhawks, Paul said:

“I think extremists have taken over.  They’re the ones that run the foreign policy and that convinced us as a country to go along with all these wars.”

This past September 12th, Ron Paul got booed by a gang of teatards when he said:

“Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda have been explicit, and they wrote and said that we attacked because you had bases on our holy lands in Saudi Arabia, you do not give Palestinians a fair treatment.  I didn’t say that, I’m just trying to get you to understand what the motive was behind the bombings…America is you and I. We didn’t cause it. The average American didn’t cause it.  But if you have a flawed policy, it may influence it.”

You go Ron.

I could never vote for a Libertarian, but it sure is refreshing to have a presidential candidate who blurts out exactly what he’s thinking.  No wonder the media ignores him.

The Media: “Ron Paul? Who???”

Jon Stewart was talking about this several weeks ago on The Daily Show.  Ron Paul had come in second in a poll in Iowa, and almost every newscast went on and on about the winner — Michele Bachman — and the candidates who came in third and fourth.  Not a word about Ron Paul.

This past Saturday, Ron Paul won the straw poll at the annual Spanish Inquisition Reunion   Values Voter Summit.  But like this article says, the Powers That Be will probably keep ignoring him.

First of all — WTF???  How did a convention of Salem Witch-hunting snake-handlers end up voting for a Libertarian???  Unlike the two-faced schizoid Republican Party, Ron Paul actually means it when he says “limited government.”  He’s against the wars on:  1) Iraq, 2) Afghanistan and 3) drugs; and he doesn’t hump the Bible.  What were these people thinking???

Anyway, besides the straw poll votes in Iowa and at the Values Voter Summit, Ron Paul has also won similar polls conducted by the California GOP and the Conservative Political Action Conference.  And yet he remains invisible to everyone except his diehard supporters.

I personally don’t want a Libertarian for president, but it’s refreshing to see somebody who actually means what he says.  You won’t find Ron Paul yelling “Small Government” while quietly working to ban abortion, increase the prison sentence for drug use, deciding which sovereign nation to invade next…

This is probably why so many “Freedom”-shouting Republicans hate him.

How to Warm the Heart of a Teabagger

During last night’s CNN Tea Party Express debate, the audience cheered and applauded on at least two ugly occasions:

The host of the debate, Wolf Blitzer, asked Rick Perry about his previous statement that Ben Bernanke “would be treated pretty ugly down in Texas” and should be charged with treason. The inbred audience burst into applause as soon as Blitzer asked the question.

Wolf Blitzer also asked Ron Paul about his Libertarian views. He asked whether a sick person should be allowed to die in the hospital if he didn’t have insurance. Before Ron Paul could answer, the above-mentioned inbreds erupted into shouts of “Yes!!!”

There isn’t even any point in trying to insult these wastes of oxygen. The evidence rests.

Toughlove For Israel

Last weekend Ron Paul said the unthinkable: Israel needs to stand up on its own two feet and stop siphoning billions of dollars from American taxpayers. He said: “Why make Israel so dependent? They can't defend their borders without coming to us.”

[gasp] Blasphemy! What in God’s Name??? You can't say that! Israel is sacred. What's he gonna do next, start cutting farts during a church service?

And yet, Ron Paul was just echoing what conservatives have been saying for decades. Think of the pride and dignity Israel will have when it starts to pull its own weight and becomes a productive member of the world community.

Sure, it’s easier to just lie back and keep taking handouts from hardworking taxpayers. But it’s a trap. The Nanny State is seductive but it’s treacherous. Deep down inside, Israel knows it's unhealthy to be so needy and dependent. The Welfare State is a destroyer of incentives; it saps the work ethic.

Israel has been suffering under the Tyranny of Low Expectations. The kindest thing we could do is stop these addictive welfare payments NOW. It wouldn’t be a popular decision but it’s the right thing to do. Someday Israel will thank us.

cross-posted at Bring It On!