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Saviolo

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12. Dammit, Gary!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 11:10 AM

Sep 2016

We were counting on you being a "viable" rightist candidate to peel a few hundred thousand votes off of Trump in important battleground states. Those disenfranchised GOPers who wouldn't vote for Hillary in a million years, but just couldn't stomach Trump would have voted Libertarian if Gary seemed viable enough, peel a bunch of votes away from the Trump lunacy.

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Libertarian Nominee Gary Johnson Asks ‘What Is Aleppo?’ in TV Interview [View all] brooklynite Sep 2016 OP

Deer in the headlights look? left-of-center2012 Sep 2016 #1

What is Trump? bucolic_frolic Sep 2016 #2

What is pie? shenmue Sep 2016 #3

What is that thing? BumRushDaShow Sep 2016 #9

3.1415926......... roamer65 Sep 2016 #15

Don't think he'll make it to 15% to get in the debates Motley13 Sep 2016 #4

The worst part izzybella Sep 2016 #5

How is it possible for anyone to not know what Aleppo is? PersonNumber503602 Sep 2016 #6

Lots of people don't care about foreign issues at all and only care about what happens in the US ansible Sep 2016 #14

That is true, but like this dude wants to be president... PersonNumber503602 Sep 2016 #16

I just saw the clip on MSNBC. femmocrat Sep 2016 #7

He needs to be alert Marthe48 Sep 2016 #20

Libertarians are defined in the dictionary as 'simpletons.' onehandle Sep 2016 #8

meh. Dim Son had no idea what the capital of Uzbekistan is. His voters won't care. n/t TygrBright Sep 2016 #10

There it is again. "... capitalize on the unpopularity of ... Hillary Clinton" PSPS Sep 2016 #11

Dammit, Gary! Saviolo Sep 2016 #12

This gaffe won't stop the defections. roamer65 Sep 2016 #13

Why deancr Sep 2016 #17

I think his biggest mistake jamzrockz Sep 2016 #18

It is a dog food, for Christ sakes JunkYardDogg Sep 2016 #19