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realmirage

(2,117 posts) Sun May 29, 2016, 05:01 PM May 2016

Gary Johnson, Trump spoiler, Koch supported, wins Libertarian nom [View all]

This is the guy that's going to siphon tons of votes from Trump. Has the backing of the Koch brothers. Will easily cancel out the Bernie or bust vote and then some. In a couple months everyone will know this guy's name.

http://fortune.com/2016/05/29/gary-johnson-third-party/

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Gary Johnson, Trump spoiler, Koch supported, wins Libertarian nom [View all] realmirage May 2016 OP

Trump loses...6 to 8 % to johnson beachbumbob May 2016 #1

That's the plan realmirage May 2016 #8

+1 Historic NY May 2016 #10

Please let it happen. nt TeamPooka May 2016 #14

Yeah! Bye Bye Bernie!!!!! Walk away May 2016 #2

ROFL BootinUp May 2016 #3

Is Bill Weld accepting the VP nod? Zambero May 2016 #4

Let's hope enough republicans vote their way. I suspect they will FloridaBlues May 2016 #5

Johnson is pushing for him, but a lot of Libertarians dislike the guy. SaschaHM May 2016 #6

Weld bombed at their meeting, apparently wysi May 2016 #7

And yet he was the governor of arguably one of the most liberal states... Agschmid May 2016 #17

Full disclosure admission wysi May 2016 #21

i'm too young lol forjusticethunders May 2016 #22

There were some, back in the day... wysi May 2016 #24

You guys know your politics realmirage May 2016 #26

I'm old... wysi May 2016 #27

50 isn't that old realmirage May 2016 #28

There's a lot of people who seem to treat it like a sport... wysi May 2016 #30

Funny how the people with the most experience realmirage May 2016 #31

Yes. Agschmid May 2016 #16

Weld is the veep candidate and Trump attacks SharonClark May 2016 #9

I don't think Johnson will get too many votes and I think a lot of them will come from Hillary. StevieM May 2016 #11

Johnson's a right-libertarian. Outside of a couple of issues, he's a conservative. TwilightZone May 2016 #12

But a lot of third party voters are just looking to vote for someone other than StevieM May 2016 #13

Eh, not as many as the Sanders camp wants everyone to believe. TwilightZone May 2016 #15

I'm thinking that all the third party candidates together may get 3 percent of the vote. StevieM May 2016 #18

Total "other" in 2012 was about 1.8%, so I could see 3% this time. TwilightZone May 2016 #19

conspiracy theorists DLCWIdem May 2016 #29

Yeah, that's possible. Ron/Rand Paul somewhat oddly seem to have some adherents here, not to TwilightZone May 2016 #32

Oh, he's going after BS voters, too.. but they wouldn't have voted for Hillary Cha May 2016 #20

Anyone who votes for Johnson was never a liberal anyway realmirage May 2016 #23

Good news for us!! nt eastwestdem May 2016 #25