Now that Mary Matalin, the former advisor to two Bush President’s and Vice President Cheney and married to James Carville, who was a Clinton advisor, is now a registered Libertarian, the interest in the Party has grown.
Johnson also declined to say if he would support Clinton or Trump if he had to choose.
"You know what? I've been voting libertarian a long time. I read a book in 1971 that, uh, really laid out what it was to be a libertarian. And I have identified myself as a libertarian ever since," he said.
"I'm always believing that there's going to be a libertarian on the ballot."
Former Two-Term New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson said in an interview on Sunday he sees a Third-Party candidacy as an opportunity, instead of as a threat. "Well, I think it is a real opportunity. I do think that [Hillary] Clinton and [Donald] Trump are the two most polarizing figures in politics today," Johnson, who is expected to win the Libertarian Party's Presidential nomination later this year.
Johnson also declined to say if he would support Clinton or Trump if he had to choose. "You know what? I've been voting libertarian a long time. I read a book in 1971 that, uh, really laid out what it was to be a libertarian. And I have identified myself as a libertarian ever since," he said.
"I'm always believing that there's going to be a libertarian on the ballot."
He ran for Governor as a fiscal conservative in a blue state, won handily, and can now boast that he cut taxes, vetoed hundreds of bills, presided over significant job growth, balanced the state budget, and created a substantial reserve fund and won reelection in a rout.
Johnson is a strong gun-rights advocate, and he favors free trade, but he’s far too committed to relatively open borders, advocating a “simpler and more efficient” process for entering the country. He calls himself pro-choice, but he’s well to the right of Hillary Clinton, supporting late-term abortion bans, parental-notification laws, and opposing public funding for abortion, and he’s indicated that he’d appoint judges “who will interpret the Constitution according to its original meaning.” He also believes Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided because it “expanded the reach of the Federal Government into areas of society never envisioned in the Constitution.”
His views are similar to those of the founder of National Review, William F. Buckley Jr., and are shared by a number of conservatives. Johnson, however, is an actual drug user, boasting recently that he’d just consumed “Cheeba Chews,” a form of “marijuana-infused taffy.” In 2014, Johnson became a “pot entrepreneur.” He was named the CEO of Cannibas Sativa. The company’s intended products included medicinal oils and a “cough drop–like” pot candy. Johnson of course tried and endorsed the product, asking, “Why would anybody ever smoke marijuana given this as an alternative?”.
Libertarian purists would likely be surprised at the military aggression of a Libertarian President. If Johnson were ever elected, we’d get to find out.
He won the Libertarian Party nomination on May 5, 2012. His chosen running mate Judge James P. Gray of California who won the Vice-Presidential nomination. The Johnson/Gray ticket received 0.99% of the popular vote, amounting to 1.27 million votes, more than all other minor candidates combined. This was the most successful result for a third party presidential candidacy since 2000. It was the best showing in the Libertarian Party's history by vote count.
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