This will be modeled on adonis's *** Official Barack Obama FBG campaign headquarters *** thread, which was largely responsible for propelling Obama to the presidency in the 2008 election.
Gary Johnson, a Republican, is the former governor of New Mexico. He seems to be an upgraded version of Ron Paul. (Udpate: He's dropping out of the Republican race and will seek the Libertarian nomination.)
He opposed the war in Iraq. He supports drug legalization. He favors open immigration (unlike Paul). He supports school choice (i.e., vouchers). He even supports legalizing prostitution. As governor, he vetoed over 750 bills. He also reduced the state's taxes by over $120 million annually, and reduced the number of state government employees by about 1,200.
When his second term as governor concluded in 2003, he figured he'd never get elected to anything again because of his stance on drug legalization, so he pretty much retired from politics. But with public attitudes changing, he is giving a presidential run a shot in 2012. (Update: And 2016.)
Some links (to be updated over the next three years):
Playboy interview (December 2000)
Reason Magazine interview (January 2001)
YouTube vid of speech at Ron Paul rally -- Part 1, Part 2 (2008)
Article in The American Conservative (April 2009)
Article in Pajamas Media (November 2009)
Article in Politico (December 2009)
Article in Salon (May 2010)
Appearance on Colbert Report (May 2010)
Article in The New Republic (November 2010)
Why Do We Have a TSA? by Gary Johnson (November 2010)
Forget Palin, here's Gary Johnson from CNN (November 2010)
Interview on Hannity (May 27, 2011)
(three parts) on The Alyona Show (June 2011).
Appearance on Fox News (Sept 23, 2011)
Profile in GQ (November 2011)
Wikipedia entry (current)
www.johnsonforamerica.com
http://ouramericainitiative.com/
Gary Johnson, a Republican, is the former governor of New Mexico. He seems to be an upgraded version of Ron Paul. (Udpate: He's dropping out of the Republican race and will seek the Libertarian nomination.)
He opposed the war in Iraq. He supports drug legalization. He favors open immigration (unlike Paul). He supports school choice (i.e., vouchers). He even supports legalizing prostitution. As governor, he vetoed over 750 bills. He also reduced the state's taxes by over $120 million annually, and reduced the number of state government employees by about 1,200.
When his second term as governor concluded in 2003, he figured he'd never get elected to anything again because of his stance on drug legalization, so he pretty much retired from politics. But with public attitudes changing, he is giving a presidential run a shot in 2012. (Update: And 2016.)
Some links (to be updated over the next three years):
Playboy interview (December 2000)
Reason Magazine interview (January 2001)
YouTube vid of speech at Ron Paul rally -- Part 1, Part 2 (2008)
Article in The American Conservative (April 2009)
Article in Pajamas Media (November 2009)
Article in Politico (December 2009)
Article in Salon (May 2010)
Appearance on Colbert Report (May 2010)
Article in The New Republic (November 2010)
Why Do We Have a TSA? by Gary Johnson (November 2010)
Forget Palin, here's Gary Johnson from CNN (November 2010)
Interview on Hannity (May 27, 2011)
(three parts) on The Alyona Show (June 2011).
Appearance on Fox News (Sept 23, 2011)
Profile in GQ (November 2011)
Wikipedia entry (current)
www.johnsonforamerica.com
http://ouramericainitiative.com/
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