Someone had posted on the Brazoria County Libertarian Facebook page that they were having a Townhall watching party tonight in Cypress (a LONG drive from here). I figured why not have one locally- actually in Brazoria County. So I put up a post to have one at my house.
Last minute posting yesterday, so didn’t have many people reply, but a couple of people did show up and we had a nice time listening to the candidates answer the questions from the audience- and talking about how they might have done better.
We just got done watching tonights TownHall on CNN. I was really surprised to see they were having Gary Johnson and Bill Weld from the Libertarian Party on there. It’s extremely rare for any 3rd party to have any television coverage for any reason (except to diss them). To see them on CNN was a huge improvement over past elections and gives me hope that maybe more people will be able to learn that we DO actually have choices in November.
They did have the Libertarians debate on the Stossel show a couple of weeks ago (Fox Business News channel). I was shocked to see that. It was well worth watching and really great to see political debates where they stuck to the issues instead of just trying to tear down their opponents. I was happy to see them on TV, even if it was on a station not many people watch.
I hope this is a sign of things to come. I really can’t stand either Trump or Hillary. I think a lot of people feel the same way. I know a lot of people just don’t ever get to find out about their other choices until it’s too late. I’m hoping this will change this time and people will get to hear ALL the alternatives.
Personally, I think the Republicans and Democrats have had over 100 years to fix things and all they’ve ever done is make them worse. Far as I’m concerned we NEED a change! A REAL change! I’ve already decided who I’ll be voting for and it’s Gary Johnson. 🙂
I think the reason Trump is doing so well is simply because SO many people are just sick to death of politics and all the usual BS that goes along with it. All the political correctness, all the mean spiritness, all the lies, and the fact that all the candidates are DC insiders. Trump is doing so well because he’s NOT an insider. Well, neither is Gary and he makes a lot more sense than Trump does on a lot of issues.
I think a lot of Americans are actually Libertarians, they just don’t know it. Try taking the Worlds Smallest Political Quiz and see where you wind up. I’d be interested to hear your results.
Did you already know about the alternative candidates? Where did you hear about them? What do you think? Are you happy with the 2 main parties or think we need some new blood? Did you know about the LP debates on Stossel or the Townhall tonight? Did you watch either of them? If so, what did you think? What do you think about libertarian principles in general?
Here’s a previous post about what I think. And another look at one of my favorite videos explaining the basics. 😉
https://youtu.be/jpfjuj99xg4
Let me know what you think about all this. Yeah, really. I’m not afraid of a little politics on here. 😉
If Gary Johnson can get to 15% in the major polls, he will be on the stage with Hillary and Dump…er Trump. We can only hope. He’s reached 11-12% in some of them.
I am really hoping to see that! This could be our break out year, I think IF we manage to get the LP heard by the people who ONLY watch TV for their information, we might really upset the applecart.
Of course, I’m sure the major parties would find some way to put a stop to that PDQ, but maybe, just maybe, we could at least influence them in a more freedom oriented direction.
After all, look at how much the socialist party managed to accomplish! They were never elected to any major offices (except for Bernie Sanders) and yet, they’ve managed to get pretty much every one of their platform planks enacted into official US policy (same with communists). See, they get what they wanted, but never even had to take the blame for the failures of their policies since it was never THEIR party that did the damage!
I’d LOVE to see the Libertarian Party have those kinds of ‘failures’.