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Posts published in July 2015

Gary Johnson: Trump appeals to “racist” voters, “I don’t want to have anything to do with it”

A teaser excerpt of Gary Johnson’s interview with Nick Gillespie at FreedomFest has been published by reason.tv, with the full interview to follow tomorrow.

In the clip, the 2012 Libertarian nominee and likely 2016 candidate blasts Donald Trump’s views on immigration as being racist and hypocritical, and also predicts that most Americans will reject a Republican Party whose image is defined by candidates like Trump.…

Wisconsin Libertarians respond to Scott Walker announcement

via LPWI.org:

Scott Walker has officially joined the race for President.

We’re often asked to give a Libertarian assessment of the Governor, from those outside of Wisconsin wondering if he lives up to the hype as a small-government, free-market, fiscal conservative.…

Bustle: Stein the candidate we “should be” talking about

steinThe online women’s magazine Bustle calls Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein “the 2016 candidate we’re not talking about — but should be,” saying that Stein “has pledged to eliminate poverty, bring full employment, and create an easy path to citizenship for immigrants,” and “believes in heath care as a right with Medicare for everyone, protection of human rights, and electoral reforms.”…

Buchanan-Trump Embrace Recalls 2000 Reform Party Race

In 1999, Saturday Night Live parodied the battle between paleoconservative icon Pat Buchanan and entrepreneur Donald Trump for control of Ross Perot’s Reform Party.  Social issues dominated the debate as Trump and Buchanan both sought the party’s presidential nomination.  …