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Gov. Gary Johnson to hold news conference December 28

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Governor Johnson will be holding a News Conference on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 at 10AM MST. It will be held at the Santa Fe, NM State Capitol building, in the Rotunda. We look forward to seeing you in attendance. If you do come, please contact the Marriott Courtyard Santa Fe at (505) 473-2800 and tell them you’re with Gary Johnson and get a discounted room rate beginning on the 27th.

Readers of this site who are unable to make it can see the event streamed live on www.GaryJohnson2012.com or www.Yowie.com.

Governor Johnson will announce his plans for 2012, which may include a challenge to the two-party system.

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Latest Released Nixon Tapes Reveal Wide-ranging Bigotry

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

“Recently released transcripts from the Nixon White House tapes show President Richard Nixon had a penchant for racist, anti-Semitic, and other prejudicial remarks. Recorded between February and March 1973 and recently released along with thousands of pages of previously classified materials from the Nixon administration, the tapes show a President who harbored pronounced stereotypes about blacks, Jews, and other ethnic minorities.”

“Speaking with advisor Charles Colson on February 13, 1973, Nixon said that he had recently recognized that “all people have certain traits. The Jews have certain traits,” he pointed out, adding later that Jewish people “are just a very aggressive and abrasive and obnoxious personality.” ”

“Speaking at another time to his longtime secretary Rose Mary Woods, the President said that Jews were, by and large, insecure people: “Basically, Rose, most of our Jewish friends … are all basically people who have a sense of inferiority and have got to compensate.” ”

Full column by Dave Bohon @ http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/5518-latest-released-nixon-tapes-reveal-wide-ranging-bigotry

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Interview with Governor Gary Earl Johnson

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson is a prominent advocate of limited government and personal freedom. He backed Ron Paul for President in 2008 and spoke at the Rally for the Republic in Minneapolis.

Mitchell Lambert interviewed Gov. Johnson for Republican Liberty Caucus @ http://www.rlc.org/2010/01/19/interview-with-governor-gary-earl-johnson/

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The Idea Is the Problem

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

“Fifty-eight percent of those polled by The Washington Post recently claimed they preferred smaller government with fewer services, with only 38 percent favoring a larger government with more services (and, yes, it is a terrific struggle not to place ironic quotations marks around the word “services”).”

“This is the highest number for the “smaller government” category since 2002. And a full year into President Barack Obama’s term, most polls and state elections tell us that the electorate is walking—maybe sprinting?—back from the progressive economic policies that now dominate Washington.”

David Harsanyi looks at How the Democrats misjudged the American People @ http://reason.com/archives/2010/01/20/the-idea-is-the-problem

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For This Libertarian, Obama’s First Year Looks Grim

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

“Happy anniversary, Mr. President. Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts is a rude ending to a year marked by falling poll ratings and growing opposition to his signature policy initiatives.”

“President Obama took office on a wave of good feeling. The country was glad to be rid of George W. Bush and appreciated Obama’s promise to move beyond old battles. But Obama and his team overinterpreted their victory. A desire for change didn’t translate into support for a sweeping statist agenda. Beginning with his February 24 speech to Congress, Obama began to overreach.”

“His administration sought to use the financial crisis to implement an agenda that wouldn’t have been plausible in calmer times. “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste” was Rahm Emanuel’s keynote. Robert Higgs in Crisis and Leviathan and Naomi Klein in The Shock Doctrine had examined how crises often lead to dramatic changes in policy, but never before had senior officials declared the shock doctrine as their strategy.”

David Boaz of The Cato Institute on President Obama’s anniversary @ http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11150

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The Message from Massachusetts

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

“Scott Brown’s stunning upset in the Massachusetts special election may have done what the best policy arguments could not – defeat the Democrats’ plans for a massive government takeover of the U.S. health care system.”

“Democrats will undoubtedly offer a variety of excuses for Brown’s win. The Democratic nominee, Attorney General Martha Coakley, was a poor candidate. The “political climate” was bad. The dog ate their ballots. But in reality, there can be no denying that this election was a clear cut rejection of the Democratic health care bills.”

“There were no blurred differences on this issue. Scott Brown made his opposition to the bill a centerpiece of his campaign. He promised to be the 41st vote to sustain a filibuster and kill the bill, even signing autographs as “Scott41.” Coakley, on the other hand, pledged to vote for the bill.”

Michael Tanner on Massachusetts voters rejecting Obamacare @ http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11151

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Gary Johnson launches Our America Initiative

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson has launched a new campaign organization to promote libertarian policy issues and back libertarian candidates for public office.

Governor Johnson  calls his committee  Our America Initiative with a website @  http://ouramericainitiative.com

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CNN Poll: Independents disapprove of Obama

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of independent voters disapprove of how Barack Obama’s handling his job as president, according to a new national poll.

Fifty-three percent of independents questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday say they disapprove of how Obama’s handling his duties in the White House, with 43 percent in approval. That result marks the first time in a CNN poll that a majority of independents give the president’s performance a thumbs-down.

Full Report from CNN @ http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/01/cnn-poll-independents-disapprove-of-obama/

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