(10-06-2016 09:50 AM)CardFan1 Wrote:  Does Gary know how to spell Obama ?

At this point I'm starting to question if he knows how to spell Gary.

(10-06-2016 07:56 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  My wife is a diehard Gary Johnson supporter... and I can't get her to explain to me how his 'blunders' aren't proving that he's inadequate for the position.

Yeah first one, I'll give you a pass on...but not being able to name any world leaders is pretty bad. I'm sure a lot of Americans can't name any foreign leaders, but they're not running for president.

*sigh*

Good lord, Gary. You've known for weeks now that the MSM/DNC alliance is going full throttle on you to grab your 8-9% for Hillary, focusing almost entirely on foreign policy "pop quizzes" to grab soundbites. I would've expected you to brush up on the basics.

I admit it. I think Gary would be best using sound judgement behind a desk, weighing options, consulting advisers, etc. But he simply cannot hit Major League pitching on the campaign trail, tap dancing in the spotlight, off the cuff.

Great guy, solid fiscal conservative/socially liberal platform. But I had no idea he'd be this unprepared. Ron Paul, he is not.

I guess if I could offer one piece of spin here: If this were the late 1960s, I'd prefer a president who didn't know Hue or the capital of Cambodia, yet didn't send one serviceman over there.

(10-06-2016 08:44 AM)Lush Wrote:  

(10-06-2016 08:28 AM)solohawks Wrote:  

(10-06-2016 08:20 AM)Lush Wrote:  massive troll job? it just makes no sense for him not to know this sh!t

He was annoyed by the question hence why he said "really"
When someone asks you what you think is a stupid question that is the type of response a person normally gives

it is pretty juvenile to attack him like this, i'd be annoyed too. but, can he allay doubts on his knowledge of foreign affairs?

EXCELLENT point

He brought a lot of this on himself. He can't get annoyed when people ask him dumb questions.

Asking who the leader of Botswana is would be a gotcha question, not North Korea.

There was a 10% chance I was going to pull for Johnson-Weld. Now it's probably 0%.

(10-06-2016 08:02 AM)dbacard Wrote:  So all three are unfit, sounds even to me, let him debate

What a debate.

Hillary, "I don't remember."
Gary, "I don't know."
Donald, "I don't care."

Aleppo Gary strikes again.

(10-06-2016 08:28 AM)solohawks Wrote:  

(10-06-2016 08:20 AM)Lush Wrote:  massive troll job? it just makes no sense for him not to know this sh!t

He was annoyed by the question hence why he said "really"
When someone asks you what you think is a stupid question that is the type of response a person normally gives

Its not like we talk to the guy.

So his no comment is stretched to insist he doesn't know it.

His answer should have been

Where on the on the list of Americans concerns is the leader of North Korea and what his name is... now do you have a question that at least ranks in the top 100 of what Americans actually care about

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(10-06-2016 06:05 PM)maximus Wrote:  now do you have a question that at least ranks in the top 100 of what Americans actually care about

So the question should've been about....

Football
Kim Kardashian
Facebook
"Gay pride"
Game of Thrones
Pepe the Frog is racist
My Pursuit of a Bachelor's in Womyn's Studies and subsequent demand to make at least $100,000 out of college despite having no work experience, but a plethora of blue hair
Target's bathroom policy
Harambe (RIP brother)
GMOs
"Social Justice"
Grown men who play video games for more than an hour per day
General Degeneracy and Friends
Selfie sticks
We wuz kangz and sheeeeiiiiit
Being an edgelord
The Voice
Che Guevara is icon and moral authority
Fantasy football
"Is that really a peniss? Because I identify myself as both a woman and a Maple Tree"
Safe spaces
Muh free birth control
OMG look at this McDonald's hamburger after it's been in my car for 2 months
Gender pronouns
White people are slave owners

(10-06-2016 08:13 AM)VA49er Wrote:  

(10-06-2016 08:09 AM)solohawks Wrote:  to be fair, coming from someone who thinks Johnson has allowed his image to be ruined this cycle, that is kind of an insulting question. The man made a dumb mistake on a Syrian city but that does not mean you have to question him on every single foreign leader at an elementary level. The title of this thread is kinda misleading.

Yeah, could have been a gotcha moment. Basically, the media, on both sides, fear GJ may take votes away from the establishment so every opportunity to get a silly comment, etc will be sought.

The question was insulting and his reaction was appropriate.

(10-06-2016 07:56 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  My wife is a diehard Gary Johnson supporter... and I can't get her to explain to me how his 'blunders' aren't proving that he's inadequate for the position.

He doesn't have to be perfect. He just has to be better than the other two. And nothing suggests that he isn't.

It's unfortunate the Libertarians didn't "discover" Weld before Johnson won the nomination. With these two major party candidates Weld could have made significant gains with moderates. With "normal" two party candidates I don't think Weld or any Libertarian would have made a significant dent. This was a lost opportunity to break the Two Party Dictatorship.

(10-07-2016 01:02 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(10-06-2016 07:56 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  My wife is a diehard Gary Johnson supporter... and I can't get her to explain to me how his 'blunders' aren't proving that he's inadequate for the position.

He doesn't have to be perfect. He just has to be better than the other two. And nothing suggests that he isn't.

he's not.

(10-06-2016 02:31 PM)TheDancinMonarch Wrote:  

(10-06-2016 08:02 AM)dbacard Wrote:  So all three are unfit, sounds even to me, let him debate

What a debate.

Hillary, "I don't remember."
Gary, "I don't know."
Donald, "I don't care."

Nailed it.

(10-07-2016 01:02 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(10-06-2016 07:56 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  My wife is a diehard Gary Johnson supporter... and I can't get her to explain to me how his 'blunders' aren't proving that he's inadequate for the position.

He doesn't have to be perfect. He just has to be better than the other two. And nothing suggests that he isn't.

He could admit to not knowing his own fcking name and be better than the other two losers.

Johnson has named North Korea and Kim Jong-un by name as a major threat on numerous occasions in the past. Of course the media doesn't know that and wouldn't acknowledge it if they did.

As a side note I kind of disagree with him on the issue but there you go.

(10-07-2016 03:50 PM)wmubroncopilot Wrote:  Johnson has named North Korea and Kim Jong-un by name as a major threat on numerous occasions in the past. Of course the media doesn't know that and wouldn't acknowledge it if they did.

As a side note I kind of disagree with him on the issue but there you go.

Of course he did and the question was nothing but another set up.

Did he say the full name or just "Kim"