https://twitter.com/Politicsinsider/stat...8429589508

ROCK HARD

To be fair, there is only so much that one can do while completely stoned.

Ah the man I voted for in 2016. I say this as someone who kinda likes you, but you were so useless that in an election with 2 insanely dis-likable candidates you still couldn't even come close to that insanely low bar of 5% to get the Libertarian party partial public funding. How would you "help" Gabbard in any way? Your "base" of support is stoners who like a few libertarian ideas, but even the real libertarian's don't like you because you won't entertain the "there should be no seat belt laws" nonsense.

(02-11-2020 08:42 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  How would you "help" Gabbard in any way?

https://twitter.com/BobHazlewood/status/...1860888576

WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE

(02-11-2020 09:09 AM)green Wrote:  

(02-11-2020 08:42 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  How would you "help" Gabbard in any way?

https://twitter.com/BobHazlewood/status/...1860888576

WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE

Well damn look at Gabbard saying something I agree with.

So is this thread saying Gary Johnson is offering her a job? In Reno?

The Iowa caucuses were so badly run that perhaps for the first time in a seriously contested primary, nobody dropped out (Walsh did on the Republican side). There are still 11. If they drag out New Hampshire maybe they can keep them all in for Nevada.

(02-11-2020 08:42 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Ah the man I voted for in 2016. I say this as someone who kinda likes you, but you were so useless that in an election with 2 insanely dis-likable candidates you still couldn't even come close to that insanely low bar of 5% to get the Libertarian party partial public funding. How would you "help" Gabbard in any way? Your "base" of support is stoners who like a few libertarian ideas, but even the real libertarian's don't like you because you won't entertain the "there should be no seat belt laws" nonsense.

I think there is a feeling in some libertarian quarters that an Amash/Gabbard (or even Gabbard/Amash) is the dream ticket that could break through that 5% bar. Gabbard's issue positions aren't particularly libertarian, although Amash's are, and either way they could appeal to a bunch of disaffected democrats and republicans. Would it be enough? Heck, I don't know, but they'd probably get my vote if they ran. In a Texas that is pretty clearly going to go for Donald Trump by a mile (and if it doesn't, then he is in deep trouble nationally), it seems to me that doing something to get libertarians up to 5% just might be the best use of my vote. Although I haven't seen any polling, I think an Amash/Gabbard ticket would hurt democrats more than Trump. The never Trump R's who would vote for Amash didn't vote for Trump last time, and the D's who would vote for Gabbard probably outnumber them anyway. I think Amash's stand on impeachment was more calculated to attract never-Trump R's than it was reflective of his true views.

(02-11-2020 12:55 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(02-11-2020 08:42 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Ah the man I voted for in 2016. I say this as someone who kinda likes you, but you were so useless that in an election with 2 insanely dis-likable candidates you still couldn't even come close to that insanely low bar of 5% to get the Libertarian party partial public funding. How would you "help" Gabbard in any way? Your "base" of support is stoners who like a few libertarian ideas, but even the real libertarian's don't like you because you won't entertain the "there should be no seat belt laws" nonsense.

I think there is a feeling in some libertarian quarters that an Amash/Gabbard (or even Gabbard/Amash) is the dream ticket that could break through that 5% bar. Gabbard's issue positions aren't particularly libertarian, although Amash's are, and either way they could appeal to a bunch of disaffected democrats and republicans. Would it be enough? Heck, I don't know, but they'd probably get my vote if they ran. In a Texas that is pretty clearly going to go for Donald Trump by a mile (and if it doesn't, then he is in deep trouble nationally), it seems to me that doing something to get libertarians up to 5% just might be the best use of my vote. Although I haven't seen any polling, I think an Amash/Gabbard ticket would hurt democrats more than Trump. The never Trump R's who would vote for Amash didn't vote for Trump last time, and the D's who would vote for Gabbard probably outnumber them anyway. I think Amash's stand on impeachment was more calculated to attract never-Trump R's than it was reflective of his true views.

If the DNC steals it from Bernie at the convention I'll be voting for some 3rd party candidate again, so I'll be hoping for a viable ticket that could clear the 5% threshold. I don't know enough about either of them to comment if that ticket could or not.

(02-11-2020 12:55 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I think there is a feeling in some libertarian quarters that an Amash/Gabbard (or even Gabbard/Amash) is the dream ticket that could break through that 5% bar. Gabbard's issue positions aren't particularly libertarian, although Amash's are, and either way they could appeal to a bunch of disaffected democrats and republicans. Would it be enough? Heck, I don't know, but they'd probably get my vote if they ran. In a Texas that is pretty clearly going to go for Donald Trump by a mile (and if it doesn't, then he is in deep trouble nationally), it seems to me that doing something to get libertarians up to 5% just might be the best use of my vote. Although I haven't seen any polling, I think an Amash/Gabbard ticket would hurt democrats more than Trump. The never Trump R's who would vote for Amash didn't vote for Trump last time, and the D's who would vote for Gabbard probably outnumber them anyway. I think Amash's stand on impeachment was more calculated to attract never-Trump R's than it was reflective of his true views.

Did the fat guy who walked onto stage at the LNC in his Fruit of the Looms come up with that dead-on-arrival turd as well? Gabbard's inability to do healthcare math is profoundly alienating to the LP crowd. Amash would probably be welcomed and maybe even mostly eagerly but his recent actions show he's just as bad at political math.

(02-11-2020 02:01 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(02-11-2020 12:55 PM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  I think there is a feeling in some libertarian quarters that an Amash/Gabbard (or even Gabbard/Amash) is the dream ticket that could break through that 5% bar. Gabbard's issue positions aren't particularly libertarian, although Amash's are, and either way they could appeal to a bunch of disaffected democrats and republicans. Would it be enough? Heck, I don't know, but they'd probably get my vote if they ran. In a Texas that is pretty clearly going to go for Donald Trump by a mile (and if it doesn't, then he is in deep trouble nationally), it seems to me that doing something to get libertarians up to 5% just might be the best use of my vote. Although I haven't seen any polling, I think an Amash/Gabbard ticket would hurt democrats more than Trump. The never Trump R's who would vote for Amash didn't vote for Trump last time, and the D's who would vote for Gabbard probably outnumber them anyway. I think Amash's stand on impeachment was more calculated to attract never-Trump R's than it was reflective of his true views.

Did the fat guy who walked onto stage at the LNC in his Fruit of the Looms come up with that dead-on-arrival turd as well? Gabbard's inability to do healthcare math is profoundly alienating to the LP crowd. Amash would probably be welcomed and maybe even mostly eagerly but his recent actions show he's just as bad at political math.

No Republican but the most heavily infected with TDS never Trumper would ever vote for Amash for anything. And few never Trumpers are Libertarians. So he will basically get zero from the Republican side.