Gary Johnson in Time magazine


On Principles & Values: Republicans make me cringe; even kooky Libertarians don't

Now that Johnson is threatening to siphon votes from Mitt Romney in close elections (he's on the ballot in 46 states), Republicans are doing whatever they can to limit his appeal. In Pennsylvania, the GOP hired a private detective who went to canvassers' homes and flashed his old FBI badge before questioning the signatures they collected, a lawyer for Johnson's campaign alleged. The state GOP and the investigator denied doing anything improper. (On Oct. 10 a judge decided that Johnson will be on the Pennsylvania ballot.) The experience has left Johnson alienated from some of his old comrades--which, it turns out, he doesn't mind at all. "Going to Republican events, as I did a zillion times, I listened to Republican candidates do their spiel. I cringed at a lot of what they said, whether it was abortion, the terrorist threat, the homophobia, the 'illegal immigrant is the source of all our problems'--man, that stuff made me crazy. The kook element of the Libertarians gets up, and I don't cringe.
Source: Time Magazine, "Swampland", by Joel Stein Nov 1, 2012

On Principles & Values: 1972: George McGovern-supporting anti-Vietnam War pot smoker

Born in Minot ND, Johnson was a George McGovern-supporting anti-Vietnam War pot smoker who went to high school and college in New Mexico and started his empire as a door-to-door handyman. He still has a Midwesterner's accent and decency: he says things like "holy cow" and "Katie, bar the door." His running mate, whom Johnson met at a drug-legalization conference, says Johnson often seems to lack ego. "He said to me, 'If you have different ideas than I do, feel free to say that publicly.' "
Source: Time Magazine, "Swampland", by Joel Stein Nov 1, 2012

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