Gary Johnson Loses It! Goes Full PC Over Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’ [VIDEO]

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Gary Johnson Loses It! Goes Full PC Over Term ‘Illegal Immigrant’ [VIDEO]
An interview with guy Benson of Townhall:
Wow, Johnson really loses it... no matter how one feels about the rest of his platform, or illegal immigration, or "undocumented immigrants" I would say to him, No; I would not do the same thing. Right or wrong, I would respect the sovereignty and rule of law of the nation I wish to enter. I would enter legally, consider another nation, stay where I am and try to change things in my native land, or start my own business. I wouldn't want to be arrested or considered to be a scofflaw by the native citizens. When in Rome...
A second link: http://www.infowars.com/watch-gary-jo...

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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Possibly but stripping Johnson is quite easy. All he's got to do is mention including people from smaller parties in his administration 'as' members of that party. Example Allison of BBBT as a consultant adviser on the economy etc. Couch it in terms like this. Libertarians have labored hard and long for many years and like most party members there are those special few. (Insert name) currently from the Green Party is another. In that way members of these small group who struggled valiantly and with great moral purpose would be put in a position to make a difference. Thus heartening their membership and attracting new members. Perhaps that would get some more life into these debates requring 15%." No need to memntion Klein nor Johnson. And Allison is the one obvious choice. Refine that and throw it in the mix as Diversity In Politics Keeps It Alive!
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Immigration has been a strong force for enriching this country by bringing people who want to make a better life for themselves and their families. We need to continue to encourage immigration. The question is: can we accommodate everyone on the planet who wants to immigrate to the U.S.? If the answer is yes, then get rid of all immigration laws, no H1B visas nothing, if a computer programmer wants to come here for a good job, they are welcome.

    If we can't take everyone then we have to have some rules. We should not give preference to those who are willing to break our laws in order to get here.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Libertarianism is NOT the opposite of liberalism, which is also not the same as progressive. It is not possible to be in alignment on social freedom and be opposite. The problem with progressives is they don't follow up social freedom with complimentary responsibility.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 8 years, 7 months ago
    Overstated title. I agree with Johnson to some degree, and I suspect the interviewer was just trying to prod him into saying something outrageous to use against him. The little interviewer comes across as a twerp to me.
    Yes they are illegal. Yes the laws need updating. Is this really the biggest problem we have? Only citizens should vote and hardworking, smart people should get citizenship in ten minutes. Maybe we can make space for them by exporting some able-bodied welfare candidates to socialist and communist states.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    May I rephrase the choices are between Socialist Autocracy and Constitutional Republic.
    Sure thing on the left lottery ticket on the right.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Same principles apply to publicly owned land. It's not government owned it belongs to we the people government and our employees in government are just the grounds keepers.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Comments are not always attacks unlless one is trying to enflame the issue. I can't be sure of that nor can anyone ensure that given his public pronouncements Where is the liberty and justice for supporting criminal activity and demanding they receive amnesty? Where's the liberty and justice in being anti Second Amendment and with the addition of suporting criminal action pro citizens of another country to the detriment of ours?

    Every dollar spent on those criminals, theives, thugs, murders, is a dollar less for our own citizens. Don't try to use the excuse that som are law abiding. If they are illegal they are not. And so are the people in the USA who knowlingly hire them.
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  • Posted by $ jdg 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    The LP platform hasn't significantly changed in the 30+ years I've been a member. It is a consistent philosophy with principles, even if it doesn't include as deep a philosophy as Objectivism. (A fact that doesn't bother me since I long ago outgrew the notion that any "ultimate bedrock" exists into which a philosophy can ever be grounded. Beneath logic and semantics there is nothing but a vacuum.)

    Those who call it inconsistent simply need to unlearn the bogus dualism of "left" and "right".
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  • Posted by Bethesda-gal 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm voting for Trump. I want my nation's borders enforced. Weld is also for gun control. While there are a number of libertarian positions that I agree with, I more so am a Constitutionalist as I think that best protects freedom and capitalism. I think Trump will have the best chance to adhere to the. Constitution.
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  • Posted by Bethesda-gal 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There must be something amiss in this information since the fed prevailed against AZ ( or TX?) regarding border enforcement saying the state was overstepping its authority and that border enforcement was a fed responsibility.
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  • Posted by cem4881 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Johnson does want reasonable precautions taken, no criminals and no diseases. It is extremely difficult for me to understand the attacks he has received at the hands of those who love Ayn Rand. You can be sure he will do what he can to reverse the growth of government, to increase liberty and justice. Just who are you voting for?
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 8 years, 7 months ago
    What choices we have...
    A Crook
    A pretender
    and another pretender.

    Election 2016, what was a slam dunk for the Rs has become more nauseating than any election in recent memory...pick you poison.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Toward the end of the 19th century they were called "Mugwumps." Because they had their mugs on one side of the fence and their wumps on the other.
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  • Posted by jsw225 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Libertarianism is the opposite of Liberalism (Progressivism). The fact that Johnson things himself as rather progressive just shows that it is another party perverted by socialists.
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  • Posted by jsw225 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Simply put, Congress ONLY has the power to set Immigration and Naturalization policy, according to the US Constitution. Nowhere in the constitution does it grant the Federal Government sole province to enforce those powers.

    As long as the states are following the same policy (and they should be held to account for it, both doing too much, and too little), they are fully expected to help enforce immigration law.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Still reading the commentary in the latest Julian Jaynes book, psychologist have determined that more than 60% of the countries and cultures in the world are what they call "Pre-Literate" meaning their language and use of it put's them right back in pagan bicameral old testament times. You see, it wasn't Only spoken language that started us on the journey into self awareness, it was written language and a loss of their internal voice that pushed us over the edge; so you can see here Why, most of the world has not caught up.
    Like it or not, it was our Hebrew biblical ancestors awakening that gave us "western" society.

    How to awaken the rest of the worlds cultures...I have no clue except, teach them English and give em a whole lot to read and write.
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  • Posted by lrshultis 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You are correct about the times. As developed countries create more wealth, the conditions in other countries tend to get better as long as the people have some liberty. In the US the overflow helps millions who would be worse off without the wealth creation. Just have to get some of the law off the backs of everyone so that compliance does not destroy a lot of the future wealth.
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  • Posted by Bethesda-gal 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You need to get better informed on Johnson's full immigration principles. He does not believe in borders AT ALL. As for those who stayed here illegally after their visas had expired and who you claim tried to gain legal status ( first I've heard of that) does not address their illegal actions.
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  • Posted by roneida 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    A few years ago, some big ampaign was going on and one candidate was so proud of staying in the Middle of the Road. The Secretary of Agriculture for the State of Texas told him, " Son, in Texas all we have in the middle of the road are yellow lines and dead armadillos" .
    I laughed for days over that...still true.
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  • Posted by blackswan 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Notice that this pile of shit was created by a government that MADE immigration laws, and then decided NOT to ENFORCE them. Now, we're told that the pile of shit is too big to clean up, so let's just keep doing what made the pile in the first place. Sure sounds like a solution to me (in another world).
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, I agree. They are labels that have lost their meanings. At the turn of the 19th to 20th century, liberal meant what we now call conservative. Libertarian has come to be a party of rational philosophy in name only, while liberal now means socialist. We once had a country that was a Rolls-Royce compared to others. Today we'll have to get there in a Yugo.
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