As the election (or should that be the erection) draws closer……how many disenfranchised GOPers have changed to the Libertarians?  They seem to be afraid of Mr. Trump’s candidacy…..but they may be so with their new best choice.

I have written a wealth on why Trump and Clinton are bad ideas for your vote….I have also written about Dr. Stein of the Green Party….which is NOT a bad choice…….but I have not written much about the Libertarian in the race, Gary Johnson.

Personally I think Johnson is a joke but he is polling higher than Stein….for some reason….maybe because voters do not know that much about him other than he is for legalization of marijuana and his basic ant-interventionism…..both of those stands are commendable but there is more to the candidate than he wants to talk about….

A recent NBC News/Quinnipiac poll reveals that more than a quarter of young voters—many who had supported the presidential bid of Sen. Bernie Sanders—plan to cast their presidential ballots for Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson. Democrats are increasingly nervous that Johnson’s candidacy could pull more voters from Hillary Clinton than from her Republican rival, Donald Trump, especially in key states like Colorado and Wisconsin. While Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein draws mostly progressive voters, Johnson’s support hails from the breadth of the political spectrum, making it more difficult to suss out. However, because he is on the ballot in all 50 states (Stein is not), most pollsters consider his campaign to be a greater threat to Clinton’s chances in some swing states. And because the U.S. uses the electoral college system to determine the outcome of presidential elections, that could matter on November 8, no matter Clinton’s overall support among the general population.

Source: 12 Ways Gary Johnson Is a Hardcore Right-Wing Radical | Alternet

I am a foreign policy wonk so I base a lot of my support on that….but when Johnson was asked about the situation in Aleppo and he did not know what it was…strike one and then when the most recent bombings in NYC/NJ and he said “At least no one was hurt”….maybe those 29 people would like to know that they are nobodys.

But his ignorance is there……so what type of ignorance is it?

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson flubbed a question about the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo but a more pervasive form of ignorance comes in the form of politically slanted “knowledge,”

The vast majority of people “live locally.” Wherever they are residing, that is the arena of their life, and it is that environment that they know best. Even up-and-coming American political leaders are subject to this rule. This became embarrassingly obvious when, on Sept. 8, Gary Johnson made his now famous faux pas.

Source: Simple Ignorance vs. Politically Slanted Ignorance – Consortiumnews

The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once commented that “false knowledge is more dangerous than ignorance.”…..love the quote!

However if you are leaning toward the Libertarians then for Christ sake….know your candidate!

Source: The myth of Gary Johnson

I see nothing in his stands that would lead me down the hemlock trail and vote for him…..or any Libertarian……the ideology is just plain….how shall I put it?  Wacky!

I am still thinking GREEN…..and so should you.