{"id":14046,"date":"2016-10-14T13:16:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T13:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=14046"},"modified":"2016-10-14T13:16:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T13:16:45","slug":"johnson-supporters-rally-in-west-end-to-let-gary-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/10\/14\/johnson-supporters-rally-in-west-end-to-let-gary-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson Supporters Rally in West End to \u2018Let Gary Debate\u2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of people gathered in West End this afternoon to rally in favor of letting Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson participate in the third presidential debate next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters waving\u00a0signs and cutouts of Johnson\u2019s head met outside of\u00a0the\u00a0Commission on Presidential Debates office at 1200 New Hampshire Ave. NW to chant \u201cLet Gary debate!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrTimRegan\/status\/786604936687681536\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"786604936687681536\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           cards-multimedia\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 56.2500%\">\n<div class=\"NaturalImage-ctaOverlay PlayButton PlayButton--centered\" data-scribe=\"element:play_button\">\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset MediaCard-mediaPlaceholder\n                    NaturalImage NaturalImage--fill\n\n                    js-playableMediaInterstitial\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrTimRegan\/status\/786604936687681536\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sTJiwuz-k-UWN200.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:poster_image\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some attendees, like Dustan Bower, came in part\u00a0to protest the system by which we choose our president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the two old parties\u2026 basically are completely detached from the reality of most voters,\u201d Bowser said. \u201cThey try to force them into one of these positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For brothers Scott and Tyler Nielson, the rally was a way to show support for the candidate they thought would do the best job in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI legitimately believe Gary Johnson is a better choice. He\u2019s more qualified than either of the major party candidates,\u201d Tyler said.\u00a0\u201cGary Johnson and Bill Weld could do a better job of governing by consensus,\u201d added\u00a0his brother, Scott.<\/p>\n<p>Reese Sadler, who lives in Lynchburg, Va., said he drove hours to attend today\u2019s rally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a third party among Hillary and Donald,\u201d Sadler said while clutching a massive Johnson head. \u201cThere\u2019s two scandalous nominees who are running, so we need a sensible candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/\/www.borderstan.com\/2016\/10\/13\/johnson-supporters-rally-in-west-end-to-let-gary-debate\/\">Johnson Supporters Rally in West End to \u2018Let Gary Debate\u2019 | Borderstan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"true\";\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"megalextori0e-20\";\namzn_assoc_search_bar_position = \"top\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_title = \"Search Results from Amazon\";\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"Gary Johnson\";\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"e17b579996b3e8fd4c72e17389400aa1\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of people gathered in West End this afternoon to rally in favor of letting Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson participate in the third presidential debate next Wednesday. Supporters waving\u00a0signs and cutouts of Johnson\u2019s head met outside of\u00a0the\u00a0Commission on Presidential Debates office at 1200 New Hampshire Ave. NW to chant \u201cLet Gary debate!\u201d Some attendees, like Dustan Bower, came in part\u00a0to protest the system by which we choose our president. \u201cI think that the two old parties\u2026 basically are completely detached from the reality of most voters,\u201d Bowser said. \u201cThey try to force them into one of these positions.\u201d For brothers Scott and Tyler Nielson, the rally was a way to show support for the candidate they thought would do the best job in office. \u201cI legitimately believe Gary Johnson is a better choice. He\u2019s more qualified than either of the major party candidates,\u201d Tyler said.\u00a0\u201cGary Johnson and Bill Weld could do a better job of governing by consensus,\u201d added\u00a0his brother, Scott. Reese Sadler, who lives in Lynchburg, Va., said he drove hours to attend today\u2019s rally. \u201cWe need a third party among Hillary and Donald,\u201d Sadler said while clutching a massive Johnson head. \u201cThere\u2019s two scandalous nominees who are running, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[763],"class_list":["post-14046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-politics","tag-gary-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}