{"id":13774,"date":"2016-09-26T13:09:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T13:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=13774"},"modified":"2016-09-26T13:14:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T13:14:19","slug":"gary-johnson-in-austin-pitches-himself-as-alternative-to-two-evils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2016\/09\/26\/gary-johnson-in-austin-pitches-himself-as-alternative-to-two-evils\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Johnson in Austin pitches himself as alternative to \u201ctwo evils\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson touted his anti-establishment credentials and took swings at Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during a rally in downtown Austin on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes anybody think that come Monday evening after these debates that we\u2019re all going to say, \u2018Oh my gosh, our country is in great hands\u2019?\u201d Johnson said to a room of supporters standing shoulder to shoulder, waving posters bearing Johnson\u2019s name. \u201cNobody is going to think that. This is the situation: You elect Trump or you elect Clinton, is the polarity in Congress going to get any better? No way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rally at the Palm Door on Sabine Street came hours after Johnson sat down for a one-on-one conversation with ABC News\u2019 Matthew Dowd at the Texas Tribune Festival, where Johnson predicted that the November election will be \u201cthe demise of the Republican Party\u201d and potentially the country\u2019s two-party system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cm-inline cm-inline-medleyphoto cm-inline\">\n<figure><a class=\"img_11504035\" title=\"Click to View Larger\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/news\/state-regional-govt-politics\/gary-johnson-2016-will-be-demise-of-the-republican\/nsdxp\/#11504035\" data-asset_id=\"11504035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dtm-event--nongalleryphoto\" title=\"Gary Johnson in Austin pitches himself as alternative to \u201ctwo evils\u201d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rgz-gary-johnson_2.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Johnson in Austin pitches himself as alternative to \u201ctwo evils\u201d photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" data-content-type=\"medleyphoto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see politics ever being the same again and it\u2019s because the two parties have become so polarized,\u201d Johnson said during the interview.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, who also ran as the Libertarian candidate for president in 2012, said the electoral system is rigged against third party candidates, pointing to the fact that he was excluded from participating in Monday\u2019s presidential debate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cm-inline cm-inline-medleyphoto cm-inline cm-outset-left\">\n<figure><a class=\"img_11499620\" title=\"Click to View Larger\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/news\/state-regional-govt-politics\/gary-johnson-2016-will-be-demise-of-the-republican\/nsdxp\/#11499620\" data-asset_id=\"11499620\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"dtm-event--nongalleryphoto\" title=\"Gary Johnson: 2016 will be \u201cdemise of the Republican Party\u201d\" src=\"http:\/\/media.cmgdigital.com\/shared\/lt\/lt_cache\/thumbnail\/600\/img\/photos\/2016\/09\/24\/2d\/30\/IMG_4563.jpg\" alt=\"Gary Johnson: 2016 will be \u201cdemise of the Republican Party\u201d photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-content-type=\"medleyphoto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Johnson, the former Republican governor of New Mexico, said instead of choosing between \u201cthe lesser of two evils\u201d in November\u2019s election, voters should see him as a potential first choice.<\/p>\n<p>Full article: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/news\/state-regional-govt-politics\/gary-johnson-2016-will-be-demise-of-the-republican\/nsdxp\/\">Gary Johnson in Austin pitches himself as alternative to \u201ctwo&#8230; | www.statesman.com<\/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 = \"0db6a042bc6dc1f3cb05799a8d3f8b69\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson touted his anti-establishment credentials and took swings at Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton during a rally in downtown Austin on Saturday. \u201cDoes anybody think that come Monday evening after these debates that we\u2019re all going to say, \u2018Oh my gosh, our country is in great hands\u2019?\u201d Johnson said to a room of supporters standing shoulder to shoulder, waving posters bearing Johnson\u2019s name. \u201cNobody is going to think that. This is the situation: You elect Trump or you elect Clinton, is the polarity in Congress going to get any better? No way.\u201d The rally at the Palm Door on Sabine Street came hours after Johnson sat down for a one-on-one conversation with ABC News\u2019 Matthew Dowd at the Texas Tribune Festival, where Johnson predicted that the November election will be \u201cthe demise of the Republican Party\u201d and potentially the country\u2019s two-party system. \u201cI don\u2019t see politics ever being the same again and it\u2019s because the two parties have become so polarized,\u201d Johnson said during the interview. Johnson, who also ran as the Libertarian candidate for president in 2012, said the electoral system is rigged against third party candidates, pointing to the fact that he was excluded [&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":[2116,763,1717],"class_list":["post-13774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-politics","tag-austin","tag-gary-johnson","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}