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Gary Johnson

New Johnson/Weld Ad: "no insults, no threats, no bluffs…this is a HUGE opportunity, don't you see?"

Touts support for social freedoms, immigration, pot legalization, and military while highlighting calls for lower, simpler taxes and "smaller government."

Nick Gillespie | 8.28.2016 5:04 PM

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The Gary Johnson/Bill Weld Libertarian Party ticket has a new ad out that I first came across on Facebook.

It's a graphic-heavy, upbeat pitch that hits many of the candidates' stances on hot-button issues. It calls for keeping government "out of my bedroom and out of my pocketbook" and for being for immigration, marijuana legalization, and marriage equality. The ad also says that the United States will have an "invincible" military that will only be used for defensive purposes and that taxes need to be simpler and lower.

"This is a huge opportunity, don't you see?" Johnson, a former two-term governor of New Mexico, asks near the end.

Take a look below, on Facebook, or Twitter.

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Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie.

Gary JohnsonElection 2016
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  1. GILMORE?   9 years ago

    OT =

    Who is so fucking retarded that they *misspell a tattoo?*

    yes, yes... would x1000, but seriously.

    1. Craig Smith   9 years ago

      Typos happen even with Tattoos, apparently.

  2. The Fusionist   9 years ago

    ""no insults, no threats, no bluffs"

    Coming down
    One love, two mouths
    One love, one house
    No shirt, no blouse
    Just us, you find out
    Nothing that I wouldn't wanna tell you about, no no

  3. The Fusionist   9 years ago

    "This is a huge opportunity, don't you see?"

    Can't you see, can't you see, what this election's been doing to me

  4. The Fusionist   9 years ago

    "an invincible military"

  5. The Fusionist   9 years ago

    We are the champions, my friends
    And we'll keep fighting to the end
    No time for losers
    'Cause we are the champions

    1. The Fusionist   9 years ago

      "Hey, Governor, you posted some NSFW stuff instead of that victory anthem of yours"

  6. The Fusionist   9 years ago

    I believe we will win - and do you know why?

  7. AddictionMyth   9 years ago

    Yeah... no. Oh well.

  8. Vernon Depner   9 years ago

    Who else believed he would win when his minor party wasn't taken seriously?

  9. PaulineLopez   9 years ago

    I can say this is the perfect blog for everybody admission essay who read and post here everyday. I dont know why I always visit here maybe its so nice to read here a interesting topics all day. So ill be back more to check more updates and new comments.

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