Gary Johnson

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Pales in comparison to the Hillary gaffe in Syria which contributed to 800,000 deaths.

[Rage Against the McKee]

He's still the best candidate on the ballot.

[CNS]

I would rather him start at zero and admit that than start at a position that he doesn't understand but spouts off about it anyway.

That said, it's a bad look.  Even if you don't spend enough time on it to have a solid position, at least know what the eff it is.

Gary probably isn't spending time on things like that as his main military position is to pull out and let them figure their own crap out. 

[michigancat]

that certainly got him more press than anything else possibly could have.

[Kat Kid]

not true, labor seeks to maximize working conditions for incumbents.  I don't know this for a fact, but I bet there is a lot of prison guard union bitching about prison overcrowding.

i don't know either, but i would guess they would bitch about understaffing rather than overcrowding.

maybe in extreme cases, but racking up OT in a prison would be a goal of most prison guards.

[MakeItRain]

LOL at the Gary Johnsonstans shrugging this off. Regular people should know what/where Aleppo is, [redacted] can't read or does he not have a television?

[catastrophe]

Gary is definitely a flawed candidate just like every candidate in history. I'm not voting for him because he's perfect. I'm voting for him because I agree with his positions more than any other national candidate.

[Rage Against the McKee]

LOL at the Gary Johnsonstans shrugging this off. Regular people should know what/where Aleppo is, [redacted] can't read or does he not have a television?

It's definitely not a good look, but he would have to do something much worse than that for me to decide to vote for Clinton or Trump instead.

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

Was probably HAF. He knows where Aleppo is most of the time, I'm sure.

JD fact: I have an Aleppo pine in my back yard.

[sys]

i like weld better.

[mocat]

libertarians are much more concerned with domestic policy than what's going on in BFSyria

[Spracne]

Can someone help me out re: GJ? Is Gary small 'l' libertarian or big 'L' Libertarian?

Thanks for your time.

[ednksu]

I'm amazed at people's ability to ignore a candidate's failure on one the biggest foreign policy issues for the next 2 to 3 presidential terms.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

Well, IMO, not knowing about Syria seems like a significantly better foreign policy than a) nuke Syria, or b) sell arms to homicidal, genocidal regime who supports isis and lie about it foreign policy.


All 3 are pretty bad, tho.

[DQ12]

in his defense ""What would you do if you were elected about Aleppo?" is a weird way to ask a candidate about their plans for the Syrian conflict.  do people really think Johnson has no clue about the Syrian civil war?

[8manpick]

Makes me feel better about Gary going full isolationist when we elect him

[Panjandrum]

Makes me feel better about Gary going full isolationist when we elect him

"Make America Margaritaville Again!"

[8manpick]

I just don't understand the concern over specifics for someone who has zero chance of actually becoming president. Worry about he and his party's overarching ideology, not a gotcha gaffe in an interview.

[steve dave]

in his defense ""What would you do if you were elected about Aleppo?" is a weird way to ask a candidate about their plans for the Syrian conflict.  do people really think Johnson has no clue about the Syrian civil war?

yeah, weird question. but his response made it pretty clear he had no idea what aleppo was. it wasn't the question that threw him off. I'm sure he knows some stuff about the conflict but it's less than I know (and I only know what I get from bbc news on the drive to and from work).

[wetwillie]

I think he heard the question as a "Leppo" and got thrown off.  Probably thought they found another planet.

[catastrophe]

I'm amazed at people's ability to ignore a candidate's failure on one the biggest foreign policy issues for the next 2 to 3 presidential terms.

Who is ignoring it?

[Rage Against the McKee]

I think he heard the question as a "Leppo" and got thrown off.  Probably thought they found another planet.

It did sound like he asked "what's a leppo?"

[Mrs. Gooch]

I think he heard the question as a "Leppo" and got thrown off.  Probably thought they found another planet.

It did sound like he asked "what's a leppo?"

It's like that time when someone interviewed Justin Bieber and he didn't know what the word "German" meant.

[catastrophe]

The interviewer should have followed up with, how are you feelings on updog?

[cfbandyman]

in his defense ""What would you do if you were elected about Aleppo?" is a weird way to ask a candidate about their plans for the Syrian conflict.  do people really think Johnson has no clue about the Syrian civil war?

yeah, weird question. but his response made it pretty clear he had no idea what aleppo was. it wasn't the question that threw him off. I'm sure he knows some stuff about the conflict but it's less than I know (and I only know what I get from bbc news on the drive to and from work).

IT was pretty much this. When you hear just the clip it sounds really bad, but also a poor way to word the question. But then if you hear the whole thing you realize that no, he basically Trump's the question and says "it's a mess, really bad over there"