Gary Johnson

[renocat]

Protesting is leaving a.turd in the voting booth.  Voting is an honored civic privilege.

[Cartierfor3]

there is no such thing as a protest vote.

[MakeItRain]

people voting for Johnson/stein don't actually expect either to become the next president i don't think.

No we don't. I'm voting for Jill Stein because her beliefs match most more closely with mine, and I'm in the GP.

The John Oliver thing was fine, all he was doing was exposing the flaws of Johnson and Stein. I am actually glad he did it, he treated them like anyone running a national campaign for president should be treated.

[Cartierfor3]

He's never treated HRC like that IIRC MIR.

[Rage Against the McKee]

He's never treated HRC like that IIRC MIR.

He went after Clinton's scandals 2-3 weeks ago.

[catastrophe]

I believe that is correct.  Oliver has given Hillary some grief before, but he has never done a feature segment on her unelectability like he has the other candidates. It's obvious he wants Hillary to be elected, but I can't really blame him.

[catastrophe]

He's never treated HRC like that IIRC MIR.

He went after Clinton's scandals 2-3 weeks ago.

And I believe that segment ended with Oliver saying something like "but that is all NOTHING compared to Trump, so stop worrying about it." (with raisins)

[CNS]

John Oliver is controlling our electoral process!!!!!!   

[john "teach me how to" dougie]

John Oliver is controlling our electoral process!!!!!!   

Just another cog in the media wheel, CNS.

[catastrophe]

I mean, he clearly wants to determine who wins. So do most people that discuss it, including myself. Oliver is probably just a little more effective at it than I am.

[Rage Against the McKee]

He's never treated HRC like that IIRC MIR.

He went after Clinton's scandals 2-3 weeks ago.

And I believe that segment ended with Oliver saying something like "but that is all NOTHING compared to Trump, so stop worrying about it." (with raisins)

Well, when you put them side by side, that is sort of the objective conclusion.

[catastrophe]

But notice when discussing Stein and Johnson, he did not compare their shortcomings to Trump's to explain them away.

[Rage Against the McKee]

But notice when discussing Stein and Johnson, he did not compare their shortcomings to Trump's to explain them away.

I haven't watched that one yet. I agree that it would be better to explain them away by comparing them to both Donald and Hillary. Neither has any chance to win, though, so it's whatever.

[cfbandyman]

I mean, he clearly wants to determine who wins. So do most people that discuss it, including myself. Oliver is probably just a little more effective at it than I am.

Pretty much. I do really enjoy John Oliver. While he/the Last Week Tonight show team sometime reaches, and sometimes has to take a few easy outs both for the sake of time and entertainment (which is ultimately what it should be) he does a real good job at exposing many of the ills of society in a compact, funny, smart, and researched way.

[_33]

people voting for Johnson/stein don't actually expect either to become the next president i don't think.

No we don't. I'm voting for Jill Stein because her beliefs match most more closely with mine, and I'm in the GP.

The John Oliver thing was fine, all he was doing was exposing the flaws of Johnson and Stein. I am actually glad he did it, he treated them like anyone running a national campaign for president should be treated.

Did you hear the part where he was making fun of those song lyrics?  When he said "silent thunder" is just silence I Lol'd. I love John Oliver. Even though our political leanings lean opposite ways.

[MakeItRain]

people voting for Johnson/stein don't actually expect either to become the next president i don't think.

No we don't. I'm voting for Jill Stein because her beliefs match most more closely with mine, and I'm in the GP.

The John Oliver thing was fine, all he was doing was exposing the flaws of Johnson and Stein. I am actually glad he did it, he treated them like anyone running a national campaign for president should be treated.

Did you hear the part where he was making fun of those song lyrics?  When he said "silent thunder" is just silence I Lol'd. I love John Oliver. Even though our political leanings lean opposite ways.

Those lyrics were so incredibly awful.

[MakeItRain]

http://reason.com/blog/2016/10/17/progress-john-oliver-mocks-third-party-c