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After weeks of fighting to
be included in the major party election debates, Libertarian candidate Gary
Johnson got the chance to speak on the issues during a third party debate event
this week in Chicago.
Johnson joined presidential
nominees from the Green Party, Constitution Party and the Justice Party. The C-SPAN
debate was moderated by Larry King and Christina Tobin.
The debate covered topics
ranging from the war on drugs and immigration, to the rising cost of college
tuition. When talking about the nations fiscal condition the former New Mexico
Governor gave his take on the term “free.”
Johnson-“Free’ comes with a
cost. ‘Free’ is accumulating more to the $16 trillion in debt than we already
have. ‘Free’ has gotten us to the point where we are going to have a monetary
collapse.”
Johnson sued the Commission
on Presidential Debates last month in federal court to try to force them to
admit him to the debates. The commission only invites
candidates who polling shows have at least 15 percent support among voters.
Johnson expressed his frustration
with major party candidates.
Johnson-“There is only a
couple of voices being heard (in this campaign), and it’s tweedledumb and
tweedledee.”
Johnson has been plagued by
the concept of a ‘wasted vote’ during this close election season. Some republicans
fear he may cost Mitt Romney some some votes on November 6th.
The libertarian White House
hopeful addressed the vote worth during his closing statement.
Johnson-“Wasting your vote is voting for somebody that you
don’t believe in,” an impassioned Johnson said. “That’s wasting your vote. I’m
asking everybody here, I’m asking everybody watching this nationwide to waste
your vote on me.
Tuesday’s
debate won’t be the last third-party face-off of the campaign. Another debate
sponsored by the Free and Equal Elections Foundation is expected next week featuring
the two candidates who receive the most online votes.
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