Is there any chance of former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson winning the Republican primary? No, not in this lifetime. This guy is way too rational and tolerant for a party which likes their leaders with a bit more hate, vitriol and ice flowing through their blood.
Here is the former New Mexico governor expressing his thoughts on his party’s obsession with social issues and, specifically, The Family Leader’s ridiculous “The Marriage Vow” signed by Bachmann and Santorum.
“While The Family Leader pledge covers just about every other so-called virtue they can think of, the one that is conspicuously missing is tolerance. In one concise document, they manage to condemn gays, single parents, single individuals, divorcees, Muslims, gays in the military, unmarried couples, women who choose to have abortions and everyone else who doesn’t fit in a Norman Rockwell painting.”
“The Republican Party cannot afford to have a Presidential candidate who condones intolerance, bigotry and the denial of liberty to the citizens of this country. If we nominate such a candidate, we will never capture the White House in 2012. If candidates who sign this pledge somehow think they are scoring some points with some core constituency of the Republican Party, they are doing so at the peril of writing off the vast majority of Americans who want no part of this ‘pledge’ and its offensive language.”
And…
“Social issues are not going to win the White House in 2012. When I see Republican presidential candidates discussing morality as if the government were some type of watchdog and moral compass for America — then I see the American electorate being turned away.”
“When they look at the field of candidates for President, what do voters really see? They see: We need to balance the budget, but not too fast. We need to deal with entitlements, but not enough that anybody really feels a difference. And yes, we need to cut spending by trillions, but don’t touch defense. And worst of all, the voters see a party that says it wants government out of our daily lives, except when it comes to gay rights, a woman’s right to choose, what we do on the internet, or what our families look like.”
Smart…and true. A few more hundred Gary Johnson type Republicans in leadership roles and that party might one day be able to pull itself out of the mudpit of intolerance it currently finds itself in.
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