Gary Johnson is running for President as a Libertarian. The raison d’etre for his campaign is marijuana legalization. Good for him — but good luck. That probably ranks near the bottom of issues important to Americans as the federal debt spirals entirely out of control and millions are out of work.
Last night, amazing amateurism came across my television screen in the form of a Gary Johnson advertisement
The ad looks like a high-school project. It shows costumed characters in a black and white setting doing something sinister and dastardly. One speaks in German. Rule 101 of political ads: use English. One character has a bib with a donkey. We barely get to see the other’s bib. The amateur becomes comedy when the pair remove a sheet to reveal a shaking man in a costume which combines the features of an elephant and donkey. The pair cackle through the end of the video, laughing at their own joke like potheads watching reruns of H.R. Puffenstuff at 2 a.m. as smoke wafts across the set.
Where to begin? I suppose if your campaign is centered on pot legalization, this is a good strategy. Otherwise, it has got to be the dumbest political ad, ever. The audio is awful. The reveal is clownlike. But worst of all, a dwindling number of people in this polarized country think there is no difference between the ideas of the two major parties. Liberty is a good thing. But this year, the Libertarian Party seems less relevant than ever before, no thanks to silly ads produced by minor leaguers.
P.S. If the producers of this ad want to contact me and tell me why this ad is brilliant, I’ll print it all.
The worst part of this is the “I get 2 votes” Gary Johnson did. He first runs as a Republican, and when that fails, he tries to play spoiler. So one minute he thinks the 2 party system works, and the next he doesn’t. Whatever.
“He first runs as a Republican, and when that fails, he tries to play spoiler.”
Ron Paul built a career out of that.
You know, these libertarians are always saying how both parties are the same, but when it comes time to run in a primary, they always do it in the Republican party. Doesn’t that sorta/kinda mean they think the Republicans are better than the Democrats? That their ideas will be better received by the Republicans? How can this be if they are both the same?
There is a libertarian wing in of the GOP that doesn’t exist in the Democrap party. Liberartians (small “L”) think there is at least a chance to exercise some influence of policy in the GOP or that even a takeover is – long range – possible. Of the Entitlement Party, not so much.
The elephants and donkeys deserve the bird! Obama and Romney have forsaken the American Dream: Self-Government, freedom from big government tyranny and oppression.
A declaration is an affirmation. Independence means self-government. They could have called The Declaration of Independence, The Affirmation of Self-Government! Aha! The Founders were libertarian.
Gary Johnson and Judge Jim Gray are the only choice to Save the American Dream and to Restore Justice, the guardian of Liberty! The people believe in self-government and self-medication.
Gary Johnson’s campaign has nothing to do with this ad.
It was created by the Gary Johnson SuperPAC, “Freedom and Liberty.”