Originally Posted By: Sini
Originally Posted By: Helemoto
Originally Posted By: JetStar
I am picking the lessor of two evil in my opinion. Going Hillary.


The lesser of two evils would be Gary Johnson.


Agreed. Watched CNN interview with him last night, surprisingly and disappointingly he was downplaying his libertarian creed to gain broader appeal.

Especially cringe-worthy was a question from audience on regulating food to fight obesity, and he didn't slam back on it at all and danced around by suggesting he likes to eat healthy and supports clear labeling.

While he is still preferable to Trump or Hillary, I am now less enthused.


Gary Johnson has never been a great off-the-cuff speaker or debater. I wish he was, but he just isn't.

On the other hand, I will give him credit for maintaining some campaign discipline. He knows that there is a large media segment that wants to take something out of context, or overplay it and give him the Jill Stein anti-vaxxer treatment.

It's not that he couldn't handle some of those questions - such as the food regulation - better, but not giving a response that could be straw-manned up into a Libertarian-Somalia attack is already doing pretty good, all things considered.

For who could be free when every other man's humour might domineer over him? - John Locke (2nd Treatise, sect 57)