Gary Johnson 'shoots himself in the foot', risks party unity

[Lion Heart 15,041]

Earlier this evening, Gary Johnson was elected to be the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, achieving a 50% tally in the second ballot and securing his second straight LP nomination. Austin Petersen and John McAfee put up good fights, but weren’t able to attain enough votes necessary to win the nomination, coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

McAfee neglected to endorse Gary Johnson, but Austin Petersen made it clear from the beginning of his campaign that he would endorse whichever candidate the LP elected. While Petersen and Gary often had testy moments with each other in the debates, Austin stood by his word by endorsing Johnson after he won the candidacy.

As a token of good faith, Austin gave Johnson a replica of George Washington’s flintlock pistol, to let him know that he has Austin’s full support in the general election. Tearing up on the front stage of the convention floor, Austin said to Gary as he presented him with the pistol, “You have my sword, and you have my gun.”

Hours later, a number of delegates were reporting on social media that Johnson was seen tossing Austin’s pistol in the garbage. A husband and wife witnessed Johnson throwing out the pistol and retrieved it from the garbage. The pistol has since been returned to Austin Petersen and remains in his possession.

This story has been verified by numerous delegates at the convention, as well as a state coordinator for Austin Petersen. Entrepreneur and tech expert Israel Anderson was present in Austin’s hospitality suite when the gun was returned and can also confirm this story. The story has also been confirmed by libertarian talk show host Jason Stapleton.

http://libertyhangout.org/2016/05/gary-johnson-shoots-himself-in-the-foot-throws-out-austin-petersens-gun/

 

Gary Johnson is a dumbass . The one year that a 3rd party actually has the chance to have some kind of impact on the General Election, and he does THIS. Idiot.

[shane_c 480]

Johnson did the right thing. Petersen and his supporters were booing and harrassing Johnson the whole convention, and more importantly for Johnson they were attacking Bill Weld and trying to keep him from being Johnson's vp. Johnson could not believe and was very gratefull that Weld agreed to be his running mate. This was his way of sort of showing solidarity with Weld but also just a result of being angered and stressed by what all went on at the convention.

Also Petersen is a joke. He's just using the LP to get attention for himself and his website. He has no qualifications at all to be president. He's essentially a blogger that I believe is an ex male model, thats in comparison to Johnson and Weld which are both two term governors.

[Lion Heart 15,041]

11 hours ago, shane_c said:

Johnson did the right thing. Petersen and his supporters were booing and harrassing Johnson the whole convention, and more importantly for Johnson they were attacking Bill Weld and trying to keep him from being Johnson's vp. Johnson could not believe and was very gratefull that Weld agreed to be his running mate. This was his way of sort of showing solidarity with Weld but also just a result of being angered and stressed by what all went on at the convention.

Also Petersen is a joke. He's just using the LP to get attention for himself and his website. He has no qualifications at all to be president. He's essentially a blogger that I believe is an ex male model, thats in comparison to Johnson and Weld which are both two term governors.

Hmm.. interesting. Thank you for providing some more context. 

 

Although Austin Petersen might be a joke, I still think it was a miscalculation to throw away Austin's gift in public as that might alienate the party. He could have at least done that in private.  

 

 

 

After seeing this nonsense... I can see why Austin is disliked.  

[shane_c 480]

It was a mistake, but its something he did because he was angry that Bill Weld was being attacked so much. They even made Weld take essentially a loyalty oath and say he wouldn't betray the LP. It was ridiculous. Its pretty much over now though, today Johnson tweeted Petersen thanking him for a tough race and Petersen tweeted back reiterating his support for Johnson's candidacy.

[Goosey 3,017]

On 5/31/2016 at 0:46 AM, Lion Heart said:

As a token of good faith, Austin gave Johnson a replica of George Washington’s flintlock pistol, to let him know that he has Austin’s full support in the general election. Tearing up on the front stage of the convention floor, Austin said to Gary as he presented him with the pistol, “You have my sword, and you have my gun.”

 

On 5/31/2016 at 0:46 AM, Lion Heart said:

Hours later, a number of delegates were reporting on social media that Johnson was seen tossing Austin’s pistol in the garbage. A husband and wife witnessed Johnson throwing out the pistol and retrieved it from the garbage.

 

 

What a nasty guy. He's a nasty, nasty guy.

 

Never vote for Gunless Gary!