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My litter doesn't make a difference as long as the rest of you don't litter. A third party won't ever win if people keep following the lemming in front of them.

Johnson so far. No one else close. Clinton and Trump thank you for your continued belief in their Parties. Splat.

Now using Twitter to spit on fallen soldier's family. Amiright former performer? Trump is so thin skinned that he can't just thank Capt Khan for his sacrifice and offer sympathy for the parents, like a person with any moral compass would do. But yeah, how bad can a vote for him be?

Doc is another. Quite a few here voting Trump and following their party line with a sour stomach. R and D lemmings make the same splat.

Something in this campaign shows you he's a bridge building leader? I get the hope that he's created a persona and will negotiate back from that. That this is a game. Etc. but you support him based on "he's not Hillary." You sell your morals so cheap?

And Trump is an unpredictable buffoon not fit to lead a class trip let alone a country. A vote for either one is a travesty.

Hillary is a predicatable hawk. Johnson is an alternative too.

The president can't enact legislation (except by Bush-Obama fiat). Johnson would have to do in the US what he did as governor, the unthinkable in 2016. He will have to reach across aisles, make compromises. Like a grown up. At the moment, he seems like the only person in the race capable of acting like one.

But here's the thing. He will be the commander in chief of the US military. Finger on the button. Head of State. There's more to being president than working with Congress. He will be a disaster. On another note, some genius at the NY Times is keeping a growing list of all of Trump's Twitter insults, organized by party insulted. The party of Abe Lincoln brings you its 2016 GOP nominee:

Sarah Palin was a governor. Watch him being interviewed. It's the perception he casts. And I plan to vote for him.

Their IQ is dragged down by their extra ankle bone.

Ding ding ding. Cruz was the wrong choice and made sure everyone knew it. If everyone you work with hates you at a deep level, you are not a good leader.

I've seen you hit this drum and I do understand why but I don't think it's that simple. Clinton has a pretty clear leftist with some serious hawk policy (sticking to ideas and platform here, not her abhorrent history). Listening to Trump, you'd be hard-pressed to figure out a coherent policy. That said, his website lays out a modestly GOP-friendly platform. Trump appears to have little-to-no belief in those as-written positions and is not taking them seriously. If he was, maybe we could have an election on the issues and not the personalities. I am likely to vote Johnson. I agree with his positions nearly completely. I like that he and Weld are committed to co-governing. Image wise, I wish Johnson didn't come across like the "B team" intellect. I hope he gets more exposure and proves me wrong. I'm not sure he has presidential gravitas--if he did, he might be doing a little better. I showed some interview to some friends recently and they literally said, "that guy?" They were laughing to imagine him as president. Nothing to do with his positions. They were on board with his positions. Strange issue, but a real one.

Fitz is a no brainer on a team with a solid starting QB. He's a good teammate. Smart. Reliable (for a backup) and even occasionally quite good. Plays his guts out.

Oh good, it's the time of year for "Brady is done" threads.

I wonder what Trump could say to actually lose a current supporter.

It's awesome that following the schitshows that gave us Trump and Clinton, the media stories this week are about how you can't waste a vote on a third party and how third parties can't govern. That's rich. At least it's finally some press for Johnson. Keep it coming media. Bad press has been working wonders for Trump so far.

Here on business but travel here a lot. Won't hijack this thread too far off course but if you did the hamburger stunt, people would laugh and take videos of the crazy American guy for their facebook/Instagram feeds, just like anywhere else.

I saw WIki stories all over FB this weekend. My crunchy friends were apoplectic.

Stein certainly has the heart of the Sanders supporters but when those voters draw the curtain and face down a Trump presidency, they will fall in line. The conservatives, on the other hand...I could see more of them pulling a lever for Johnson.

EII hack your account?

Get a room please.

Candid and Putin are not words that go together. That "press conference" was Putin manipulating his media and controlling his message in every word. But candid? No. Putin is candid when he takes a dump. In everything else he's manipulative and shrewd.

I just woke up in India--reading the stories sounds like pre-prime time chaos. When I checked in, looked pretty much like every other boring convention. Michelle, Bernie, Booker, and Warren is a lineup that won't get booed. The Dems will fill the stage night after night with people the base love...and then finish off the festivities with a turd sandwich. But by then the crowd should be softened up.

It's bigger than that. On one side, Clinton is a staunch hawk and supporter of global alliances and despite the sentiment at home, the world likes her a lot. Trump wants to get out of treaties and pull the US back from most engagements that help check Russia, and the world is frightened of his unpredictability. Pretty simple play for Putin.