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Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by CalChris on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @10:07PM (#13982722)
The third parties are even worse than the two parties. The Libertarians ran Bob Barr, a Clinton House prosecutor and Gary Johnson who happily sent people to prison for drug crimes. Jill Stein supports Putin.
Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by memmcgee on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @12:21AM (#13983371)
Jill Stein is also pretty anti-science as she supports the anti-vaxxer community and supports GMO hysteria.
Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by chimeracoder on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:13PM (#13983053)
> and Gary Johnson who happily sent people to prison for drug crimes.

...what? Gary Johnson is himself a marijuana user who has long been am advocate of drug policy reform (not just for marijuana, but for other drugs as well).

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/qa-former-nm-gov-gary-jo...

Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by CalChris on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:18PM (#13983083)
As Republican Governor of New Mexico.
Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by chimeracoder on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:32PM (#13983151)
> As Republican Governor of New Mexico.

When running for governor, Johnson campaigned on a platform of marijuana decriminalization and harm reduction for all other drugs. This was during the height of the Clinton-era anti-drug hysteria - you'd be hard pressed to find many other politicians who supported harm reduction at that point.

There are things to dislike about Johnson, but criticizing him on drug policy is really bizarre. He's been one of the strongest (if not the strongest) political advocate for abolishing the War on Drugs for over two decades - much more vocally so and for far longer than any other politician I can name offhand.

Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by CalChris on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @11:15AM (#13987051)
What did he actually do when he was twice elected as the Republican governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003. I give credit for what people do rather than what they say.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Johnson#Governor_of_New_M...

Also, he didn't campaign on legalization. He gave a speech about it in his second term. Did he parole any non-violent drug offenders? Did he use the powers of his office?

Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by TillE on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @11:24PM (#13983110)
> Jill Stein supports Putin

No she doesn't, this is an absurd smear based on her attending a single event in Moscow.

Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by CalChris on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @01:23AM (#13983662)
Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by tremon on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @05:26AM (#13984561)
How do you turn Putin saying "I agree with [Stein], on many issues." into "Stein supports Putin"?
Re:The House just voted to wipe out the FCC’s landmark Inter... by ekianjo on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @05:33AM (#13984587)
what you wrote does not make them sound worse than the two main parties in power.