Democrat vs. Republican vs. Green vs. Libertarian: Four Party's Presidential Nominees On The Issues: on Principles & Values


Gary Johnson: OpEd: "Never Trump" legitimate conservative alternative

Gary Johnson did run as a Republican once, and won, for governor of New Mexico. The "Never Trump" movement struggles with the decision of whether to run a conservative alternative in the general election--but there already is an alternative, who is on the ballot in all 50 states and who embodies more conservative principles than Donald Trump. Governor Johnson might not satisfy the Tea Party nor religious right, but he certainly does satisfy the goal of a legitimate alternative to Trump on the right.

The mainstream media are beholden to the two-party system. If the mainstream media were willing to cover a multi-partisan campaign, Rand Paul would run for the Libertarian Party nomination; Mike Huckabee might run for the Constitution Party nomination; Donald Trump would once again run for the Reform Party nomination. And if all of that happened, American democracy would be greatly improved--more thoughtful, more diverse, more inclusive, and, overall, more.... democratic.

Source: Trump/Clinton/Stein/Johnson On The Issues, by Jesse Gordon May 15, 2016

Jill Stein: OpEd: mainstream media ignores Greens unless they hurt Dems

The mainstream media hangs on every word uttered by Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, but ignores everything said by Jill Stein and Gary Johnson. The TV debates, the newspapers, and the pundits--they all care only about the Democrats and the Republicans, and never the Greens or the Libertarians.

The only "news" that matters to the mainstream media is how their presence in the race affects Hillary vs. Trump--in other words, could Dr. Stein get enough votes in Massachusetts to hurt Hillary, or could Gov. Johnson do the same to Trump in New Mexico?

If Jill Stein were running as a Democrat, she would get as much coverage as Sen. Bernie Sanders (D, VT) got--googling Jill Stein in late May 2016 brings up fewer than 39,000 results, whereas googling Bernie Sanders brings up 39 million results. In other words, by switching from Independent to Democrat, Sanders increased his coverage by more than 1,000-fold.

Source: Trump/Clinton/Stein/Johnson On The Issues, by Jesse Gordon May 15, 2016

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2016 Presidential contenders on Principles & Values:
  Republicans:
Gov.Jeb Bush(FL)
Dr.Ben Carson(MD)
Gov.Chris Christie(NJ)
Sen.Ted Cruz(TX)
Carly Fiorina(CA)
Gov.Jim Gilmore(VA)
Sen.Lindsey Graham(SC)
Gov.Mike Huckabee(AR)
Gov.Bobby Jindal(LA)
Gov.John Kasich(OH)
Gov.Sarah Palin(AK)
Gov.George Pataki(NY)
Sen.Rand Paul(KY)
Gov.Rick Perry(TX)
Sen.Rob Portman(OH)
Sen.Marco Rubio(FL)
Sen.Rick Santorum(PA)
Donald Trump(NY)
Gov.Scott Walker(WI) 		Democrats:
Gov.Lincoln Chafee(RI)
Secy.Hillary Clinton(NY)
V.P.Joe Biden(DE)
Gov.Martin O`Malley(MD)
Sen.Bernie Sanders(VT)
Sen.Elizabeth Warren(MA)
Sen.Jim Webb(VA)

2016 Third Party Candidates:
Gov.Gary Johnson(L-NM)
Roseanne Barr(PF-HI)
Robert Steele(L-NY)
Dr.Jill Stein(G,MA)
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