Reason Magazine: Nick Gillespie- Interviewing Gary Johnson at FreedomFest (2012)

Source:Reason Magazine- interviewing Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson.

"There are a lot more people in this country that describe themselves as libertarian than vote libertarian," says Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. "You are a libertarian. How about voting just this way one time."

Reason's Nick Gillespie sat down with Gary Johnson at FreedomFest 2012, to discuss how to cut the deficit by reforming Medicaid and Medicare, and how his campaign is performing in the national polls. 

Held each July in Las Vegas, FreedomFest is attended by around 2,000 limited-government enthusiasts and libertarians a year. ReasonTV spoke with over two dozen speakers and attendees and will be releasing interviews over the coming weeks... 

From Reason Magazine

If this sounds familiar it's because I wrote the same thing at FreeState Now. 

I'm not saying that I'm going to vote for Gary Johnson for President. And if I don't vote for him for President, it won't be so much because I don't like his campaign or what he stands for, but because he's not going to win and I'm not comfortable with a President Mitt Romney and a Tea Party Congress (House and Senate) which would be horrible for this country. Whatever you think of President Barack Obama and I have my own issues with him, especially as it relates to civil liberties, at least he stands up to the Tea Party, Populist-Right of the Republican Party. 

But if you look at all the presidential nominees in 2012, Gary Johnson is the only serious candidate when it comes to fiscal responsibility, especially as it to the national debt and deficit. He's the only one saying that borrowing and spending is bad for the economy and we can't keep doing that and need to stop that, as well as cut things and block grant programs that should be run by the states, especially as it relates to public assistance. And he's also a strong believer in civil liberties and personal freedom, as well as federalism, and it s strong opponent of the so-called War On Drugs. So there's a lot to like about Gary Johnson's presidential campaign.