Gary Johnson Is a Moron (And If You Vote For Him, You Are Too)

[phallon]

CNN:

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson offered an outta this world solution on Sunday to the planet's environmental crises. "We do have to inhabit other planets. The future of the human race is space exploration," Johnson said on ABC's "This Week." Johnson was responding to a question about comments he made in 2011 at the National Press Club when he said people should think about global warming in the long term, because one day in the distant future, "the sun will engulf the Earth."

Josh Marshall took a long, hard look at today's shitty poll numbers—which don't look good for Clinton—and managed to pick out this kernel of corn:

More: http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/09/26/24582285/gary-johnson-is-a-moron-and-if-you-vote-for-him-you-are-too

[Eugene]

1. Uh, you forgot the link.

http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/09/26/24582285/gary-johnson-is-a-moron-and-if-you-vote-for-him-you-are-too

He doubled down on an idiotic statement by saying something even dumber.

[phallon]

2. Thanks

[TampaAnimusVortex]

3. I'm all for getting our space program moving.

The best insurance policy our species could have is to be on two planets. Cutting NASA's budget is the best chance you could ask for to wipe out our species. Yes, he is correct about the sun, but we do have a few billion years to get in front of that. We have no idea on how long we have on the other existential threats - asteroids, global warming, etc...

[TheKentuckian]

4. True, but he still makes Trump look like James Goddard or something