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Bergland, Dave - Chair
THE 2012 LIBERTARIAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. WELCOME TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE C- SPAN AUDIENCE AND ALL SUPPORT THE CAUSE OF HUMAN LIBERTY. THIS IS THE PRESIDENTIAL...
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Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
EXPERIENCE A COLLAPSE IN GOVERNMENT. WE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE A MONETARY COLLAPSE GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE ARE BORROWING AND PRINTING MONEY TO THE TUNE...
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Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
TO FEEL WHAT WE HAVE HERE. SOMETHING THAT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM THE POLITICS OF AMERICA TODAY. I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. THIS IS FOR YOU, AMERICA. SO...
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| 00:09:56 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
ABOUT YOUR DISCOVERY OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY AND WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO JOIN IT. >> I DISCOVERED THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 1990'S....
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Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
OWN. SO JUST THE NATURAL WAY I WAS RAISED AS A CHILD BROUGHT ME TO THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY. IN 1976, I WAS A BRAND NEW VOTER. I LIVED IN NORTH CAROLINA...
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| 00:15:53 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
TO EVERYONE IS A HOME, JUST LIKE FOR US. THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY IS AMERICA. AMERICANS. EVERYONE OF US. THE REALIZE THE PROBLEMS WE FACE IN THIS COUNTRY...
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| 00:16:57 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
CANDIDATES IS -- WHAT IS LIBERTARIANISM? >> I WENT INTO THAT AND THE BIT EARLIER. LIBERTARIANISM IS A LIFE CHOICE. WE DECIDE THAT WE WANT TO MAKE OUR...
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| 00:17:14 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
WITHOUT ANYBODY BEING IN INVOLVED IN THAT -- INVOLVED IN IT. DECISIONS ABOUT OUR MARRIAGE AND WHO WE WILL SPEND THE REST OF OUR LIVES WITH. THE MOST...
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| 00:18:45 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
AND OF COURSE IF I AM GOING TO PUT OTHERS IN HARM'S WAY, OR DO HARM TO OTHERS, YES, GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED. LIBERTARIANISM IS INDIVIDUALISM....
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| 00:20:01 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
DOING SO LEADS TO EXCESSIVE DRUG USE AND CRIME? [LAUGHTER] >> 40 YEARS AGO WHEN THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY WAS FOUNDED, WHAT WERE PEOPLE SAYING AT AS A WHOLE?...
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| 00:20:27 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANT. IT DID NOT TAKE LONG TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH BETTER IT WOULD BE TO DECRIMINALIZE LEGALIZED DRUGS. I CAME TO THAT...
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| 00:22:02 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
NOW, I HAVE HEARD IT ALL, I HAVE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. LIBERTARIANS WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO GET HIGH ALL THE TIME. WE DO NOT. WE WANT TO STOP KILLING....
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| 00:23:37 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU ALL, BUT IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA TO CRAWL IN MY WINDOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. [APPLAUSE]
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| 00:23:48 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
I DO NOT DIAL 911. [LAUGHTER] THE FOUNDERS KNEW EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND I HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT THE ONLY MISTAKE THEY MADE IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS...
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| 00:25:27 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
SECOND AMENDMENT COULD BE ANY CLEARER. I WILL TELL YOU, RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR OF NEW MEXICO THE FIRST TIME -- AND I HAVE RUN FOR TWO POLITICAL OFFICES...
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| 00:28:50 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
TRULY SHOW HOW THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE THINGS WORSE. HOW MANY OF YOU WATCH STOSSEL? HE DID A REPORT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND IT TURNS OUT THAT IF YOU...
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| 00:30:23 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
I KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO ABOUT IT. LIBERTARIANS BELIEVE IN CONTRACTS. WE BELIEVE IN THE SANCTITY OF
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| 00:30:33 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
THOSE CONTRACTS, INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS. THAT IS WHAT WE BASE OUR -- THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS WITH EACH OTHER. SOCIAL SECURITY IS A CONTRACT. OUR GOVERNMENT...
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| 00:31:52 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
WILL, AND IT HAPPENS THROUGH THE FOLLOWING WAY. IT IS A SYSTEM THAT NEEDS TO TAKE IN MORE MONEY THAN IT PAYS OUT. TO REFORM SOCIAL SECURITY, RAISING...
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| 00:33:22 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
AND OBAMACARE, MAYBE, DEPENDING ON THE SUPREME COURT. HOW WILL LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENT DEAL WITH THE PROBLEMS OF PROVIDING MEDICAL CARE FOR AMERICA'S UNDERINSURED,...
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| 00:33:51 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
HEALTH CARE IN THE STATE. AT THAT TIME, I BELIEVE IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE BLOCK GRANTED THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO 43% LESS MONEY FOR HEALTH...
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| 00:35:26 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
ABOUT LIVES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CARE BEING RATIONED ONCE YOU GET TOO OLD. THE GOVERNMENT GETS TO DECIDE IF YOU NEED TO EXTEND YOUR...
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| 00:37:19 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
COMPANIES, INCLUDING BANKS. WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE IN THOSE DISMAL ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES? >> NO ONE COMPANY IS TOO BIG TO FAIL. NO ONE.
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| 00:37:31 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
WHY DID THEY TAKE OUR MONEY AND GIVE IT TO THE CORPORATIONS? WHY? CORPORATIONS ARE GGETTING PEOPLE ELECTED, AREN'T THEY? WHY DO THE BANKS DO WHAT THEY...
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| 00:38:50 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
BY WALL STREET. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN REWARDED FOR THESE FOUR DECISIONS BY BEING ALLOWED TO FAIL AS OPPOSED TO AS BILLING AMOUNT -- POOR DECISIONS BY...
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| 00:40:40 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
DO AWAY WITH THE DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE FIRST OF ALL. [APPLAUSE] WE NEED TO GET FARMERS BACK TO FARMING. THE
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| 00:40:56 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
BIGGEST PROGRAM THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CAME IN WITH THIS TO PAY PEOPLE NOT TO FARM. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND HOW THAT HELPS FARMERS, FRANKLY....
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| 00:41:57 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
BUDGET TO CONGRESS IN 2013. INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGET IS A 43% REDUCTION IN FARM SUBSIDIES. IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO LINE OUT SUBSIDIES FOR ETHANOL, THAT IS...
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| 00:42:42 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
EXECUTIVE BRANCH. WHAT, IF ANY, EXECUTIVE ORDER WOULD YOU ISSUE IN YOUR FIRST WEEK IN OFFICE? >> I WILL TELL YOU THAT I HAD NO AVERSION TO IMPLEMENTING...
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| 00:43:31 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
I AM USING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT THE POINT IS IF YOU COULD WORK HE WOULD WORK. IT WAS AN EXECUTIVE ORDER. IT WAS CHALLENGED IMMEDIATELY BY THE LEGISLATOR...
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| 00:45:28 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS. -- CAN ONLY THINK OF ONE, AND THAT IS TO REPEAL ALL PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE ORDERS. [APPLAUSE] I WANT A GOVERNMENT THAT FITS INSIDE...
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| 00:47:51 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
FEDERAL SPENDING, UNPRECEDENTED. SLASHING FEDERAL SPENDING BY ONE $0.40 TRILLION. I'M ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO DEBATE -- TO ONE $0.40 TRILLION. -- TO $1.4...
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| 00:49:37 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. ARMED SERVICES PERSONNEL? >> IN A NON-INTERVENTIONIST. I DO KNOCKED -- I DO NOT WANT TO USE AMERICAN MILITARY
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| 00:49:51 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
MIGHT ANYWHERE. BUT I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES, IF NOT THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE...
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| 00:51:32 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
AM SERIOUS ABOUT THIS, FOLKS. I WILL DECLARE PEACE. LET'S BE CLEAR. I AM NOT A PACIFIST. WE WILL PUT AN END TO END WE WILL GO RIGHT BACK TO BEING IN PEACE....
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| 00:55:44 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
IS HERE. AND DAD, RAISE YOUR HAND. 92 YEARS OLD. [APPLAUSE] MY DAD IS HERE. MY FATHER PARATROOPSED INTO NORMANDY THE DAY BEFORE THE D- DAY INVASION....
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| 00:58:10 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
SECURITY A MINISTRATION, AND THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT. HOW WOULD YOU APPROACH THE PROBLEMS OF DOMESTIC SECURITY? >> I VETOED 750 BILLS...
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| 01:00:05 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
ONE CALLED THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. THAT IS WHERE IT SHOULD STAY. TSA HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 10 YEARS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THERE'S ONLY...
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| 01:03:11 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
OFFICE AND I HAD THE BEST RECORD AND CAME TO JOBS [APPLAUSE] AND MY RESPONSE TO THAT WAS THE SAME AS THE RESPONSE TO THAT WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR OF NEW ...
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| 01:05:05 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
DO TO IMPLEMENT THAT WORLD? >> I THINK I ANSWERED THAT EARLIER, BUT I WILL REITERATE. I WOULD ABOLISH THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION -- [APPLAUSE]
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| 01:05:16 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
BELIEVING THAT COME IF WE GIVE EDUCATION BACK TO THE STATES, THE LABORATORIES OF INNOVATION AND BEST PRACTICES, THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL HAVE....
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| 01:06:30 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
WHAT COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN EDUCATING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE? TOO IMPORTANT TO TURN IT OVER TO ANY GOVERNMENT AGENCY. [APPLAUSE] EDUCATION SHOULD BE TAKEN...
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| 01:10:01 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
WOULD HAVE SEEN IT VERY QUICKLY. AND FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAD SAVED THEIR ENTIRE LIVES, THEY WOULD HAVE FOUND THAT THE $180,000 HOME THAT THEY HAD...
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| 01:12:52 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
TAX AND REPLACE IT WITH NOTHING. [APPLAUSE] THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FAIR TAX. [APPLAUSE] THERE IS NOTHING FAIR ABOUT A TAX THAT ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT...
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| 01:14:29 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
QUESTION WHICH IS HOW WOULD YOU PAY FOR THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT IF WE ELIMINATE THE INCOME TAX? >> IF WE JUST HAD THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS...
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| 01:14:59 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
A GOVERNMENT THAT IS THIS SMALL? [APPLAUSE] WE WOULD NOT NEED ALL THE TAXES. STOP PAYING FOR GOLF COURSES IN TAMPA SO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN CAN LEARN...
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| 01:16:02 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
NEED TO HAVE -- WE WILL NEED TO HAVE A PRESIDENT THERE WILL BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE AND TAKE ON THE DEBATE AND THE DISCUSSION OVER WHAT ENTAILS A 43% REDUCTION...
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| 01:17:54 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
IN 1913. BEFORE THAT, INFLATION WAS VIRTUALLY NONEXISTENT. BUT NOW THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM IS A CENTRAL BANK, WHICH IS COMMON IN MOST PEOPLE'S VIEW,...
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| 01:18:29 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
I WOULD ABOLISH THE FEDERAL RESERVE IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY. BUT ABOLISHING THE FEDERAL RESERVE -- [APPLAUSE] BUT ABOLISHING THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS...
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| 01:20:37 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
WILL GO AWAY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT IT IS NOT WORTH THE PAPER IT IS PRINTED ON. PEOPLE DO NOT WANT THAT MONEY. [APPLAUSE] WE DO NEED TO AUDIT THE FED....
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| 01:21:21 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
AT, CONVOLUTED, COMPLEX, MULTIPURPOSE LAWS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE SUGGESTED THAT CONGRESS PASSED A ONE BUDGET AT A TIME ACT. [APPLAUSE] WOULD YOU COMMENT...
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| 01:21:57 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
IS A LEGISLATIVE BODY JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER LEGISLATIVE BODY. THEY DO NOT THINK THIS LAW IS FOR ME, IT IS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. WHY READ IT? IT IS NOT FOR...
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| 01:23:28 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
TO VETO LEGISLATION WITH YOUR MARKS IN THE LEGISLATION. -- EARMAKRKS IN THE LEGISLATION. IF A BILL IS 80% SOMETHING I COULD SUPPORT AND 20% SOMETHING...
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| 01:25:31 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
URGE CONGRESS TO PASS THE "READ THE BILLS ATCT?" THIS IS PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT ALREADY HAS SPONSORS IN CONGRESS THAT WOULD REQUIRE PUBLIC READING...
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| 01:26:06 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
TO 114-0 -- BY THE WAY, ONLY TWO OF THESE BILLS WAS OVERRIDDEN. BUT HERE WAS MY DIALOGUE -- REPUBLICANS, I DO NOT THINK YOU HAVE TIME TO READ THIS LEGISLATION,...
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| 01:27:41 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
I FINALLY FOUND A LAW I KIND OF LIKE. YES, I WOULD SUPPORT IT. I WOULD NOT HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF HEART OF IT BEING FOLLOWED, BUT I WOULD SUPPORT OF THAT....
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| 01:29:14 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
ARE INDIVIDUALS. YOU CANNOT PASS A FREEDOM IN A VACUUM. YOU CANNOT HAVE A FREEDOM IF YOU DO NOT ALLOW OTHERS TO THE SAME FREEDOM YOU HAVE. [APPLAUSE]
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| 01:29:25 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
A LOT OF THESE TERRITORIES ARE ACQUISITIONS BECAUSE THE WARS WE HAVE BEEN IN. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE NOW WERE NOT EVEN BORN WHEN IT HAPPENED....
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| 01:30:37 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
MAKING UP -- OF ALL THE TERRITORIES ARE CURRENTLY HAVE, THEY ARE USING U.S. CURRENCY. THEY ELECT GOVERNORS. THEY SEND GOVERNORS TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNORS'...
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| 01:31:22 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
WITHIN THE STATES ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE POWER TO NULLIFY LAWS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH THE STATES CONSIDERED TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. WOULD YOU...
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| 01:31:50 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
STATES DETERMINING POLICY, NOT GETTING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUT OF STATE, LOCAL DECISION MAKING. THE BEST GOVERNMENT IS GOVERNMENT THAT RULES AT THE...
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| 01:32:35 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
PUT INTO THE CONSTITUTION A SELF-DEFENSE CALLS BECAUSE THEY -- CLAUSE THEY KNEW BY EXPERIENCE THAT CONGRESS, PARLIAMENT, COMMITTEE -- WHATEVER YOU WANT...
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| 01:34:21 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
WARMING AND IS, AT LEAST, IN PART CAUSED BY HUMAN INDUSTRIAL ACTION. WHAT IF ANY ROLE SHOULD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLAY IN DEALING WITH THE GLOBAL...
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| 01:34:51 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
IS IT GLOBAL WARMING AND ISSUE IS ONE THAT, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU TALK TO, IS IT REAL? IS IT NOT? IT IS NOT SO BAD, IT IS NATURAL. WE DO NOT KNOW. I GUARANTEE...
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| 01:35:42 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
MADE. THAT GIVEN, WHAT LOOKED -- WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT IT? GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT GET INVOLVED IN THIS. I AM COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO CAP AND TRADE. ...
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| 01:37:00 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
OVER -- MR. JOHNSON, YOU'LL BE THE FIRST ONE OF -- AFTER THIS ELECTION IS OVER, WILL YOU REMAIN AN ACTIVIST WITHIN THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY? >> NO, FIRST...
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| 01:37:29 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
AND IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS I THINK IT HAS THE POSSIBILITY TO BE, I WOULD MAKE THE COMMITMENT TO TRY TO BE THE SPOKESPERSON -- AGAIN,...
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| 01:38:47 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
THE FIRST THING I AM GOING TO DO AFTER THE ELECTION, I AM GOING TO SLEEP FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS. I AM GOING TO GET UP, MOVE THE COUCH, AND TAKE A NAP. AFTER...
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| 01:39:43 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
FOR CREDIT IN 1988. HE IS NOW SEEKING THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, BUT ASSUME HE DOES NOT GET IT. WOULD YOU MAKE AN APPEAL TO THE RON PAUL...
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| 01:40:10 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
OPPORTUNITY ONE EVENING TO GO INTO WEST HOLLYWOOD. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO A FUND RAISER. I ENDED UP AT THE RON PAUL MEET UP. THIS WAS NOT ORDINARY...
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| 01:41:47 |
Johnson, Gary E. - Governor, [R] New Mexico
EVERYONE WHO WAS SUPPORTING ME TO SUPPORT DR. PAUL. I THINK -- FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I AM SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM -- AT THE HEART...
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| 01:47:02 |
Wrights, Lee - Founder and Editor
MORE IMPORTANTLY, I HOPE YOU SEE WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND WHAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THROUGHOUT MY WHOLE CAMPAIGN HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT. YOU...
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| 01:49:17 |
Bergland, Dave - Chair
ONE OF THESE TWO MEN TO BE THE CANDIDATE OF THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY FOR THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES -- PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. MY GREAT THANKS...
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