{"id":2767,"date":"2008-01-22T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-22T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/former-gov-johnson-endorses-ron-paul\/"},"modified":"2008-01-22T12:08:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-22T18:08:00","slug":"former-gov-johnson-endorses-ron-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/01\/former-gov-johnson-endorses-ron-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Gov. Johnson endorses Ron Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R5YxtMTQ9cI\/AAAAAAAAEls\/vGcbuNhdXKI\/s1600-h\/Johnson,+Gary.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R5YxtMTQ9cI\/AAAAAAAAEls\/vGcbuNhdXKI\/s200\/Johnson,+Gary.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158365075665384898\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Former Gov. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_E._Johnson\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Johnson<\/a> is endorsing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronpaul2008.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Paul<\/a> for president.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Johnson\u2019s endorsement of Paul isn\u2019t a surprise. Both are Republicans but are almost Libertarian in their philosophy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cI am endorsing Ron Paul for the Republican nomination for president because of his commitment to less government, greater liberty and lasting prosperity for <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:country-region st=\"on\">America<\/st1:country-region><\/st1:place>,\u201d Johnson said in a statement released by Paul\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R5YxqcTQ9bI\/AAAAAAAAElk\/jETUfA2ONHM\/s1600-h\/Paul,+Ron.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/R5YxqcTQ9bI\/AAAAAAAAElk\/jETUfA2ONHM\/s200\/Paul,+Ron.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5158365028420744626\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\u201cWe are at a point in this country where we need to reduce our dependency on government and regain control of our future,\u201d he said. \u201cTo this end, Ron Paul will bring back troops, end the War in <st1:country-region st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">Iraq<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and will strengthen the U.S. dollar and the economy. For these reasons and more, Ron Paul has my support, respect and vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The news comes as some Libertarian-minded bloggers were beginning to discuss the possibility of <a href=\"http:\/\/theamericanscene.com\/2008\/01\/10\/goodbye-ron-paul-hello-gary-johnson\" target=\"_blank\">a Johnson presidential campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Johnson, governor from 1995 to 2003, is best known for advocating the decriminalization of marijuana and for vetoing hundreds of bills as he fought for less government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Gov. Gary Johnson is endorsing Ron Paul for president. Johnson\u2019s endorsement of Paul isn\u2019t a surprise. Both are Republicans but are almost Libertarian in their philosophy. \u201cI am endorsing Ron Paul for the Republican nomination for president because of his commitment to less government, greater liberty and lasting prosperity for America,\u201d Johnson said in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2767\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}