GARY
JOHNSON
ANNOUNCES HIS
CANDIDACY FOR
PRESIDENT
April 21,
2011, Concord
New Hampshire -
Former New
Mexico Governor
Gary Johnson
today announced
that he is
seeking the 2012
Republican
nomination for
President of the
United States.
Johnson served
as governor from
1995 to 2003.
The announcement
was made
Thursday morning
on the steps of
the New
Hampshire State
House.
Announcing his
candidacy,
Johnson released
the following
statement:
“Let’s talk
about America.
Today’s mess
didn’t just
happen. We
elected it --
one senator,
member of
Congress and
president at a
time. Our
leaders in
Washington, DC,
have ‘led’
America to
record
unemployment, a
devalued
currency,
banking
scandals, the
mortgage crisis,
drug crisis,
economic crisis,
loss of our
nation’s
industrial might
– and a long
list of other
reminders our
nation is way
off course.
Why am I telling
you this?
Because America
is better than
this. And
because I can
help fix it.
I’m a fix-it
man.
Before I was
governor of New
Mexico, I
started a
one-man fix-it
business that I
grew into an
American dream
with more than a
thousand
employees. My
formula for
success was
simple. I showed
up on time, did
what I said what
I’d do, and knew
what I was
doing.
I did the same
thing as
governor,
exactly. Within
two terms, I’d
eliminated New
Mexico's budget
deficit and cut
the rate of
state government
growth in half
while reducing
the state
workforce by
over 10%,
without laying
off a single
qualified state
worker. Saying
no to waste,
corruption and
political games
is easier than
you think.
During my two
terms I vetoed
750 pieces of
bad, unnecessary
and wasteful
legislation, and
used the
line-item veto
to save millions
of dollars. I
was called
“Governor Veto,”
and accepted
that nickname
proudly.
America needs a
‘President Veto’
right now –
someone who will
say ‘no’ to
insane spending
and stop the
madness that has
become
Washington.
That’s why I am
here today to
announce that
I’m running for
President of the
United States.
And I don’t do
so lightly.
President Obama
is about to
raise and spend
$1 billion in a
reelection
campaign to keep
America on the
track it’s
already on. I
would ask: How
much more of
this track can
we stand? How
much more
financial stress
can we handle?
How high do
taxes have to
go? How much
deficit is too
much? How much
more of the Bill
of Rights do we
have to lose
before we say
not just no, but
HELL NO?
It’s time to put
one of our own
in the White
House. I have
the
qualifications,
the ability and
the know-how to
do the job. I
also have a
track record.
I’ll do what I
say I’ll do.
I look at the
rest of the
field running
for president,
and that song by
The Who comes to
mind. Meet the
new boss. Same
as the old boss.
You know the
one. We ‘Won’t
Get Fooled
Again.’ What’s
the definition
of insanity? It
is to keep doing
the same thing
over and over,
and expecting a
different
outcome.
I’m ready for a
different
America. I’m
ready for the
day when a
person can build
a good life on a
decent income,
and we can take
our government
at its word –
when people have
more to smile
about. I’m ready
for peace and
prosperity and
some American
dreaming. I’m
ready for
America to be
AMERICA again.
Our current
president will
not lead us
there. None of
the professional
Washington set
will. We have to
get there on our
own.
I’m here in New
Hampshire today
because I can –
and will -- do a
better job for
you as
president.
I’m optimistic
about our
chances. Winning
freedom is what
America does.
We’ve got this.”
Following the
announcement,
Governor Johnson
will spend three
days in New
Hampshire
meeting with
supporters,
visiting local
businesses and
on Saturday,
April 23, hiking
and skiing the
well-known
Tuckerman’s
Ravine in the
White Mountains.
Source: Gary Johnson 2012 Website