Up In Smoke: Willie Nelson Withdraws Endorsement of Gary Johnson
Defeat already?
By earning the endorsement of country singer and marijuana absorber Willie Nelson, Republican presidential candidate Gary Johnson was ideally situated to clean up the legalization demographic, solidifying his lead as the presumptive nominee for the Grand Old Party.
Okay, that’s not true. But Gary did, just the other day, earn serious street cred with the burnout crowd when Willie gave him the thumbs up.
So what happened? How did Gary fall so far so fast? Did Newt drag Gary down with him? Is Gary about to be glittered bombed?
A guy named Steve who knows Willie announced on the Teapot Party blog (yes, there really is such a thing) that Willie isn’t high on Gary any longer:
“I know I said that,” Nelson replied. “But I think I will wait and see where he stands on other things. My bad. Sorry. I still think he is a good guy but so Is Dennis and if he decided to run I would personally vote for him. If it came down to either him or Gary I’m already committed to Dennis. They both have said they support legal pot.”
Willie was referring to Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who he supported in 2008 for the Democratic nomination. I defended our choice of Johnson and reminded him that we were only endorsing him for the Republican nomination, which is wide open.
Willie then wrote back: “The Teapot Party is millions of people. It’s not me. I jokingly said after I got out of jail in Texas that there is a Tea Party and there should be a Teapot Party. The difference between us is we follow our own drummer. No one can tell us how to think. If we back someone that’s us telling them how to vote. I’m not qualified. You can say or do anything you like and I will do the same but let’s don’t back a political candidate. Let’s give our opinions and say what we know about everyone but let’s let everyone decide for themselves.”
He sent this quote to Linda Banks at stillisstillmoving.com and she posted it Wednesday morning.
So the cat was out of the bag, so to speak. Willie Nelson has changed his tune.
And I thought Newt had it bad.
I’m sorry folks, but if this isn’t a gamer changer, nothing is.
