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WEBVTT HERE'S HOW THE FORMER NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR MADE HIS CASE TO VOTERS. >> IS THIS FORMER TWO-TERM GOVERNOR GAINING TRACTION? DOUG: MATTER OF FACT, A SHOW AVAILABLE TO MILLIONS ON HEARST STATIONS FROM CALIFORNIA TO MASSACHUSETTS. TALKING WITH RISING 3RD PARTY CANDIDATE, GARY JOHNSON. THE MAN WHO RAN NEW MEXICO FOR 8 YEARS. NOW UNDER THE MICROSCOPE OF MORE VOTERS AFTER APPEARING ON NUMEROUS NATIONAL NEWS PROGRAMS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. >> MORE SCRUTINY WILL ACTUALLY BODE WELL. I THINK IT HOLDS UP UNDER EXAMINATION. DOUG: JOHNSON THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY'S NOMINEE BELIEVES MOST AMERICANS ARE LIBERTARIAN THEY , JUST DON'T KNOW IT. ONE OF THE PARTY'S BASIC PRINCIPLES? >> YOU AND I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE CHOICES IN OUR LONG AS LONG AS THOSE CHOICES DON'T ADVERSELY AFFECT OTHERS. DOUG: WHEN IT COMES TO THE MILITARY, HE SAYS ALL THE SPENDING ON FIGHTER JETS, NAVAL SHIPS, SUBS AND BOMBS HAS MADE THE WORLD LESS SAFE. AS FOR THE IMMIGRATION SITUATION IN THE U.S. JOHNSON SAYS MORE ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO HUMAN RIGHTS NOT BORDERS. >> THEY'RE NOT TAKING JOBS THAT U.S. CITIZENS WANT. IT IS NOT AN ISSUE OF LOWER WAGES. DOUG: AND HE BELIEVES MANY AMERICANS AND POLITICIANS HAVE IT WRONG WHEN IT COMES TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. >> STATISTICALLY THEY COMMIT LESS CRIME THAT U.S. CITIZENS.