KFI's John & Ken Endorse Libertarian

KFI radio's conservative John and Ken Show has officially endorsed Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Dale Ogden for California governor.

John and Ken's influential radio program invited all six candidates for California governor to appear on the #1 California radio talk show --- which, of course, earned them the Californiality seal of approval for their spirit of fair and fearless political discourse.

This California blog has stated, all year long, that all six certified California governor candidates must be heard from equally.  The John and Ken Show respectfully supports this view for the benefit of California voters.

Since the John and Ken Show's fantastic interview of conservative California governor candidate Chelene Nightingale last week, rumors were flying up and down the state that John and Ken were about to endorse Nightingale for California governor.

However, I distinctly remember that, a few weeks ago, John and Ken expressed disappointment in both the Republican and Democratic parties, and that they might "just vote for the Libertarian guy" in the November 2nd gubernatorial election.

Though their endorsement of Libertarian Dale Ogden is shocking to many, it's not all that surprising, really.  They did sort of give their radio listeners a 'heads-up' weeks ago and, besides, John and Ken have long endorsed the smaller government plan which the California Libertarian Party promotes.

I had the pleasure of hanging out with Dale Ogden at his June 8th California Primary Night victory party as he won the Libertarian Party nomination for California governor.  As we talked about issues and candidates, I found Ogden to be very intelligent, fully engaged, authentic, and very down-to-earth as a gubernatorial candidate.

Dale Ogden and Chelene Nightingale have consistently spoken highly of each other all year long, and the two candidates know each other personally.  While both candidates agree on many issues which burn in the minds of California voters, they differ on the subject of illegal immigration.

Ogden supports the concept of open borders while Nightingale is famously opposed to it.  Ogden is against the type of illegal immigration legislation passed in Arizona while Nightingale enthusiastically supports the efforts of Arizona Governor Jan Brewer.

Chelene Nightingale had this to say about the John and Ken Show's endorsement of Dale Ogden for California governor:

"I think everyone knows that I love Dale.  He's an outstanding candidate and a tremendously informed person.  I am so happy that John and Ken endorsed him for governor over Jerry and Meg.  John and Ken really treated us with a lot of respect on their show in front of a million listeners and I respect them even more now."

Nightingale continued, "Dale and I agree on so many things but, yes, we have different philosophical viewpoints on illegal immigration policies and drug legalization policies.  I just cannot consider ever legalizing drugs like heroin in California.  Our state needs laws on certain things.  While Dale and I disagree on a few issues, I think his campaign is so much more sincere than Brown's and Whitman's are."

Get a quick Californiality overview on all six candidates by reading California Governor 2010 Candidates.