My bet is that some people know nothing about Johnson other than the fact that he's the LP candidate, hornadyln.
If Paul or Johnson isn't worthy of voting for then the republic IS dead.
Out of a population of 300-something million people, there is surely a pro-constitution candidate that can appeal to more than the legalize gay marriage/pot crowd. Someone that can present their case for fiscal restraint and limited .gov without coming across half senile.
Out of a population of 300-something million people, there is surely a pro-constitution candidate that can appeal to more than the legalize gay marriage/pot crowd. Someone that can present their case for fiscal restraint and limited .gov without coming across half senile.
This statement validates mrjarelle's statement up thread to perfection.
Out of the possible candidates, which ones most emulate our founders? For all of this talk from conservatives loving the constitution and our heritage, they sure **** the bed the moment a candidate who truly believes in those things comes along. HE'S SENILE!!!!
My bet is that some people know nothing about Johnson other than the fact that he's the LP candidate, hornadyln.
Well we certainly know libertarians will cast aside any candidate that falls one vote short of their vision of perfection.
Yeah this gets back to the old arguement of firing obama vs voting for the candidate-that-cant-win-but-I'd-rather-the-thing-crash-than-vote-for-the-republican-again. It's fruitless and boring--no thanks.
And that would be a blatant falsehood. I'm a Johnson supporter and I disagree with him on a couple of issues. Unlike him, I'm not a proponent of the Fair Tax. I dislike it intensely. His support for it does nothing to change my support of him, even with a major disagreement. This quest for perfection that you're talking about doesn't exist among the majority of libertarian voters. But there are some things we won't compromise on. Johnson, fortunately, doesn't have any baggage that's onerous enough to fail in that regard. Obamney, on the other hand has loads of baggage that insures he'll not get any libertarian votes. Key for me? He's a gun banner and in the pockets of the banksters and TARPers. Just like his twin Obama.Well we certainly know libertarians will cast aside any candidate that falls one vote short of their vision of perfection.
What's more important? What's best for the country or standing by your party who throws you turds to vote for? Good candidates can't win because people care more for their team than what's best for the country. You won't switch. Others won't switch. So let's just stick with what we know best. More of the same.
And that would be a blatant falsehood. I'm a Johnson supporter and I disagree with him on a couple of issues. Unlike him, I'm not a proponent of the Fair Tax. I dislike it intensely. His support for it does nothing to change my support of him, even with a major disagreement. This quest for perfection that you're talking about doesn't exist among the majority of libertarian voters. But there are some things we won't compromise on. Johnson, fortunately, doesn't have any baggage that's onerous enough to fail in that regard. Obamney, on the other hand has loads of baggage that insures he'll not get any libertarian votes. Key for me? He's a gun banner and in the pockets of the banksters and TARPers. Just like his twin Obama.
And just off the top of my head there were quite a few ready to write off Rand a few weeks ago for supporting Romney and then the hubbub about Allen West's support of the NDAA. Both pretty doggone good allies, but not perfect enough for some
And if they really were who they said they were, they wouldn't have done those things. Which republicans here haven't written off John Roberts? There's been some defense of him here but that's only trying to save face for republicans, not him.
If I wrote off every friend, family member, or ally that made a decision with which I disagreed, I'd be awfully lonely.
What Roberts did was inexplicable. Can he salvage himself? I don't know. It takes a ton of attaboys to make up for one oh ****.
You assume too much. I've made my opinions known about the republican party, their candidates and the LP nominee on quite a few posts. Just because your opinion and voting strategy differs from mine does not mean either one of us care more about anything than the other. I could easily point to your dogmatic support for a candidate that can't win and has, in my opinion, sympathy for progressive tendencies when it comes certain "civil liberties" as a supporter of symbolism over results.
It's not the public's fault that Paul and Johnson are not able to attract a wide spread following. It's their job to present the case, to sell their product and so far theyve proved unable to do so. Sure some dems and reps care more about the team, and I'd say the same can be said of the die-hard LPers. But not me. Just to be clear, my political home was, for years, the rep party. But I am not a slave to them. Nor am I slave to any party. That's why I've made several comments about the lacking of the candidates of the "big 3".
My strategy is different than yours, but I suspect my vision is not that much different. Yeah, maybe at the margins but I bet we agree on 90%+.
So signing a gun ban isn't inexplicable?
I was once one that considered abortion to be woman's choice instead of murder of an innocent human being. Is he still calling to ban guns?