Libertarian Party Boss says Vote for Romney

[ATM]

Well it certainly sounds like those who want Obama out (moreso than they actually desire to vote for Romney) better vote Johnson. I know I am.

Nothing else makes sense. The math ain't gonna change, folks.

If Romney can't beat Obama with a split vote, why would you vote for him unless you really think he's the best guy for the position?

 

[rambone]

Good riddance to Barr and Root. The LP is stronger with them back where they belong.

 

[mrjarrell]

Good riddance to Barr and Root. The LP is stronger with them back where they belong.

^^This. Root, for all his talk did more damage than good during his tenure. He never could decide where his loyalties lay. Now, maybe he'll be in his happy place. It's certain that the people within the LP will be happier with him and his gop endorsements gone. He managed to get some good people tossed off the LNC due to their closeness with him. Maybe now things will get back to where they need to be.

 

[jesse485]

Libertarians are being told to forget their principles because this is the election of all elections. We have to get Obama out now and we can try to get a libertarian in next time. Only problem is next time, their'll be a new socialist wet dream running as a dem in 2016 and we have to vote against him, we can vote our principle in 2020. Wash, rinse, repeat.

QFT. When is the last time we haven't heard the "this is the most important election EVAR, vote for our stooge", from the two major parties? I fell for it the last two times, no longer.

 

[downzero]

I don't really care what Root thinks, nor do I really care much about the so-called 'libertarians' who are voting for Romney. Conservatives are in the closet all over our movement, and the sooner we get rid of them, the sooner we can draw from the democrats who seek more individual liberty and to encourage the market to produce socially desirable results. They are out there, but they do not want to join a party that is full of Republican rejects, often who support aggressive foreign policy and xenophobic immigration policy, both of which are severely at odds with the libertarian idea of market solutions to problems rather than protectionism or force.

 

[hornadylnl]

I don't really care what Root thinks, nor do I really care much about the so-called 'libertarians' who are voting for Romney. Conservatives are in the closet all over our movement, and the sooner we get rid of them, the sooner we can draw from the democrats who seek more individual liberty and to encourage the market to produce socially desirable results. They are out there, but they do not want to join a party that is full of Republican rejects, often who support aggressive foreign policy and xenophobic immigration policy, both of which are severely at odds with the libertarian idea of market solutions to problems rather than protectionism or force.

Careful, you'll be part of the cabal like me.

 

[Expat]

I assume we will hear the same thing about Johnson when he goes back to the GOP to run for Senate in a few years. He wasn't a real Libertarian, just a Republican hack.

 

[downzero]

I assume we will hear the same thing about Johnson when he goes back to the GOP to run for Senate in a few years. He wasn't a real Libertarian, just a Republican hack.

Except he has a voting record, and it didn't involve instituting Romneycare and bankrupting his state.

 

[melensdad]

I assume we will hear the same thing about Johnson when he goes back to the GOP to run for Senate in a few years. He wasn't a real Libertarian, just a Republican hack.

WOW, did you see his record in New Mexico? I think he has the record for VETOING more bills then every other governor combined since the beginning of the union.

 

[hornadylnl]

WOW, did you see his record in New Mexico? I think he has the record for VETOING more bills then every other governor combined since the beginning of the union.

If he's not voting for Romney, he's part of the liberal cabal.

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

Except he has a voting record, and it didn't involve instituting Romneycare and bankrupting his state.

Romney did not bankrupt his state - he improved it significantly in the face of a democratic uber-majority legislature. If you want to have a beef with what Romney did (and I DO disagree with Romneycare) keep it factual.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I saw Root in an interview a couple weeks ago or so. At that time, he proclaimed to be a Johnson fan and fully in the LP camp. Maybe someday "the fastest growing" party in the country will develop truly electable candidates of their own rather than depend on the carpet-bagging rejects of the D's and R's.

 

[Expat]

Except he has a voting record, and it didn't involve instituting Romneycare and bankrupting his state.

not really the topic...

 

[88GT]

Changing your vote from third party to Romney is dumb. Makes me certainly question their IQ?

My political capital is my political capital, to wield as I see fit. Not to fulfill your ideas of acceptability. I find it ironic, amusing, and telling that the party of liberty can't accept the freest exercise of that liberty in others without calling them names and insulting their intelligence.

Most everyone knows that a vote for Romney is a vote for Obama, as they are both so similar.

Rubbish. If a vote for Johnson isn't a vote for Obama then a vote for Romney can't be a vote for Obama. You can't have it both ways.

And another thing, we've been scolded for saying that this election is important in order to remove Obama because Obama hasn't really ruined this country and all the bad that was predicted under his administration hasn't really come to pass (a point that is debatable at the least, and arguably quite false, but for the sake of discussion, we'll accept it as a statement of fact if only to highlight the hypocrisy behind it). Well, if Romney is just like Obama and Obama wasn't that bad, what are y'all *****ing so much for?

My vote is for who will be best at the presidency, not "let's vote out this horrible man with this other guy we will dislike just as much"...that is dumb.

No, that's reality. I think it's just as foolhardy to spend political capital for a candidate that will not win if the stated goal is making a difference. Dead people don't talk and unelected people don't represent. But I have NEVER condemned anybody for his choice. (Unless it's a Dem voting for Obama because, well, that is just dumb.) Seriously though, even those who vote for Obama do so because that is THEIR vote based on THEIR principles. All you high and mighty "principled" people forget that. People who vote differently don't lack principles; they just don't share yours. That doesn't make them stupid or of low IQ. No wonder the LP can't attract a following. People tend to avoid those who insult them so hatefully.

 

[Expat]

I saw Root in an interview a couple weeks ago or so. At that time, he proclaimed to be a Johnson fan and fully in the LP camp. Maybe someday "the fastest growing" party in the country will develop truly electable candidates of their own rather than depend on the carpet-bagging rejects of the D's and R's.

Yep, every four years they get the republican that got the fewest votes in the GOP primary and run him for President. Then they wonder why they only hope to break the 1% level.

 

[Steelman]

WOW, did you see his record in New Mexico? I think he has the record for VETOING more bills then every other governor combined since the beginning of the union.

Damn him for vetoing bills. He must actually be READING them if he's vetoing THAT many!

 

[foszoe]

Wasn't Ron Paul a Libertarian Pres candidate at one time then went back to being a Republican?

he must be stupid too then.

Why is it the party that wants me to vote for them puts up candidates that become Republicans, some within 4 years?

If the Dems and the Reps are all the same, why aren't former Lib candidates or those leaving the Libs evenly split between the Dem and Rep parties?

 

[HeadlessRoland]

Wayne Allyn has been doing an awful lot of commentaries for FauxNews recently.
I was wondering when he'd finally jump the fence as the bribes require.

 

[rambone]

If the Dems and the Reps are all the same

The top echelon of power in each party is the same, not necessarily every single party member.

 

[Mosineer]

My political capital is my political capital, to wield as I see fit. Not to fulfill your ideas of acceptability. I find it ironic, amusing, and telling that the party of liberty can't accept the freest exercise of that liberty in others without calling them names and insulting their intelligence.



Rubbish. If a vote for Johnson isn't a vote for Obama then a vote for Romney can't be a vote for Obama. You can't have it both ways.

And another thing, we've been scolded for saying that this election is important in order to remove Obama because Obama hasn't really ruined this country and all the bad that was predicted under his administration hasn't really come to pass (a point that is debatable at the least, and arguably quite false, but for the sake of discussion, we'll accept it as a statement of fact if only to highlight the hypocrisy behind it). Well, if Romney is just like Obama and Obama wasn't that bad, what are y'all *****ing so much for?



No, that's reality. I think it's just as foolhardy to spend political capital for a candidate that will not win if the stated goal is making a difference. Dead people don't talk and unelected people don't represent. But I have NEVER condemned anybody for his choice. (Unless it's a Dem voting for Obama because, well, that is just dumb.) Seriously though, even those who vote for Obama do so because that is THEIR vote based on THEIR principles. All you high and mighty "principled" people forget that. People who vote differently don't lack principles; they just don't share yours. That doesn't make them stupid or of low IQ. No wonder the LP can't attract a following. People tend to avoid those who insult them so hatefully.

I momentarily remove/tip my foil hat to you!!! Good post +1