How should the Libertarian Party make a case for Tea Party voters?

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Permalink Reply by William Newell on October 2, 2010 at 2:18am

Just run on change it works every time. On a more serious note, i honestly don't see the Libertarian Party really taking over the leadership of the Tea Party. One reason is that the Republicans run on a strong foreign policy and their voters eat up, also it has become ridiculous to be a non-interventionist. It is seen as a an attempt to become a isolationist island in a world of need. they fail to realize that in a world of need the last thing we need is the government diverting wealth to war where NOTHING is created outside of misery and more destruction.

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Permalink Reply by William Newell on October 2, 2010 at 2:24am

Also libertarians don't have a front man. No insult to current candidates but nobody is as principled as Ron, as charming as Barack, and as intelligent as Ludwig von Mises. Sad to say but true. It still feels like i have to compromise my principles to get somebody into power who thinks a little bit more like me. This still is the lesser of two evils only now there are three options.

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Permalink Reply by Gary Dale Cearley on October 2, 2010 at 12:52pm

I think there are many people who are against the Republican Foreign policy. Unfortunately, they tend to be tax and spend liberals, not fiscal conservatives.

Regarding the candidates, I personally don't believe that there is no one as principled as Ron Paul, charming as Barack Obama and as intelligent as Von Mises. Have you seen Tim Nerentz? Warren Redlich? They aren't slouches by a long shot! I really don't believe it is the candidate or the message.

I think the media shuts them out totally. For instance, I recently saw an online poll on the news in Florida where it asked the preference of the voters who they'd rather have as governor. It listed the Republican, the Democrat, Charlie Crist, plus two other candidates (former Democrats) who didn't make it past the primary and couldn't even be elected because they weren't on the ballot. Who did it not list? Alexander Snitker, the Libertarian Party candidate who not only is on the ballot but is running a vigorous campaign! I get literally sick to my stomach at the way the media decides a candidate's relevancy. I am against frivolous laws but I do believe there was something unethical about this line of polling. More on that later...

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