Libertarianism
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Many libertarians might be inclined to cast their ballots for Johnson in order to send a message to the GOP. But anyone who is inclined to believe that Johnson could actually win the general election should disillusion himself immediately. The electoral game is too rigged in favor of the two major parties for a third party to break through and in any case the Libertarian Party’s nomination process occurs too late in the year for Johnson to have time to assemble the kind of grassroots coalition he would need to accomplish such a feat. Casting a vote for Johnson will only have...
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Congressman Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) delivered this speech on the floor of the House of Representatives yesterday: You can find the transcript at United Liberty. I don’t know about you, but I’m thinking Paul-McClintock 2012 or Johnson-McClintock 2012.
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I was sent a link to the above video by someone on Twitter, who asked me to take it viral. I hope that it will go viral because it provides a definitive answer to the question: “Who could have known beforehand that things would turn out this way?” Ron Paul knew and he warned his fellow members of Congress in 2002. He predicted virtually every crisis and problem we have faced over the past decade. He knew and everybody in Washington should have known too, because he warned them. So the question isn’t: Who could have known? The question is:...
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We’ll give Grover Norquist points for honesty. At least he knows that Republicans can’t hope to win in November without Ron Paul and his supporters. But in his commentary on the New Hampshire GOP primary results for The Guardian (h/t Andrew Sullivan), Norquist seems to be operating under the delusion that Congressman Paul’s endorsement could save Romney’s presidential candidacy in the general election: However, Ron Paul is the only candidate for the Republican nomination whose endorsement will matter to Mitt Romney. It is the only endorsement that will bring votes and the only endorsement, if withheld, that could cost Romney the general election. If...
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An excerpt from my latest post at United Liberty: Libertarians are often accused of being isolationists who are unconcerned about the people of other nations. While it may be true that some libertarians are isolationists, most are non-interventionists — and the two words are not synonymous. Isolationism advocates complete disengagement from foreign affairs. Non-interventionism, on the other hand, embraces engagement with the rest of the world but rejects costly and counterproductive economic, diplomatic, and military coercion. Thomas Jefferson summed up non-interventionism when he argued for “[p]eace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations — entangling alliances with none.” These key components...
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