Wayne Allyn Root Quits Libertarian Party

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Good news!

Former Libertarian Party (LP) vice-presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root has announced he is leaving the LP and resigning his positions with the Libertarian National Committee and Libertarian National Campaign Committee.

Root says he will be running for US Senate as a Republican in the future.

Root has been controversial for his strong support of US wars and belligerent foreign policy. For the last 5 years, Root has been the figurehead for pro-intervention LP members. He had been running for the 2012 LP presidential nomination since 2008 but pulled out earlier this year when it became clear he had little chance of winning.

Since withdrawing his candidacy, Root has spoken about the importance of supporting Mitt Romney for President.

Root has proved to be a major embarrassment for the LP by making a number of pro-war and anti-liberty pronouncements. But many desperate LP leaders have been hesitant to remove him from party leadership positions, pursuing an "open tent" strategy to include non- and pseudo-libertarians.

Wayne Allyn Root Quits Libertarian Party « LewRockwell.com Blog

Good riddance. Wayne Allyn Root was never a libertarian to begin with.

 

[Avatar4321]

And yet, I remember him being quite popular among the libertarians in previous years.

 

[JWBooth]

Good news!

Former Libertarian Party (LP) vice-presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root has announced he is leaving the LP and resigning his positions with the Libertarian National Committee and Libertarian National Campaign Committee.

Root says he will be running for US Senate as a Republican in the future.

Root has been controversial for his strong support of US wars and belligerent foreign policy. For the last 5 years, Root has been the figurehead for pro-intervention LP members. He had been running for the 2012 LP presidential nomination since 2008 but pulled out earlier this year when it became clear he had little chance of winning.

Since withdrawing his candidacy, Root has spoken about the importance of supporting Mitt Romney for President.

Root has proved to be a major embarrassment for the LP by making a number of pro-war and anti-liberty pronouncements. But many desperate LP leaders have been hesitant to remove him from party leadership positions, pursuing an "open tent" strategy to include non- and pseudo-libertarians.

Wayne Allyn Root Quits Libertarian Party « LewRockwell.com Blog

Good riddance. Wayne Allyn Root was never a libertarian to begin with.

I agree. He and Barr were the reasons I voted for Chuck Baldwin last time out. Baldwin, though the candidate of the nearly theocratic Constitution Party, had better libertarian bonafides.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

I've always liked Wayne Allyn Root. I wasn't aware of his pro-war stance.

You know he's a former Republican, though, right? And his father was a Republican politician.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

And yet, I remember him being quite popular among the libertarians in previous years.

I voted for Barr in 2008, but certainly not because of Wayne Allyn Root.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

I've always liked Wayne Allyn Root. I wasn't aware of his pro-war stance.

You know he's a former Republican, though, right? And his father was a Republican politician.

Well now he can quit pretending to be a libertarian and get back to supporting Mitt Romney.

 

[Mad Scientist]

If he's pro war then the Republican or Democrat party is where he belongs.

 

[JWBooth]

If he's pro war then the Republican or Democrat party is where he belongs.

The more pro war he is, the happier they will be to have him.