Is this the year of the Libertarian Party?

[Imissbush]

Ha ha? The Libertarians are idiots. Really, slash government at all levels? What, no pollution controls? No consumer protections? What a joke

Another authoritarian statist freedom-hating government hack. Do you even like America?

You got nothing. Are you clowns angry every time the government run sewage system takes away your waste? Yes, public health sure sucks.

You guys are deliusionaL

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

If the Libertarians couldn't make a decent showing in 2016 with two shit candidate like Trump and Clinton on the ballot then no, this is not their year.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

Can someone from the government please come wipe my ass?

Hello?

I have rights!!

 

[dcbl]

If the Libertarians couldn't make a decent showing in 2016 with two shit candidate like Trump and Clinton on the ballot then no, this is not their year.

They had a golden opportunity and wasted it on a really bad candidate

 

[dcbl]

It's annoying to watch the partisans (especially on this board) go back and forth on bullshit that doesn't really matter, except to score political points

BUT it's so easy to rile folks up on here

And fun

 

[dcbl]

can see where a lot of republicans would take issue with the libertarian stance on abortion and the death penalty.

On death penalty hes

BUT abortion?

The policy is "it is not the government's business

That really means federal government

Libertarians are not opposed to all government, but rather prefer that most decisions are best made at the state a decision local level...

 

[JoeMoma]

can see where a lot of republicans would take issue with the libertarian stance on abortion and the death penalty.

On death penalty hes

BUT abortion?

The policy is "it is not the government's business

That really means federal government

Libertarians are not opposed to all government, but rather prefer that most decisions are best made at the state a decision local level...

For those that believe that a fetus is a person that deserves the same protection of life as any other person, abortion is the government’s business. For those that don’t believe a fetus is a person, then it’s not the government’s business.
Now if you are saying abortion should be a state issue, I agree.

 

[flacaltenn]

Stossel: Is 2018 the Year of the Libertarian Party?

Libertarians are like house cats; completely convinced of their own independence, yet wholly dependent on others to survive.

Isn't that the situation for Congress Critters as well? Think. You have the PERFECT example of how to break the 2 party strangle hold on speech/action in Congress this year. With Flake, McCain, Corker suddenly able to speak their minds to party leadership. Just a handful or dozen of INDEPENDENT VOICES will make a world of difference in a place like Congress. A place where only FOUR PARTY BOSSES are relevant today and the rest of the folks might as well go home.

Does't mean a 3rd party "domination" or control of the the power. But 2018 and beyond will see the INDEPENDENT voices rising. INCLUDING the LParty..

The LP was mocked for running a openly Gay man in the 1970s. We were mocked for decriminalizing marijuana. MORE IMPORTANTLY, we were mocked for advocating non-intervention in the Mid-East and most other conflicts and speaking out about Domestic Surveillance. We CONSISTENTLY WARNED about govt/corporate collusion and corporate handouts for products and services that would be on the market anyways.

Turns out -- we've been AHEAD of "public sentiment" by a couple decades and NOW --- with the millennials being tthe LARGEST voting block, America has caught up to us.. And we will continue to work to DISPLACE as many of the 2 party Brand Name Old Farts as we possible can..

 

[Imissbush]

Can someone from the government please come wipe my ass?

Hello?

I have rights!!

That's right, let's get rid of schools, health care and roads, it will be the brave new world of Liberatarian. Gees, and these morons wonder why no one votes for them?

 

[dcbl]

Now if you are saying abortion should be a state issue, I agree.

That is my position, and I lean hard right Libertarian) as opposed to Bill Maher, who leans hard left Libertarian)

I believe life begins at conception and have zero problems with the Libertarian Party position

 

[dcbl]

We were mocked for decriminalizing marijuana.

The Libertarian Party has, and has had, a major branding problem for decades

It's a shame that they have allowed themselves to be branded as the "free the weed" party to the exclusion of the far more important issues...

 

[dcbl]

Can someone from the government please come wipe my ass?

Hello?

I have rights!!

That's right, let's get rid of schools, health care and roads, it will be the brave new world of Liberatarian. Gees, and these morons wonder why no one votes for them?

Roads fall under the pervue of the military and are a federal government issue, even by Libertarian standards

Schools and health care should be left to state and local governments or the private sector

Will you try to let us know when the new national curfew will be in advance?

 

[JoeMoma]

Now if you are saying abortion should be a state issue, I agree.

That is my position, and I lean hard right Libertarian) as opposed to Bill Maher, who leans hard left Libertarian)

I believe life begins at conception and have zero problems with the Libertarian Party position

I agree, but that’s not what the Libertarian platform says....the way I understand it.

 

[flacaltenn]

We were mocked for decriminalizing marijuana.

The Libertarian Party has, and has had, a major branding problem for decades

It's a shame that they have allowed themselves to be branded as the "free the weed" party to the exclusion of the far more important issues...

There's certainly some justifiable blame for that. I raised holy hell about purest "one issue" candidates who thought weed was a comprehensive political platform. We've grown past that. We didn't chuck the anarchist and the one issue people -- but we've BECOME a complete political identity in the past decade. Organizations that are in our sphere like Cato, Institute for Justice, Reason Foundation have become our "think tanks". And have offered landmark policy contributions on everything from "medical savings accounts" to social justice reform and market based solutions.

The press likes to marginalize indie politics. It's easy to do. UNTIL you start running folks with actual political achievements to their names. Like Ron Paul and Gary Johnson and Bill Weld. They'll be plenty more. The politicians themselves are tired of being muzzled by the Party Bosses and looking for a space to speak their minds. You're gonna see many seek 3rd party banners or run Independent in the next decades.

 

[dcbl]

You're gonna see many seek 3rd party banners

I hope so

Just do me a favor, if you ever see someone doing a strip tease on stage, have someone tackle their ass and pistol whip them back stage...

 

[flacaltenn]

Can someone from the government please come wipe my ass?

Hello?

I have rights!!

That's right, let's get rid of schools, health care and roads, it will be the brave new world of Liberatarian. Gees, and these morons wonder why no one votes for them?

Ask any public school administrator how much "help" the FEDERAL govt is to them. It's a SMALL fraction of their revenue and the COMPLIANCE paperwork and programs cost more than the subsidies. I have an uncle/aunt very high up in NYCity school system and we COMPLETELY agree on the worthlessness of Fed involvement in education. ESPECIALLY when the parents/locals GRIPE about "standardized testing" coming from Wash DC. BOTH SIDES beat up the Feds on that issue. And if the Feds can not even MEASURE school performance state by state, school by school -- they couldnt even BEGIN to be ACTUALLY HELPFUL in fixing anything.

 

[JoeMoma]

You're gonna see many seek 3rd party banners

I hope so

Just do me a favor, if you ever see someone doing a strip tease on stage, have someone tackle their ass and pistol whip them back stage...

I’m all for hot women doing strip tease.

 

[flacaltenn]

Just do me a favor, if you ever see someone doing a strip tease on stage, have someone tackle their ass and pistol whip them back stage...[/QUOTE]

Shows what genuine "convention of the common people" looks like. No Hollywood writers and producers involved. Betcha in 18th century,, the East coast elite felt the same about frontier folks in buckskin coats and coon-skin hats..

 

[emilynghiem]

Stossel: Is 2018 the Year of the Libertarian Party?

Bootney Lee Farnsworth
I think we are heading toward a system of proportional representation by party.
Where anyone can elect to fund and run their own social programs and local
policies through the party platform they believe in, similar to choosing a religious affiliation and organization to run schools and social programs including health care.

Where all parties agree, taxpayers can agree to invest taxes or tax breaks/deductions into state or federal programs; and where we disagree we can opt into funding things separately.

This would protect the free exercise of all political beliefs
equally as religious beliefs, in keeping with the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

So if you call it the year or age of the Libertarian Party,
it's also the age of the Greens and Democrats to take back control of
their parties respectively, as well as the Republicans and other groups.
There is also the Veteran Party of America, the Constitution Party,
the Christian Party of America, the Natural Law Party,
and other Socialist and Socialist Workers Parties that all have
their own elected representatives and platforms that can serve
as a centralizing structure for collective representation and services for members.

Instead of fighting over beliefs regarding
* right to health care
* marriage rights
* LGBT beliefs
* Christian beliefs such as prolife or spiritual healing
* pro or anti gun/drug/immigration/etc.
Let each party allocate its taxes by what represents that membership.

And where there are shortfalls in budgets, then allow the parties
to lend and borrow between their groups, so there are AGREED
business plans before people choose to invest their tax dollars.
Investors should be rewarded for lending or investing money
into govt or businesses, charity or school programs.

So this would change our tax structure to be voluntary compliance,
and give taxpayers control over programs and govt
instead of being forced to pay without accountability,
consent, or free choice of beliefs.

 

[dcbl]

You're gonna see many seek 3rd party banners

I hope so

Just do me a favor, if you ever see someone doing a strip tease on stage, have someone tackle their ass and pistol whip them back stage...

I’m all for hot women doing strip tease.

It didn't work out that way...

Libertarian candidate's convention strip tease - CNN Video