There is no more time for games, no room for hurt feelings. Ron Paul fans, you need to choose, because not voting for Romney is a vote for Obama. It’s that simple. And you could make the difference.
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Kurt Schlichter
Maybe Romney isn’t the uncompromising Ayn Rand hero you’d design if
you could build your ideal candidate from scratch, but he’s a lot better
than the guy on whose watch this happened:
Making no choice in this election is a choice – it’s a choice for a
collectivist who will get two or three Supreme Court picks over a man
who picked a guy, Paul Ryan, who understands capitalism and its
unbreakable link to human freedom.
Now, this is a two-way street. Romney
and Ryan need to reach out to libertarians over their common ground.
Fortunately, there is lots of common ground.
No, the Republican Party is not a
libertarian party, but it is the only party with any libertarian
element. It’s the only place you have any chance of being heard. And
with guys like Rand Paul and the libertarian-friendly Tea Party
elements, you can be in the GOP.
Sure, the Democrats posture as
guardians of freedom on a couple of issues – abortion, gay marriage –
but that’s just a pose. It’s not part of any philosophy of human
freedom; these are one-off policy choices made not because of a love for
the Constitution but because they are demanded by the interest groups
Democrats need to win elections.
When freedom becomes inconvenient, Democrats drop it like it’s hot.
You can say a lot about libertarians,
but they are principled about their view of the Constitution. They don’t
compromise, and in many cases they earn the respect of conservatives
(though never, ever, of Democrats).
It’s hard to count how many times
conservatives have watched GOP debates and muttered “Damn, I’d vote for
Ron Paul if he’d just stop talking about foreign policy.”
There’s overlap with the Republicans
but there is none with the Democrats. And that’s not surprising.
Libertarians believe in principles of liberty, as they see them.
Liberals believe in raw power to impose their will as they see fit.
Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, and Virgil
Goode do not stand for collectivism. But right now, they stand in the
way of stopping collectivism.
Let’s not sugar-coat it – there are
some real differences between libertarians and conservatives. Foreign
policy comes to mind; we conservatives see libertarian foreign policy as
naive, while libertarians see conservative foreign policy as overseas
adventurism. The drug war is another difference of opinion, though one
the libertarians would have a hearing on in the GOP as their influence
grows. We don't need to agree on everything.
With the Democrats, you agree on
nothing. We all saw the Democrat convention. It was a collectivist
congregation worshiping at the altar of big government. Free this, free
that, bailouts this, bailouts that.
There was no there there for principled libertarians. Nothing.
The Republicans are not libertarians,
but at least libertarian-conservatives make up an influential and
growing part of the party. There are exactly zero
“libertarian-liberals.” Nor can there be; Democrats embrace everything
libertarians oppose.
That’s why it’s silly to dismiss Romany
as no different than Obama. Some wave off their obligation to choose
with a cliché, that Romney is just “the lesser of two evils.”
Even if that’s true, the key is
“lesser.” If you have to choose between encountering a hubcap thief and
an axe murderer, you'd be a fool to shrug your shoulders and risk some
face time with the dude with the hatchet.
This is no time to “make a statement”
or pout that Ron Paul got treated badly in Tampa. He did get treated
badly in Tampa, and that was stupid and unnecessary. But if you are
truly dedicated to the Constitution you won’t let it be trampled in
order to make some soon-to-be-moot point to the anonymous GOP party
hacks responsible for not giving Ron Paul a primo speaking slot.
Priorities, people. Nothing less than the Constitution is at stake here.
No choice is a choice, and with the
polls showing a dead-even race every vote that does not go to Romney is
effectively a vote for Obama. There's no debate here; you opt out and
you support Obama by default. How can any principled libertarian do
that?
Obama’s spent nearly four years
trampling the First Amendment. Filmmakers who embarrassed the regime are
rousted by cops at 1:30 a.m. Administration diplomats work with the UN
to put in place blasphemy laws that give foreign mobs veto power over
our right to speak. Religious organizations are told they must act
contrary to their conscience as commanded by the government.
The Second Amendment is under fire and
is just one Supreme Court vote from being snatched away. Our government
sends guns to Mexican criminals in order to justify further crack-downs
on American citizens.
At this rate, pretty soon the
Administration will trash the Third Amendment and be quartering troops
in citizens’ homes to save money that it’ll then redistribute to its
cronies.
Romney’s not your dream candidate. We
get that. He’s not most of ours either. But the inescapable fact –
whether you like it or not, whether it’s fair or not – is that either he
or Obama will be the next president.
Don’t be the guy in 20 years who looks
over his shoulder to make sure no policemen are listening and then says
to his kids, “Back in 2012, I was mad because Ron Paul lost and then got
disrespected. I loved the Constitution, but I was mad, and so I let the
guy who hated the Constitution win. I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry.”
The Romney-Ryan camp needs to do its
part too; they need to reaffirm their commitment to Constitutional
liberty. Freedom needs to be part of the conversation, not just Obama’s
appalling record. While they can’t undo the gratuitous insults at the
convention, they can make their case to the possibly decisive
libertarians.
Ron Paul guys, Gary Johnson guys,
Virgil Goode guys... the Constitution needs you. It needs you now. It
needs you to put hard, hurt feelings aside and help elect the only one
of the two candidates who has any chance of moving America in the
direction you want.
Support and vote for Mitt Romney, or
help Obama complete his transformation of America into a nation that
violates every principle you claim you embrace.
It’s time to choose.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/09/18/Time-for-R...
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I'm a Libertarian and I choose Mitt Romney
+23I am agonizing about this election too..I mean I hate Romney, like Virgil Goode the best..I like Gary but he is not pro-life..I am so afraid that if Obama wins he will declare a Communist dictatorship so that why I will vote for Romney! Believe me I don't want to do it either..I will probably hold my nose and puke later..I feel I will go against my principles by doing this but Virgil and Gary just don't have a chance in hell! I guess Americans just are not ready for the change of the 2 party monopoly!! I mean why is there only 2 choices? Vote for the less evil one, pick the cleaner turd?? I still believe that we have to stop the 2 party system and demand viable 3rd parties if the 2 parties can not get their crap together..I mean I still have great respect for my Libertarian friends who still want to vote for Gary and Virgil or write Ron Paul..Hell, I am not ruling it out on a last minute decision!!..It just it seems we actually have no winners in this year's election!!
At this moment I am watching the debates and IMO....but the Democrats will feel otherwise....I feel Romney chewed Obama's ass right and left.
By the way...your statement is so CORRECT!!!
Gary Johnson claims to be Libertarian and is in the Libertarian Party.
Ron Paul is Libertarian but he ran as Republican because he wouldn't have gotten any coverage as a Libertarian Party candidate.
Mitt O'Romney is OBAMALITE.
Watch and compare.
Now, Dr Ron Paul on obamacare:
Points that you can ignore are Romnut said on live TV that he would have signed NDAA that the impostor signed on New Years Eve 2011, after he said he wouldn't. Do you understand what that bill does to your rights as a citizen?? If you don't then you shouldn't be voting. If you do then Romnut and Obummer are the enemy.
Romnut is financially supported by the SAME top four corrupt mega banks as the impostor. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS? The corrupt banksters do not care who we choose because they win either way.
Helicopter Bernanke and his manipulator play toy the Federal Reserve have just condemned our dollar to death. He will create 80 billion a month to save the corrupt mega banks. Did you think unlimited quantitative easing was to help us? The collapse of our economy is a mathematical certainty. He's Obummer's guy. Romnuts thinks he is doing a good job. Really...
Points that you can ignore are Romnut said on live TV that he would have signed NDAA that the impostor signed on New Years Eve 2011, after he said he wouldn't. Do you understand what that bill does to your rights as a citizen?? If you don't then you shouldn't be voting. If you do then Romnut and Obummer are the enemy.
Romnut is financially supported by the SAME top four corrupt mega banks as the impostor. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS? The corrupt banksters do not care who we choose because they win either way.
Helicopter Bernanke and his manipulator play toy the Federal Reserve have just condemned our dollar to death. He will create 80 billion a month to save the corrupt mega banks. Did you think unlimited quantitative easing was to help us? The collapse of our economy is a mathematical certainty. He's Obummer's guy. Romnuts thinks he is doing a good job. Really? From a business man?
It's past time to stop listening to the mouth pieces who know nothing. The facts I stated can be found as true if you look. How many more times do American voters plan on going through this moronic motion of voting for the lesser of two evils. Is either evil good or helpful?
There is much more at stake then who occupies the chair in the oval office. Our country and our freedom are on the line. It is so regardless of who is Selected.
There are a good many liberals who feel as I do. We were attracted to Paul's anti-Fed and anti-war message, as well as elements (not all, but elements) of his fiscal policy, such as eliminating foreign aid, ending all forms of corporate welfare, and his stated intent to slowly wean, not oust, those who have come to depend on certain federal programs for survival from them, *as* the dollar and economy are gradually strengthened and it becomes feasible. Many of us recognized that elimination of the Fed would be a bigger boon to the poor and working people of this country than anything any Democrat has proposed.
All this said, if the planks Ron Paul championed are off the table, we're going to revert to Democrat all day long, to the party that we feel at least cares about the poor and downtrodden.
Just something to think about and theres a real eye openimg video embedded in the article.
The ‘Lesser Of Two Evils’ Con-Game
http://www.alt-market.com/art...
Newt, and most of the other candidates rolled over to Romney but not RP, I ask WHY ?
You support ORomney so you view any vote not cast for him is a vote for RObama. You fail to see that we see it as any vote not cast for Johnson is a vote for ORomney or RObama. I will not vote for either of them. I would rather vote for Ron Paul, but I live in one of the several states that don't allow write ins for president.
I have supported the Republican party all of my adult life. After having Lindsey Graham stand on the stage at the 2008 Republican convention and invite Paul supporters to leave I got the message. The message was solidified in the way the GOP treated Ron Paul this year. If the way they treated Paul wasn't bad enough after the primary they started running around contesting Johnson everywhere they thought their was a chance to knock him out.
The choice this election is tyranny (Obama) or liberty (Romney); and if the choice is between Obama's perfect tyranny and Romney's flawed liberty it's still a choice, the only choice, between tyranny and liberty.
btw:
Romney oppose(d)s: QE, auto bailouts, national universal healthcare, and and federal healthcare mandates.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...
No one is hiding behind liberty while aiding Obama, if we liked Obama wouldn't we just come out and say it?
Your link took me to a video about LEGO toy sculptures.
What a poor GOP strategy, to not let the chips fall where they may? That would have united the GOP, even behind a oily liberal moderate like Romney.
For those of us who see the real battle is in fiscal conservatism, and the restoration of lost liberty... the rallying cry has become "Anyone but a democrat or a republican."
The Independents compose nearly 40% of the voting block, and were the swing vote for Obama's win using the anti-Bush sentiment. They will once again, determine the outcome of the general election, with or without Ron Paul supporters.
The wild-card is the nearly 50% of eligible voters, who rarely vote in the general.
For the most part, republicans have lost Ron Paul supporters. If you had played fair, then we would have seen a new GOP worth fighting for.
Four more years of Obama vs a republican congress, could be better than a potential 8 years of Romney.
It's Obama's to lose... Romney has to win it! He needs to step up, and take some chances showing leadership, or it's over. If he continues to follow ...
What a poor GOP strategy, to not let the chips fall where they may? That would have united the GOP, even behind a oily liberal moderate like Romney.
For those of us who see the real battle is in fiscal conservatism, and the restoration of lost liberty... the rallying cry has become "Anyone but a democrat or a republican."
The Independents compose nearly 40% of the voting block, and were the swing vote for Obama's win using the anti-Bush sentiment. They will once again, determine the outcome of the general election, with or without Ron Paul supporters.
The wild-card is the nearly 50% of eligible voters, who rarely vote in the general.
For the most part, republicans have lost Ron Paul supporters. If you had played fair, then we would have seen a new GOP worth fighting for.
Four more years of Obama vs a republican congress, could be better than a potential 8 years of Romney.
It's Obama's to lose... Romney has to win it! He needs to step up, and take some chances showing leadership, or it's over. If he continues to follow the bidding of his handlers... well, most of us can all see through that!
There are over a hundred political affiliations, who will vote their conscious.
A vote for your candidate, is just that! Anything else is just propaganda.
I respect those who vote for their candidate, based on their own due diligence, over voting against the other guy. That only continues the cycle.
We whip out or Johnson at you!
Dog, tell that coward that I can't respond cause he blocked me and because of aholes like him I am voting for Ofraud since there zero difference between Ofraud and ORomney.
A patriot Questions the government and holds them accountable for their actions.
We all know you are the number one around here.
You are not a warrior. You are a coward. Nothing more, nothing less.
And now I find out you are a pansy blocker!