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Matthew78 Posted: Mon, May 7 2012 11:46 PM

This will be the first time in years that I am voting a Libertarian for President. I think I am going to be going with the LP's pick for President or Ron Paul. True, I think Romney has a better chance at winning but I doubt that he's a principled man. 

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Rorschach replied on Tue, May 8 2012 12:03 AM

Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico and Republican Presidential candidate, was just nominated by the LP with a large majority victory over the weekend.  I believe he is likely the most well-known nominee that the LP has nominated.  You can visit his website here:

http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/front

I see no more reason to believe Romney's fiscal conservatism rhetoric than there was to believe Obama's anti-war rhetoric or Bush's fical conservatism and anti-nation building rhetoric.  They're all owned by someone who does not answer to what some may call "we the people".  I could not pick a "lesser of two evils" amongst Romney and Obama even if I wanted to.

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There are also, as you might expect, many libertarians opposed to voting altogether:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/non-vote-arch.html

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Rorschach:

Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico and Republican Presidential candidate, was just nominated by the LP with a large majority victory over the weekend.  I believe he is likely the most well-known nominee that the LP has nominated.  You can visit his website here:

http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/front

I see no more reason to believe Romney's fiscal conservatism rhetoric than there was to believe Obama's anti-war rhetoric or Bush's fical conservatism and anti-nation building rhetoric.  They're all owned by someone who does not answer to what some may call "we the people".  I could not pick a "lesser of two evils" amongst Romney and Obama even if I wanted to.

A further note:

There are also, as you might expect, many libertarians opposed to voting altogether:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/non-vote-arch.html

 

From Gray Johnson's website:

"Impose and enforce sanctions on employers for noncompliance with immigration laws."

So, Gary Johnson doesn't want to allow businesses to hire whomever they want?

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There are also, as you might expect, many libertarians opposed to voting altogether:

Those are my favorite kind of libertarian.

Anyway, Gary Johnson 2012!

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