Meet Libertarian candidate Michael Badnarik

[matthew6]

I've seen alot of advertisements here for the "two evils." So I thought I'd throw in a link for the underdog who has my vote, Michael Badnarik.

This is a link to a video of excerpts of Badnarik from the libertarian national convention's presidential debates. Pretty good stuff, I think.

http://www.badnarik.org/Multimedia/

:D

[GunnyL]

Got some questions for you, matthew ...

Is there some point in time when the Libertarian party is going to be more than an underground movement? I realize full-well that the Democrats and Republicans practice bipartisanship on an unprecedented scale when it comes to keeping out any other contenders.

Do Libertarians have a viable plan to compete with the "good ole' boys"?

[matthew6]

Is there some point in time when the Libertarian party is going to be more than an underground movement?

Your guess is as good as mine. All I know is that it never will be if people who believe in Libertarian ideals don't act. One immutable fact of nature is that when nothing is done, nothing happens.

If you want to change something, you don't sit on the sidelines and say, gee, I wonder if "everybody else" will ever do something about that; you stand up and roll up your sleaves and do something about it.

But, yeah, I think that libertarian ideas make too much sense to be ignored forever, even if the two parties keep herding we the sheeple into their respective barns. For example, Ron Paul, the (R) congressman in TX is actually a libertarian. He was the libertarian candidate for president a while back, and votes in congress according to libertarian principles. They call him "Dr. No." I think if the party doesn't take off eventually, people will just use the bipartisan system, like Paul, to get into office. I'd vote for a D or an R in a heartbeat if i believed they stood for libertarian ideals. It's just that right now, you generally don't have much choice if you want a libertarian, but to vote for a Libertarian (L).

Do Libertarians have a viable plan to compete with the "good ole' boys"?
Their plan, as far as I know, is to stick to principles (they won't take federal matching funds for advertising, for example) and try to gain popularity on the merits of their message. Also, letting the "republicrats" continue to screw things up again and again and again doesn't hurt their cause either.