Wayne Allen Root in 2008?

[eds]

Have you heard of this actual Libertarian candidate? Wayne Allen Root. Not a Libertarian masquerading as a Republican like Ron Paul or Fred Thompson, but a real Libertarian ticket candidate.

I've mentioned in another thread that some of the things Ron Paul has said are anti-semitic, and racist. And yes I have the proof. See the thread in Just Vent, called "interesting presidential news". It's all there and I don't want to repeat myself here. Link: http://forums.ctrecord.com/showthread.php?t=1195

Root is an actual bona fide and legal candidate, on the news and everything.

I like his politics. I also like Fred's too. For the most part. He fear mongers too much I think. I've not totally decided but what do ya'll think?

His site is at: http://www.rootforamerica.com

[Modernliberal]

I know who he is. They call him W.A.R (for Wayne Allyn Root), and he used to be a republican. His father founded the conservative party in the state of New York and was a life long idle of Barry Goldwater. I don't think that Allen is completely a libertarian. He came from the Republican Party because, as he puts it, they left him he didn't leave them. What he means by this is the party platform went outside of his realm of beliefs. The major factor for him as to why he left is that fact that the Republican Party has included too much of an emphasis on religion. He doesn't like that they are that close to the religious sect. Where he is like a libertarian is that he thinks that Bush doesn't fit the traditional Republican ideal of smaller government is better government. He calls Bush a "big government Republican". Even though I don't think he is the best candidate for president, I feel that he is better than about 90% of the choices, which is sad because I will not be voting for him seeing as how a lot of my major issues differ from him. It is sad that there are so many choices for president in the United States right now, and I hardly like any of them. Eds, you know how you said your major issue overall is the second amendment, well mine is abolishing the electoral college. At this point if one of the candidates came out and said that they would abolish the electoral college, and use the popular vote, I would pay much more attention to them. :)

[eds]

I too started out life as a Republican. Reagan in '84! Then over the years as that party changed, as Root said, I became more politically aware. I remember watching the Reagan / Carter debate in 80 and Reagan / Mondale in 1984. I was young, but even then I was always interested in politics.

As I grew older I became wiser, I think. I learned about Ayn Rand's objectivist theories, "Atlas Shrugged", started studying (trying to anyway) Marxism, and leaders like Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, Stalin, and Lennin. I compared them to Western leaders and capitalism and democracy.

I've come to the conclusion, that it's not the system, but human frailty and human imperfection which renders any political system moot.

That said, I think Libertarianism represents more of the old DEMOCRAT model. The conservative Southern Democrat. Republicans try to fill that role today, but none do it with as much class,I think.

Republicans are becoming sort of the Communists of the 21st century. More and more I see parallels to Marxism in the manner Republicans seem to control things, albeit with a bent toward old money and not the bourgeoisie.

[Marc Syrah]

Ok.. Here is one of his Good Posts!
Folks????
You Awake?

[Marc Syrah]

Guess not...:(

[flatrat]

Have you heard of this actual Libertarian candidate? Wayne Allen Root. Not a Libertarian masquerading as a Republican like Ron Paul or Fred Thompson, but a real Libertarian ticket candidate.



Root, isnt he a con man, a bookie and a gambler?

Not to imply that his occupation would invalidate his ideas.