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Wayne Root leaves Libertarian Party, backs Romney
United Liberty ^ | 09/06/2012 | Jason Pye

Posted on 09/07/2012 5:42:25 AM PDT by SumProVita

Wayne Allyn Root, 2008 Libertarian Party’s Vice Presidential nominee and political commentator, resigned this morning from the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) to, according to his resignation letter, “elect good people and change the direction of this country outside of a third party.”

In the letter to the LNC, which is available at Independent Political Report, Root explains that his decision much is not unlike those of previous Libertarian Party presidential candidates, including Ron Paul and David Koch; both of whom left the LP to become prominent Republicans.

When I asked if he was now backing Mitt Romney, Root responded, “I am,” adding, “I don’t deny that Romney and Ryan aren’t libertarians, but Romney is a pro-business capitalist and Obama is a Marxist-socialist.”

(Excerpt) Read more at unitedliberty.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012endorsements; election; libertarian; libertarians; thirdparty; wayneallynroot
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To: muawiyah
And what was the vote total for all non-Paul LP candidates - was it really enough to make Romney's 22% look presentable?

When you are lined up by height it's good to have the shortest guy to your left ~ and if you don't have one of them, it's good to get one eh.

You might look taller next to a guy three inches shorter than you - but you don't look any taller standing next to a guy who's only three inches tall. Gary Johnson never polled higher than 2% ... no help there for Romney.

21 posted on 09/07/2012 12:47:15 PM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: muawiyah
We don't really know who all the Libertarians or their clones really were among the 13.

Michelle will have to come clean someday.

So your claim is based on deep-cover Libertarians? LOL! Don your tinfoil hat and check under your bed for Libertarians.

22 posted on 09/07/2012 12:49:37 PM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

Well, why not?


23 posted on 09/07/2012 3:39:42 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

It’s the clustering effect. You end up with 2 or 3 down in the single digits and Mitt and another up in the double digits, Mitt doesn’t look to be as much a loser as he really is.


24 posted on 09/07/2012 3:41:06 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah
So your claim is based on deep-cover Libertarians? LOL! Don your tinfoil hat and check under your bed for Libertarians.

Well, why not?

Why not don your tinfoil hat and check under your bed for Libertarians? If you have to ask, you'll never understand the answer.

25 posted on 09/08/2012 2:43:20 PM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: muawiyah
You might look taller next to a guy three inches shorter than you - but you don't look any taller standing next to a guy who's only three inches tall. Gary Johnson never polled higher than 2% ... no help there for Romney.

It’s the clustering effect. You end up with 2 or 3 down in the single digits and Mitt and another up in the double digits, Mitt doesn’t look to be as much a loser as he really is.

Have any evidence that he looked that way to anyone but you?

26 posted on 09/08/2012 2:44:41 PM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

Sure there’s evidence. Take a look at his 2008 primary results ~


27 posted on 09/08/2012 3:19:38 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

you don’t have to be a deep cover libertarian to take a payoff but i’m sure it helps ~ right?


28 posted on 09/08/2012 3:21:05 PM PDT by muawiyah
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