Posted on 02/12/2019 6:19:07 AM PST by deplorableindc
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz may be able to avoid a 50-state scramble for presidential ballot access by seeking the Libertarian Party’s support.
Members of the large national third party, which took more than 3 percent of the vote in 2016, are intrigued by Schultz and might be willing to give him the party nomination in 2020, meaning he would not have to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures as an independent.
Schultz has branded himself a “centrist independent” as he teases a potential challenge to President Trump. But he has Libertarians swooning over his concern about the national debt and opposition to socialist policies such as single-payer healthcare, free college, and high taxes.
“Mr. Schultz describes himself as fiscally conservative and socially liberal, so I kindly encourage Mr. Schultz to look at our platform, as that title goes hand in hand with what the Libertarian Party stands for,” said Florida Libertarian Party Chairman Marcos Miralles.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Same with some middle-agers I know. And the #1 reason is a 3-letter word: P-O-T. I'm pro-pot (and I've never done pot, other drugs, or even been drunk). But there's tons more to being a true libertarian than just pot. For instance, if we get rid of welfare others might come on board with letting folks dope themselves up legally.
Run Howard run!
Progs hate Libertarians as much or more than they hate Republicans.
Ross Perot got Bill Clinton elected both times by siphoning off more Republican votes than Democrat votes.
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With the benefit of hindsight, aside from Bill Clinton being a degenerate scumbag, Bush or Dole were not a much better option than Clinton. That is a Far, Far Cry from what we have with President Trump. He has been nothing short of extraordinary in my eyes and I think he’s opening more eyes everyday when he keeps the promises he made and shows that he truly has an ear to what the public is demanding for America. I’m feeling certain he’s going to run away with the 2020 election and I don’t care how many options there are against him.
I used to say I was fiscally conservative and socially liberal, until researching what ‘social liberal’ actually encompasses. So, now, I’m a conservative-leaning libertarian, or specifically a Trumpist.
. There was a poll published recently that he pulled far more from Democrats than President Trump. Democrats have been trying to drive a wedge between Trump and his base for two years now, with zero success. With Schultz in, it would be a twenty point landslide.
Social/cultural traditionalist minarchist here. The LP is just Marxism with dope, they see every person as a soulless economic actor with no over-riding moral governance, plus virtually every single Libertarian policy is at odds with human nature. I flirted with libertarianism in the past but then I grew up.
How peculiar. Minarchism is defined as a libertarian philosophy, but you tell yourself whatever you need to feel validated.
“Minarchism is defined as a libertarian philosophy”
And those who do so would be wrong ;-)
This source seems to be pretty authoritative:
https://www.econlib.org/archives/2015/06/the_incredible_3.html
Jun 17, 2015 - In the 70s and 80s, a great intellectual battle waged between two libertarian factions: minarchists and anarcho-capitalists.
Schultz can run any way he wants, he’ll still be a third party candidate, and will help put Demwit winning margins at risk in places where they ordinarily wouldn’t worry (like in California and New York). There aren’t millions of voters just waiting for a reason to jump ship on President Trump.
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Posted on 02/12/2019 9:33:24 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3727240/posts
Agreed.
Libertarians are only second to leftists as being our worst enemy.
There’s no dividing the “fiscal” and “social” baby without destroying the baby.
They champion unfettered drug use, prostitution, no-holds-barred pornography and, if you dig deeply enough, "gay marriage," although they will try to cast it as "no marriage, civil partnerships for all."
I think that they are liberals who are afraid of the label.
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