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Because the Libertarians have the definitive, detailed answer to solving the Middle East problem and defeating ISIS? Link, please?
Libertarians have always had a consistent non-interventionist foreign policy because they were smart enough to know what happens when you meddle in the affairs of other countries. Bush didn't know the difference between a Shia and a Sunni, but he knew he wanted to be our 'war president'.
Dr Ron Paul said to stay out of Iraq - did anyone listen? People said he was a 'kook' - why because he didn't want to see the resultant mass slaughter of Christians, Yazidis and Muslims? Maybe it's time for America to realize what the 'establishment' candidates have wrought in terms of the economy and loss of lives has been nothing short of reprehensible.
Dr Paul - 'For more than a thousand years there has been a doctrine and Christian definition of what a just war is all about. I think this effort and this plan to go to war comes up short of that doctrine. First, it says that there has to be an act of aggression; and there has not been an act of aggression against the United States. We are 6,000 miles from their shores.
Also, it says that all efforts at negotiations must be exhausted. I do not believe that is the case. It seems to me like the opposition, the enemy, right now is begging for more negotiations.
Also, the Christian doctrine says that the proper authority must be responsible for initiating the war. I do not believe that proper authority can be transferred to the President nor to the United Nations'
Not true, Trump is just that bad. I have voted for a Republican in every presidential election since 2000. I can't stand Hillary Clinton, but I'll take a rational criminal over an irrational madman.
I would love to see Georgia turn blue in this election just for the amount of embarrassment it would cause Donald J. Trump.
He's already preempted that embarrassment by claiming if he loses, it's rigged.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, Johnson and Well are up against two controversial personalities. That keeps them both out of the headlines, probably most people don't even know about the LP, let alone the two candidates. They have to start upping their game, get the message out, build a ground force, or they will get buried by the impending drama to come until election day. They have an opportunity here, to make a statement for the LP, and let the people know there are alternatives to democrats or republicans, and that there are candidate running for senators, representatives, and governors.
All it takes is for them to get 15% percent to enter the debates. But IMO, Weld should have been the presidential nominee. He'd make Trump and Hillary look like fools in the debate as he's an articulate guy with a wealth of experience.
All it takes is for them to get 15% percent to enter the debates. But IMO, Weld should have been the presidential nominee. He'd make Trump and Hillary look like fools in the debate as he's an articulate guy with a wealth of experience.
I agree that Weld alone makes the Libertarian ticket worth voting for. If they manage to poll at least 15%, Weld would be included in the VP debates right? I can envision him smearing Pence and Kaine all over the mat.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, Johnson and Well are up against two controversial personalities. That keeps them both out of the headlines, probably most people don't even know about the LP, let alone the two candidates. They have to start upping their game, get the message out, build a ground force, or they will get buried by the impending drama to come until election day. They have an opportunity here, to make a statement for the LP, and let the people know there are alternatives to democrats or republicans, and that there are candidate running for senators, representatives, and governors.
I think it's 'fortunately' because Trump and Hillary's publicity usually casts them in a bad light. This looks like a classic 'tortise and hare' scenario.
The media is more open than they normally would be to 'alternative' candidates, because Trump is about as 'off the wall' as you get. Johnson and Weld, are actually more 'establishment' than Trump is. Look at all of the Republican defections to Hillary - in what 'alternative' universe does that normally occur? I especially am impressed with Weld, but both are preferrable to 'hasn't got a clue' Trump or war-monger Hillary.
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