The need for a strong Libertarian Party candidate in 2020

[PierzStyx]

There we go. More support for McMullin! Might be able to break LP records in Utah with him on the ticket.

As a Mormon by response is: Nooooooooooooooooo. Lets get someone who at least pretends to be a libertarian.

[helmuth_hubener]

You're right about Petersen though. He really does have great hair. And if he had been the nominee I am positive that more Republicans would have voted for him.

Ha! You should get a job as a pundit for one of the news networks!

[William Tell]

As a Mormon by response is: Nooooooooooooooooo. Lets get someone who at least pretends to be a libertarian.

Paul Ryan likes Ayn Rand...

[MallsRGood]

First priority; we need a "normal" person who doesn't embody all the negative stereotypes about libertarians.

...i.e. no one who drinks goat blood in pagan rituals, strips on live TV, is currently high, enjoys being shat upon by prostitutes, etc.



I know, high bar...

Some other criteria:
-not a publicly avowed anarchist
-modicum of charisma
-decent resume

[helmuth_hubener]

First priority; we need a "normal" person who doesn't embody all the negative stereotypes about libertarians.

Some other criteria:
-not a publicly avowed anarchist
-modicum of charisma
-decent resume

So.... Badnarik again?

[invisible]

The LP would indeed benefit if they nominated someone who wasn't a pothead.

But this is the LP we're talking about.

It wasn't that he was a pothead. The question was more one of, who would want to vote for a dick? After all, you wouldn't vote for a dick, would you? Lots of people were feeling the bern, and thought it felt good enough to vote really hard for him. But when people tried to feel the johnson, they realized that he was a really limp candidate.

[invisible]

yeah, they had a documentary on him all ready to go and smear the hell out of him in case he was nominated. its on Netflix now though.

They were going to smear the hell out of him, with the poop? That would be a really dirty thing to do to him, I wonder if santorum is somehow involved.

[PierzStyx]

Paul Ryan likes Ayn Rand...

Sure he does. James Taggart is probably his hero. Or maybe Wesley Mouch.

[Occam's Banana]

Yes. The LP way outperformed any previous election results. I have the same objections to Johnson as everybody else, but it's hard to complain about how the LP could have gotten more votes with a different candidate when they broke all previous records.

Conversely, with Trump and Hillary running for the Republicrats, it's hard to see how anyone who had a realistic shot at getting the LP nomination could have gotten fewer votes.

The LP had no chance of winning, but given the levels of disgust with those other two bozos, it was an opportunity (perhaps never to be had again) to put forward a consistently principled libertarian ticket that could capitalize on the opportunity to give a solid boost to the social visibility and social credibility of libertarianism.

Petersen might have done, with a good running mate. (Browne/Woods would have been ideal, if I may be permitted to indulge in fantasy.)

But instead, we got ... Johnson/Weld ... *uck* ...

The LP could have run a vial of bubonic plague and broken 3% in that field.

I said the same thing before the election (with regard to Johnson/Weld setting the record, rather than the 3% figure specifically).

Well, actually I said "bucket of warm spit," not "vial of bubonic plague," but ... you know ... *sigh* ...

Paul Ryan likes Ayn Rand...

Sure he does. James Taggart is probably his hero. Or maybe Wesley Mouch.

You cannot give Reputation to the same post twice.

[helmuth_hubener]

You cannot give Reputation to the same post twice.

Indeed, Pierz is on a roll, lately!