Posts here have been in short supply as I have been living life and trying to get a campaign off the ground. But "11 questions to see if Libertarians are hypocrites" by R. J. Eskrow, picked up at Salon , was just so freaking lame that I spent half an hour answering them. In the end (but I'll leave it to your judgment), it is not that Libertarians or Libertarian theory looks hypocritical, but that the best that can be said for Mr. Eskrow is that he doesn't have the faintest clue what he's talking about. That's ok, because even ill-informed attacks by people like this make an important point: Libertarian ideas (as opposed to Conservative ideas, which are completely different) are making a comeback as the dynamic counterpoint to "politics as usual," and so every hack you can imagine must be dragged out to refute them. Ergo: Mr. Eskrow's 11 questions, with answers: 1. Are unions, political parties, elections, and ...
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It's interesting you never mentioned the Washington State LP's attempt to get Romney ejected from the ballot.
I collected 300 signatures today for Gary Johnson in a southern state, where he's very much in danger of not making the ballot. Yup, you're truly rode in on a white horse and pretty much saved the day. Probably another 300 tomorrow.
Oh, and I'M A REPUBLICAN.
Second, I did cover Libertarians suing to take Mitt off the Washington ballot.
http://delawarelibertarian.blogspot.com/2012/08/campaign-quick-hits.html
Frankly, I think that was a good thing, if only to remind the GOP that has attacked our ballot access in Iowa, in Virginia, in Michigan, in Pennsylvania and elsewhere that two can play at this game.
Yeah, you personally go out and collect signatures for the Libertarian Party, and that's great. But the GOP is not interested in any partnership with the Libertarian Party that doesn't involved all Libertarians simply following the party line and voting en masse for their nominee.
I didn't decide to unleash lawsuit after lawsuit to keep GOP candidates off the ballot.
Here in Delaware, as nationally, the GOP has opposed Libertarian inclusion in debates, and has continually rigged the electoral process to shut out third parties.
Your party treats Libertarians the way the Democrats have treated African-Americans and LGBT voters for years--as a captive population to be scared with "vote for us or get the awful Democrats."
The truth is: Republicans in office have not been Libertarian at all on the national level.
Soon your so-called "libertarian Republicans" will face their own choice: continue to go along with a so-called "major party" that wants their input only once every four years, or follow their principles. If they have any.