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22. An aberration. Every Libertarian I've ever know has been a Republican on steroids.

Sun May 6, 2012, 10:34 AM

May 2012

Armed to the teeth with 'Nuke their ass, take their gas' bumper stickers and zero tolerance for the existence of minorities.

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Gary Johnson Wins 2012 Libertarian Nomination [View all] Grassy Knoll May 2012 OP

Gosh, who will his running mate be? Joe Bacon May 2012 #1

His veep pick is Orange County (CA) Superior Court Judge Jim Gray. Comrade Grumpy May 2012 #14

Obama never could count on the white male vote anyway. joshcryer May 2012 #17

So Gonzo Ronzo has nowhere to go after he finally drops out, right? Lawlbringer May 2012 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author guitar man May 2012 #3

Ron Paul has freshstart May 2012 #24

Johnson's kind of hard to peg down. Rozlee May 2012 #4

The libertarians always have a candidate. cyberswede May 2012 #5

Ron Paul was their 1988 Presidential nominee! Joe Bacon May 2012 #25

Libertarians are just Republicans that think Republicans aren't cruel enough. nt onehandle May 2012 #6

Libertarians are Republicans who smoke dope LTR May 2012 #7

Given there are plenty of FORMER democrats in the Libertarian party... nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #8

Huge anti-war contingent. Also enormous civil liberties contingent. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #15

And some of those left leaning libertarians are here nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #23

I think he will LIKELY be on the ballot at the convention AtheistCrusader May 2012 #26

Not really. JackRiddler May 2012 #9

No Libertarian is anti-war. joshcryer May 2012 #18

I work with several, actually. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #27

Ask them what they think about paid security forces. joshcryer May 2012 #28

I know they wanted Blackwater de-funded in Iraq, before it became Xe AtheistCrusader May 2012 #30

Note the FCPA does not *explicitly* forbid paid security forces. joshcryer May 2012 #32

Letters of Marque - wow, talk about your 18th-century anachronisms. Had to coalition_unwilling May 2012 #33

Simply untrue. JackRiddler May 2012 #35

Have you read the libertarian platform? expatriate2mex May 2012 #39

That has no bearing on Libertarian ideology that supports Banana Republics... joshcryer May 2012 #44

I think you are confused on libertarians here.nt expatriate2mex May 2012 #45

Nope, Libertarians believe in the almighty contract. joshcryer May 2012 #46

That's just plain ridiculous. Just like progressives are communists, right? expatriate2mex May 2012 #47

An aberration. Every Libertarian I've ever know has been a Republican on steroids. onehandle May 2012 #22

Then you do not know any libertarians. Read their platform. expatriate2mex May 2012 #40

I'm not talking about the party. I'm talking about the members. onehandle May 2012 #41

I stand by what I said, they are not libertarians then.nt expatriate2mex May 2012 #43

They support choice, gay rights, pot legalization. Sounds really republican to me. expatriate2mex May 2012 #38

I really wish it had been Paul George Cauldron May 2012 #10

When ya rilly wanna vote fuh sumbuddy ya nevah hoyd uv! struggle4progress May 2012 #11

Johnson entry into the race presents some problems for Obama RainDog May 2012 #12

Obama is at least shoring up support by closing out some of these fucking wars. AtheistCrusader May 2012 #16

He's polling at 7%. What "problems for Obama" (46%) do you see, really? Robb May 2012 #20

I'm not worried about it. sofa king May 2012 #21

The Supreme Court handed the election to the worst possible candidate and coalition_unwilling May 2012 #34

And if Gore had won just 10% of Nader's votes.... sofa king May 2012 #36

Um, Gore actually did win, as every recount after the USSC coalition_unwilling May 2012 #37

I really like Johnson.... I wish it had been Paul. alittlelark May 2012 #13

His Big J Construction Company burrowowl May 2012 #29

He is a hideous parasite. alittlelark May 2012 #31

Saw some of that yesterday. If possible the Libertarians were even whiter rurallib May 2012 #19

That is Ike winning Vegetarian Butcher of the year. Nt underpants May 2012 #42