Angry Libertarians are welcome to the GOP with OPEN ARMS. The Party of Goldwater

A faction of purist libertarians are angry because they perceive Bob Barr to be an impure Republican infiltrator of the Libertarian Party. So now your extending the olive branch to the Libertarians to JOIN the Republicans!!!??? WTF??? Hahaha the whole reason they're pissed is because they feel they've got a non-purist Libertarian as they're presidential nominee. I've got news for you, a lot of these people didn't feel Ron Paul was pure enough back in 88' either, they didn't think Aarron Russo, creator of Freedom to Fascism was pure enough in 04' and railroaded his attempt to run for party nomination. They would rather have somebody with the credentials, charisma, and media savviness of unsuccessfully running for town dogcatcher as a Libertarian run on the presidential ticket as an uber-libertarian-anarcho-capitalist, than have somebody who is 90% libertarian give them a real shot at winning the presidency or other elected office for that matter. Its all or nothing with these folks buddy and there is no way they are going to bolt for the Republican Party (by the way, Goldwater was impure to them also!). The only thing they are going to do for sure is bitch a lot for the next 8 months or so and then go crawl into a little hole and hibernate until the next convention. I attended the convention and the only thing I could gather from Mary Ruwart at the debate was that I should vote for her because she was a woman and all the Hillary supporters would somehow miracuously have a conversion to libertarianism when Obama won the convention and they felt disenfranchised. Hahaha thats almost as good as this one!

There are some people here that are taking it personal about their candidates. It is not about the party but what the person is about and what they will do in office, as well as their track record. We already have our man and anyone is more than welcome to join forces if they like what he believes in. The whole party thing was just one more tool of the neocons to divide and control and it has been very successful. All of the parties have been infiltrated with corrupt politicians that can be bought or controlled.

you belong to if your are awake. All the parties need to turn back to the Constitution if we are active and committed we will see results. We could make it a game by 2012 which party will most resemble Dr. Paul's platform. Hee, hee

if we don't do something now. From what I've heard, if Barr is that bad, and he might be, the LP is starting to do what the Republicrats have done for centuries, sellout on principles to get exposure and votes. While I admire the idea of taking back the GOP I see it as at least as infeasible as the LP making it big without selling out. This idea of selling out is like a cancer and I believe that with the GOP it is terminal. After Bush and now McCain there will be little of anything even remotely conservative left in the GOP and confidence in it will be at an all time low. We've seen the treatment we've gotten in the GOP throughout this campaign from the highest levels of the party to the lowest where new participants have been scorned and turned away, the Republicans have doomed themselves. I think that it would be easier to prevent the LP from becoming like the GOP than trying to force the monolithic GOP back into a semblance of principle. In this I feel we should continue to work at taking back both parties so that hopefully one will work, but as I've said I feel we have a better shot of changing the LP which has only been corrupt for about 30 years compared to the GOP's century long trail of evil. If Ron, and even Barr, raise the profile of the LP then it is in our interests to make sure that an evil party doesn't benefit from the work of a good man, Ron, and the best way to do that is to keep the party from straying too far. In summary it's easier to correct the LP and continue to work in it for more exposure than it is to try to change the giant, corrupt, and evil GOP.

Unless Ron Paul suggests otherwise. We need to envigorate the ideas of non-interventionism, getting rid of the Federal Reserve and returning the constitution to the law of the land!

From my understanding the Constitutional Party will probably be on the ballot in at least 40 states. If we can win just one, a message will be sent!

And we will grow from there!

Mike
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Dr. Paul will not be running the general election. He will not even file as a write-in candidate, so any write in will not be counted.

Will you be voting for McCain?

And, why if you think Barr's nomination compromises Libertarian Party principles, do you not think that McCain's nomination doesn't compromise Republican principles?

Hey. I voted Libertarian in the last 3 elections and will probably vote Constitution Party this election. I'm also a Republican Party precinct chair and heading for the Texas GOP convention as a delegate to support the Revolution. When the Republicans come back to their roots, I will enthusiastically support their Presidential Candidate with my vote. The difference between McCain and Baldwin is night and day. When the Republican is close philosophically to the Libertarian or Constitution Party candidate, I will vote Republican. McCain is awful. Barr is decent, but Baldwin is best.

Welcome fellow Libertarians!!!!!!!!

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"RON PAUL SUPPORTER SINCE 1997"
RON PAUL 2008 / RE-ELECT 2012

I'm not an LP. Just a Republican who has finally come home.

"Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them"
Paul Valery

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"let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our freedoms & wealth are in jeoprady"
Ron Paul

that Bob Barr has undergone a genuine ethical conversion and now wants to withdraw his support of the Patriot Act (just to pick one example), then I am very glad to hear that. I am very glad that he now recognizes the egregious assault on liberty represented by that law; a law that he supported. Unfortunately, once a law is passed it is so much more difficult to get rid of it. I still back Dr. Paul, whose wisdom and ethical standards foresaw the evil in the Patriot Act and voted against it. That's why votes are recorded; so we can look back and "audit" (for lack of a better term) the performances of our representatives. I have backed the libertarian party for over 30 years, but I have reservations regarding Rep. Barr. It is not "just" his voting for the Patriot Act. People here can examine his voting record and make their own judgement. I hope that Bob Barr is very successful in helping to present the message of liberty to people and to awaken that concept in the minds of our fellow citizens. I hope that he is successful in drawing away as many votes as possible from Obama and McCain. I am sticking with Dr. Paul.

I liked Ruwart over Barr... but c'mon, he's not as bad as everyone is making him out to be. I support Ron Paul, and right now he's my candidate and he has my vote.

But I don't know how we can be welcoming libertarians in to the GOP when we're being marginalized in the party, and when libertarians were the ones to leave the GOP.

My GOD! The Libertarians elected someone who actually has a chance for once! ABANDON SHIP!!! LET'S SWIM OVER TO THAT OTHER BURNING, SINKING SHIP CALLED THE GOP!!

Let's get our house in order.

Conservatives and Libertarians can work together to fix the GOP once and for all
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"let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's realized that our freedoms & wealth are in jeoprady"
Ron Paul

Bye Bye Libertarian Party.
Bye Bye Constitution Party.

Hello R3volution!

Im with u on this.. Im back in the GOP

Ron Paul 2008.

Is anyone actually EXCITED about anyone else? Be honest...