Comments on: Voting Guide For The Ron Paul Supporter: Bob Barr vs. Chuck Baldwin

By: libertyforone

libertyforone — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 05:20:11 +0000

Here is another good article about not voting, but doing it with a voice: http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/hamilton5.html

The virtues of writing in none of the above.

By: FormerLPMember

FormerLPMember — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 05:27:46 +0000

I've voted LP since the 80's and this will be the first year that I cannot. Marh, There are some you say not voting is acting responsibily. Check out this article by Wendy McElroy Act Responsibly: Don’t Vote!

By: libertyforone

libertyforone — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:59:16 +0000

I also agree with Markh. He said it all.

By: libertyforone

libertyforone — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:52:26 +0000

If you had a choice between Hitler and Stalin would you consider it a waste to not vote?

By: RxN3ST1

RxN3ST1 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:44:37 +0000

Paul endorsees several NEO Con War mongers? Barr was a NEO CON far longer than he has been a Libertarian:
The Patriot Act / the WAR
The column doesn’t compare the two candidates – it just speaks about Baldwin in regards to any specifics mentioned. When did Barr say he would end the Federal WAR on Drugs? Moving criminal jurisdiction to the states is how you end it, and also the other Fed LEA that are out of control.
Barr is not a libertarian….where was he prior to the large movement started by Paul’s revolution…voting with W all the way. After he sees this large movement starting last summer – then he has a change of heart? Sure.

By: markh

markh — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:05:24 +0000

I agree on almost all but one point. I no longer believe that staying home on election day is a bad thing. I am seriously considering not voting this time for the first time in my life. Why? Well, we already know about the two statist candidates. McKinney and Nader are out for the reasons you describe. And I am dissatisfied with Baldwin for the same reasons as you. So that leaves Bob…

I am so put out with the Libertarian Party in general, and Bob Barr in particular, for choosing him as their candidate this year. The Libertarians have pined and pined for years that they wanted a “rock star” candidate instead of the usual fare of pale, boring, or worse, “crazy” candidates, and now, like the dog that catches the milk truck, they’ve got one. And he is behaving very UN-Libertarian-like, and I don’t like it. (Incidentally, since 1984 there have been some Libertarian candidates that have not been my “first choice”, but in the end, they have never let us down or embarrassed us. They have always carried the mantle for the Libertarian Party very respectfully and very honorably, and I have always been proud to go cast my vote for them on election day. Perhaps it was because they BELIEVED in the party platform, just my guess.)

So here I am, “out of choices”. I am really torn between three “evils” here; to vote for Barr, to vote for Baldwin (leaning this way), or to stay at home. But to those who say that Barr isn’t all that bad of a choice, (and I can agree with you to a degree), just look at what that choice has done to this lifetime Libertarian!

By: jomel77

jomel77 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:50:44 +0000

Remember folks, Bob Barr voted for the Patriot Act. It doesn’t matter what he’s done or said since. Someone that easily swayed, lazy, or corrupt shouldn’t hold public office.

That being said, I do agree with voting for a “third party” if just to shave a few points from McBomba. Maybe some more sheople will wake up if they see the two-party system has some competition. Diversity would be nice too since it would remove the “Nader lost it for Gore” BS.

By: Mike Miller

Mike Miller — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:10:49 +0000

Well said, Paige. I agree wholeheartedly.

By: Paige

Paige — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:09:44 +0000

People who refuse to vote for Barr because they “don’t trust him,” are HIGHLY irrational. Trust him for what? Trust him to act as a libertarian when he gets in the White House? He’s obviously not going to win, so whether his libertarianism is genuine or not is irrelevant. A vote for Barr is a vote for the limited government views he’s advocating, and that’s what it will be viewed as when reported.