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I'm proud to state, here and now, that I've just made a very small donation to the Cruz campaign. This is the first time I've done that since my Libertarian activist days, over 20 years ago. I sincerely wish I could have made a larger contribution, but I am a man of modest means.

I intend to make more.

Cruz! For the Republic!!!

You and me both, brother. I was a Libertarian activist for 30 years. Then I realized how the Libertarians were most often providing the margin of victory for “Progressives”, candidates that were always much more statist than the Republican that was defeated. I never saw it go the other way. We *always* got a more statist candidate elected when the Libertarians were a significant factor.

The excuse that the Libertarians “pull votes” from both parties simply does not stand up to the empirical evidence. The Libertarians have simply become a spoiler vote to get “Progressives” elected where they otherwise would not be.

The last case that I recall is in Montana, where Governor Bullock (D) was elected with a 1.5% margin. The Libertarian candidate took nearly 4% of the vote.

I think it happened last time in Virginia as well, but I do not have the numbers handy.