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Libertarianism has never "had a chance" because, in part, of the two-party-only mentality and the roadblocks put up by those two parties. Although Republicans seem eager to get Nader some votes...

I will admit, however, part of the problem is due to the LP platform. It does need tweaking. Even with those, it's still a hard sell, because people in general - especially the gullible leftists - have been brainwashed into believing there ARE no solutions unless they come from Washington, D.C. And there are those on the right that look at it in a similar vein. Between Hillary's "it takes a village" and the conservative mantra of "no man is an island", it's no wonder our lives will only be *more* controlled, not less. It's a brave new world.

The general philosophy of libertarianism is so alien, see above, that the average person automatically panics and wonders how they'd ever survive with even the loss of ONE government program, let alone most of them.

...because people in general - especially the gullible leftists - have been brainwashed into believing there ARE no solutions unless they come from Washington, D.C.

That, of course is a gross overstatement of what Democrats believe. The extreme left of the Democratic Party will assert that only a select few intellectuals should call the shots and whether they hail from Harvard, MIT or UC-Berkeley is important and the hell with the Beltway Boobs. Democratic Leadership in the Congress will assert that there is a good cause for government programs and that is true.

And there are those on the right that look at it in a similar vein. Between Hillary's "it takes a village" and the conservative mantra of "no man is an island", it's no wonder our lives will only be *more* controlled, not less. It's a brave new world.

You don't seem to really know what a conservative is. You've pegged Hillary correctly but conservatives are far more independent than you project. "No man is an island is a liberal notion, not conservative.

Just curious but how old are you and if you are running for office how have you managed to get it so confused?

I will admit, however, part of the problem is due to the LP platform. It does need tweaking.

How do you 'tweak':

Same sex / any sex marriage
Open borders
Legalized drugs
End of war on terrorism?

I will admit, however, part of the problem is due to the LP platform. It does need tweaking.

How do you 'tweak':

Same sex / any sex marriage
Open borders
Legalized drugs
End of war on terrorism?

I will admit, however, part of the problem is due to the LP platform. It does need tweaking.

How do you 'tweak':

Same sex / any sex marriage
Open borders
Legalized drugs
End of war on terrorism?

When the door was WIDE OPEN for a 3rd Party (GHWB's failed incumbancy bid for POTUS), big groups of people that I know, including myself, looked high and low and the sorry GOP was all we had...and we know how that decade went. What we got was a worthless 'Reform' Party and now a 'Green' Party and other odds and ends that can't quite seem to get a clue.

I like having the Libertarian Party around, because it's not out of the mainstream (what I mean is, it's not some kind of radical fringe group on the hard left or hard right) and has some prominent proponents in show biz (Drew Carey, Kenny Kramer); it provides the right edge, makes the so-called Democratic Party into the left edge, and creates the situation we have today -- the Republican Party is the white line down the middle of the road. :')