LIBERTARIAN PARTY FOUNDER ENDORSES BUSH

AN OPEN LETTER TO ALL LIBERTARIANS | 10-24-2004 | Dr. John Hospers

[Uncle Vlad]

As a "Reagan Libertarian," I long since decided to vote for Bush. Where did the Democrats get the idea that the Libertarians are their allies? Bill Maher "claims" to be a Libertarian, probably because it gives him some sort of license to pursue any illicit chemicals he desires without being impugned. But Maher is no Libertarian. The Libertarians have some fringe ideas and some truly good ones. Of all of the political parties, it comes perhaps the closest to adhering to the Constitution of the United States. But you can't argue policies like adults if John Kerry is elected, shreds the Constitution, and appoints a liberal Supreme Court which will turn liberty on its ear for the next generation.

I believe, my friends, we are in a Cold Civil War with the Democrat party, which is now run by its lunatic, far-Left fringe. It's a struggle which is every bit as important as winning the War on Terror, which, by the way, is not some "metaphor" cooked up by the Bush administration.

On November 2nd, we need to crush the Democrats at the polls, but make no mistake, they won't go away. Instead, they will become even more shrill, more desperate, and perhaps even more violent.

[Copernicus]

With all due respect to Mr. Hospers, this country is long overdue for a good palate cleansing uproar.

Any candidate, such as Mr. Kerry, who can rouse Swift Boat Veterans from their 30 year slumber deserves a term in the White House so as to invigorate all Americans who have lived on Automatic Pilot for the past century.

Since two terms of Clintigula were no more sufficient to restore sound judgement than six plagues were for Egypt, maybe the time has come to confront the insanity directly.

Best regards,

[EGPWS]

Willie Green is deeply saddened.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

That's gonna be a kick in the nuts to a lot of libertarians.

Not this one. I was registered and voted LP from 1976 to 2000. Last January I changed my registration to Republican so I could vote GOP in the CA primary. I expected to feel a certain amount of guilt from the change, but that is not the case. Being registered as LP or Constitutional, or Peace and Freedom or Natural Law is to be politically non-existent. I still hold most of the same views, but there are probably a thousand times more people in the GOP who share them than in the LP. And the lesser-evil-is still-evil-argument doesn't hold water as long as the Democrats are trying to turn my country into France.

Regards,
Homer
Proud Republican

[mylife]

This is welcome news

[Graymatter]

I was a Libertarian in the days of Hospers. In fact I was an LP activist of some stature. (In that any of us had stature then.) And so I'm not surprised that Hospers backs Bush over Kerry now. However, when he lumps Kerry with leftists like Clinton & Clinton, I must protest. Kerry is WAY left of anyone who ever was born in Arkansas. Kerry is a globalist in the sense that the Clintons could never approach. They are, as Ayn Rand would have it, pikers. People like Kerry are far, far more dangerous.

[PatrickHenry]

Bump.

[Y2Krap]

Can you source this, please?

Not published as yet, written by Prof. Hospers. You can email him: johnjhospers@aol.com

[SE Mom]

Excellent!

I've searched everywhere I can think of- but haven't found this anywhere else- would you be kind enough to post a link?

[Mo1]

Well .. stranger things have happened

[Bearshouse]

I believe, my friends, we are in a Cold Civil War with the Democrat party

You do have a way with words. That says it right on point.

[SE Mom]

ooops- I just saw answer to my question...thank you.

[TexasCowboy]

It would be nice if the Libertarian Party would morph into one that I could support.

Gonna take a lot of morphing....

[fritzz]

Any candidate, such as Mr. Kerry, who can rouse Swift Boat Veterans from their 30 year slumber deserves a term in the White House so as to invigorate all Americans who have lived on Automatic Pilot for the past century.

You are endorsing Mr. Kerry? Bold stroke.

[Aarchaeus]

LIBERTARIAN PARTY FOUNDER ENDORSES BUSH

H. Ron Hubbard passed on years ago.

You are getting two organizations confused. It was Scientology that L Ron Hubbard founded.

[RhoTheta]

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. Got a link to an official Libertarian Party site with this statement?

I checked the official Libertarian Party site and could find only historical references to John Hospers. Google showed a lot of John Hospers links, but not to this letter [yet].

Maybe it is too good to be true.

[Dane]

Good for Dr. Hospers.

THC(the "high" in marijuana) out of the brain works miracles.

[Heinz 57]

I will so as well,

I usually vote individual GOP candidates until I get to the local judges. In So. Texas, the dems run unopposed except for the LP candidates. I always vote for the LP at the local level, even though I consider myself an "ex" LP.

I left a while back when I moved here from New Mexico. My best friend is still active in LP but he is voting for "W".

[bahblahbah]

Where did you get this letter? I've already started posting it elsewhere and I don't want it to end up being phony.

[ml1954]

The LP pretty much lost me when they embraced pacifism instead of non-initiation of force.

Me too. The LP seems to be going the way of the ACLU. Started out as a good idea but lost it's way. If the Democratic party had any sense it would agree with Bush's foreign policy and go with a Libertarian domestic policy. That might begin to happen if Kerry and the Dems loose convincingly.