[MNJohnnie]

libertylovinactivist Since Oct 6, 2006

And yet despite all their bellicose angst and relentless self promotion, they STILL have yet to elect even ONE person to ANY office ANY where.

[Atlas Sneezed]

What Libertarian is voting for Dems? Get serious.

It's either Republicans (in my case this year), Libertarians, or stay home.

[Democrap]

Libertarians or just dopers?

[EagleUSA]

IMHO, it will take a major uprising against existing politicians to bring a third party into strength to start winning things....but that day may come.

[JamesP81]

Despite all the negative talk about conservative christians, it looks to me like the libertarian wing of the party is a lot more likely to undo the GOP.

[Niteranger68]

Humm. Seems to me that a Libertarian who votes for a Democrat over a Republican isn't a Libertarian; they’re a moron.

[meandog]

Conservative libertarians (me) IMHO are looking to conserve freedoms and do not understand GOP big government spending and legislation such as senior prescription drugs, NCLB, CAFTA, immigration issues, Dubai Ports ... but, most of all, we abhor not committing fully the will to win in foreign entanglements. Voting write-in or not voting at all is a way to send a message to the president that we're angry.

[kenn5]

The Libertarian is voting Libertarian. I can see no reason for a Libertarian to vote for a Democrat.

[Terpin]

This Libertarian voted for Allen in Virginia because he's actually a pretty decent senator (a lousy campaigner, though). My rep is a republican and is running unopposed.

[rhombus]

Yawn. More of the same old, same old. Libertarians are disgruntled. Evangelicals are disgruntled. Yada, yada. If only we had a third party (snicker). I believe in SOME libertarian principles, I also understand the importance of building majorities to get things done. I voted for every Republican I could. Note: the Libertarian Party does NOT represent all libertarians.

[TKDietz]

" But new research shows that about 15 percent of American voters hold libertarian views. They're small-government, leave-me-alone voters who don't like big-spending Democrats or religious-right Republicans."

That does not mean that 15% are Libertarians. I don't know what percentage of Americans register as Libertarians, but it is only a tiny amount. I'm not a member of any party, but I've mostly voted for Republicans in my life. I've always liked the idea of smaller government, less government interference in business and in the lives of individuals, etc. The Republican party has changed a lot in that regard in my opinion. I cannot look at them as the party that stands for a less intrusive smaller government anymore. They've proven to be really no better than Democrats. To be quite honest, I'm thinking a little gridlock is in order to keep them all in line a little better. Neither party can be trusted to run the whole show. Politicians are crooks. They raise fortunes to get elected and then they pay the piper with all sorts of pork. These Republicans in power have spent more money than Democrats and had a real pork fest in Washington. I'm disillusioned. I certainly did not vote a straight Republican ticket this time around.

[jackieaxe]

I am a Libertarian with libertarian ideals, however, after 911, I have only voted Republican because if we don't have a country what's the sense of arguing about anything. I voted Republican in spite of 6 years of growing the government at 2-3 times the inflation rate, no permanent tax cuts, "sensible immigration reform", No Child Left Behind, the Medicare Prescription bill, the anti-freedom drug war and banning of Internet poker. The thought of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House of, Alcee Hastings heading the House Intelligence Committee (Hastings has been convicted of lying under oath and could not receive a security clearance if he wanted to be an assembler at Raytheon, but now he qualified to head the HIC?), and Harry Reid as Senate Majority Leader makes me sick.

[NavVet]

I'm not buying it. A libertarian might sit this one out, but it is hard to imagine very many true libertarians getting Dem witted.

[traviskicks]

"Libertarians usually vote for Republicans, who promise to hold down taxes, spending and regulation. But in the past six years of Republican control in Washington, federal spending has skyrocketed."





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[ilovew]

I see no reason whatsoever to put any faith in this article at all. Thank you for wasting my time.

[Preachin']

Whatever.

[CWOJackson]

"Take a look at independent voters."

Independent doesn't translate to Libertarian....far from it.

[TastyManatees]

Wow, lot of deep thiking here. I'd be inclined to agree with these thoughtful theories, if I didn't know that the reason AZ is going lib is because of the massive influx of Californians.

[Uncle Miltie]

Libertarians oppose National Security. They can s-d off.

[SDGOP]

Libertarians are just conservatives who are addicted to drugs and can't keep in their pants.