Posted on 09/28/2012 10:57:46 AM PDT by TigerClaws
The usual wisdom is that, as election day grows closer, support for third-party candidates tends to shrivel as the voting public heeds the tribal war drums and comes home to Team Red or Team Blue in a ritualistic display of political masochism that could be topped only by the sight of actual hair-shirted flagellants lined up to enter the polling booths. That third-party shrinkage may not be happening this year, though — or not yet, at least. A new poll from Ohio shows Gary Johnson gaining support, even as press reports emphasize the hold-your-nose-quality in which both major-party candidates marinate, and which may have voters looking elsewhere for options.
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Only to those folks who claim to value liberty and freedom but actually don't.
Actually, Losertarians are strongly in favor of not having doors kicked down, dogs shot, families terrified, property rights, lower taxes, RKBA, etc.
Of course they’re also in favor of suicidal things like Open Borders and evil things like gay marriage, and abortion (though there are some pro-Life Losertarians).
Overall, they’re good folks, but misguided.
Those who screech most loudly about “freedom” or “liberty” are the first to allow it to be sacrificed for a theoretic good.
Far out, Catherwood.
That is what is known as "projection".
Stop doing that for your own good.
We libertarians care about the well being of our neighbors.
You can save your psychologist hat for someone who cares about such stuff. A Libertarian world would be one huge Court.
I am sure Libertarians are nice folks just naive.
these dead end third party candidates and their trolls never seem to fish for votes over at huffington or the DUmmies.
They only try and poach on conservative sites.
IOW they play perfect useful idiots (or worse) for the left.
Johnson should troll for votes with the DUmies.
You may want to note that I never capitalize the "L" when I use the word "liberterian".
I didn’t think it was the least bit funny either.
Massachusetts Mitt = Hillary II
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