Neither have I; perhaps he meant to say that by 'stealing votes from the GOP' that LP candidates help elect D*m*cr*ts. Generally speaking, I'd say that libertarians are much more fearful of socialism than GOPers are, or the GOPers wouldn't tolerate their current leadership. Remember that the LP was founded in reaction to Nixon's imposition of wage and price controls. IMHO, one of the reasons GHW Bush was defeated was that he promulgated a ban on 'assault rifles'. How can a so-called conservative party keep nominating people who do things like that ??!!