No, those who broke the contract hurt the country. How can you expect people to vote for you when you don’t keep your promises?
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You avoid the point that the Libertarian party has not captured the imagination or votes of the people and has no promise of doing so. It is a pure idealogy and so rejects all coalitians that could actually help libertarians have influence (say with conservatives). It puts libertarians that vote Libertarian in a sort of backwater where instead of being a small and vocal minority in a winning party where they could have influence, they instead complain about the status quo, always, with no power to effect change. It’s personally satisfying to feel holier than thou for some, but it’s not the way to build political power. The Libertarian party really is a sort of permanent green party, or Nadar party, but the votes bled away are often taken from the candidate least threatening to liberty.
As far as expecting people to vote for “me” . . . you are not really under the impression I am a spokesman for the Republican party or running for office. As far as voting for Republican candidates, I think the path for both libertarians and conservatives is to get active in the primary process and to treat that as the most important part of the election cycle. Work hard to get a candidate you don’t have to hold your nose to vote for and who can win.