tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429305915843274151.post5449475833080670413..comments2023-05-18T10:02:29.299-04:00Comments on Libertarians for Obama: Wayne Allyn Root's Book: Millionaire RepublicanMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13534096073937573676noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429305915843274151.post-68908655440602148342008-06-19T22:15:00.000-04:002008-06-19T22:15:00.000-04:00Gravel would have been politically damaged. He cam...Gravel would have been politically damaged. He came off as a joke during the Democratic Primaries, what with his being the butt of jokes on Stephen Colbert and his Warholian... whatever videos. <BR/><BR/>Interestingly enough, he supported Root and Barr over Ruwart in the final ballots. One would have thought he would be more favorable to the "left-libertarian" variety. <BR/><BR/>It would have been an interesting ticket. I just worry that Gravel's "kook" image would have hurt the ticket. Barr's strength as a candidate is the fact that he is a very serious, sober, focused man. People like that. I know he has a past, but everyone has warts. If only they could have found someone to be Veep who was similarly serious. Mike Jingozian seemed like someone capable of it, and he could have been really effective on the issue that I think is truly Barr's top issue, which is civil liberties.LibertyRepublicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967018718813808216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429305915843274151.post-22328383834249637362008-06-19T20:49:00.000-04:002008-06-19T20:49:00.000-04:00I think I agree with you, anonymous - if I were a ...I think I agree with you, anonymous - if I were a member of the Libertarian Party, I probably would have supported Mike Gravel. Wouldn't that have been an interesting ticket: Bob Barr/Mike Gravel? Two former members of Congress from both major parties who have almost nothing in common beyond their support for liberty (with a few exceptions, in both cases).Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13534096073937573676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429305915843274151.post-86562565404438885302008-06-19T15:16:00.000-04:002008-06-19T15:16:00.000-04:00Gravel!Gravel!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5429305915843274151.post-10747613928847969702008-06-19T08:20:00.000-04:002008-06-19T08:20:00.000-04:00I've been a bit hard in my last couple of comments...I've been a bit hard in my last couple of comments, but I'll agree with you on something:<BR/><BR/>I am very uncomfortable with Wayne Allyn Root, as I said in my blog. He has an atrocious personality, with his used car salesman on crystal meth act perfected. Furthermore, he is a bad balance for Barr on that ticket. Whereas Barr is more of the right federalist libertarian tilt, I think there needed to be someone of the more "radical," "left" tilt to balance it out, rather than another person of the "right." Ruwart would have been fine, although her past statements on child porn would have been a political liability, and I am disappointed that she basically left the convention and said she'd have nothing to do with the Presidential campaign. Steve Kubby is politically ineffective to a horrifying degree and comes across as, quite simply, high. I'm not really sure who I would have liked, but I do not think Root was the best person for the slot.LibertyRepublicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967018718813808216noreply@blogger.com