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ECM said:
His plan will work? Really? How? I'd love to hear an explanation.

Also: Obama's economics are *not* trickle-down--they are 'stuff select constituencies with government cash'-down, which has *nothing* to do with trickle-down as classically understood (HINT: private versus public spending).

Let me be blunt: you vote for Johnson, you're voting for Obama (there is far, far more crossover between Republican and Libertarian voters than Libertarians and Democrats). If you're OK with that, that's great, but you could just vote for Obama and cut out the middleman.

Finally: that anyone still tosses around the 'not a dime's-worth of difference' canard proves nothing other than the person hurling it is completely out-of-touch with reality. After all, do you really think Romney is going to direct tens-of-billions of dollars into green energy boondoggles? Do you really think Romney is going to actively seek to give more money to Planned Parenthood and the like? Do you really think Romney is going to try to *shutdown* coal producers thus causing energy prices to grossly skyrocket? No, you don't, but since libertarians have nothing else to run on, they run on this silly meme that there's no difference between them.

(And I don't even LIKE Romney: he's a cardboard cut-out, but even a cardboard cut-out is better than Obama* and he's certainly better than the no hope on earth of doing anything other than helping Obama win Johnson.)

*That anyone would actually vote for this guy again after 'just' the titanic debt increase (never mind the rest of it) boggles the mind.

Well said....

 

Look I personally like Gary Johnson and I'm with Libertarians for the most part but unfortunately Gary Johnson has absolutely no way to win and that is a fact that sound minded libertarians must acknowledge and in fact Heck even Wayne Allen Root (big libertarian) had to back Romney at this stage.

Look as a conservative I know the Republican party hasn't had the best track record on smaller government but that doesn't mean we have to allow the guy in the white house (and folks in congress) to keep us heading for the abyss. You know as well as I do (I hope) that once a government program is started it is pretty much permanent. So when someone comes along and is willing to do away with Obama care right away we have to stand up and take notice. If we don't repeal it right away we will forever be stuck with it and the only way to get rid of it is to get rid of its architect (okay so he didn't really write it himself, his teleprompter did).

Its time to grow up boys and stop with the wishing and waiting. What needs to happen is we need to vote in Romney and Ryan and then hold their feet to the fire! Keep the heat up while they are in office. I also think the Libertarians need to continue to stay with the Republican party to help drive the debates within the party so as to affect change there.  Ron Paul may not be getting elected President but he has helped to bring light to many issues especially regarding economics and tax reforms etc. Heck even Mitt Romney is backing an audit of the Fed. Reserve. Mostly thanks to the work of Ron Paul and Libertarians.

Bottom line: a vote for Gary Johnson IS a vote for Obama.