The Libertarians held their 2024 nominating convention in Washington D.C. on Saturday, May 26, 2024. They invited Biden, Trump, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but only Trump and Kennedy showed up. Trump was accompanied by a Secret Service detail. Trump isn’t popular with the Libertarians. Or with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Libertarians’
July 22nd, 2016 - 10:34 am § in Misc.
Commentary by Francis: Could The Libertarians Govern?
Francis Jacobson FACEBOOK I read, that 60% or more Americans wish the choice was not between Trump and Clinton. This got me thinking about the Libertarian Party candidates. Now some people who like neither choice still won’t vote Libertarian, but I think it would be a good option to do [...]
May 29th, 2016 - 2:09 pm § in Politics
Enter the Libertarians
An NBC News article asks, “Is the Libertarian Party ready for prime time?” Then quotes two of the party’s candidates: “I believe in a world where gay married couples can defend their marijuana fields with submachine guns, aw yeah baby!” conservative libertarian Austin P[...]
October 5th, 2015 - 8:47 pm § in Politics
Weird News: “Meet the Senate Candidate Who Sacrificed a Goat and Drank Its Blood”
“Of all the scandals that have dogged political campaigns, the one threatening Augustus Sol Invictus’ US Senate run may be among the most unusual: ritual goat sacrifice. In 2013, Invictus walked from central Florida to the Mojave Desert and spent a week fasting and praying. Upon his ret[...]
Radical Republicans: GOP Senator opposes hand washing regulations
The free market, not government regulation, should compel food service employees wash their hands after using the bathroom. So says newly-elected U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), who explained, “I don’t have any problem with Starbucks if they choose to opt out of this policy as long as t[...]
My moral crisis: Should Gary Johnson Be Invited to the debates?
Wouldn’t it be great to at least see a reasonable third party candidate on the debate stage with Clinton and Trump? This is a hard one. As a believer in democracy, I think Johnson should be there. As someone afraid of Trump, not so sure. Gary Johnson at 13% in New CNN Poll; 2 Points Away [&he[...]