Details: Libertarians belive in individual rights (those things we don't seem to have anymore) as well as individual responsibilities. They believe in the legalization of pot, but also the responsibility that comes with that. Everybody is a grown up and should be treated as such. If you make the choice to get high and you kill someone in your car, then you can't blame the drugs because you choose to drive. They believe in a persons right to persue whatever lifestyle suits them, so long as it does not infringe on another persons rights. You know, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
No I'm not running for office... yet... just a few more years till I'm 35
2007-07-14 18:18:25 · 18 answers · asked by Jennifer O 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
more details: I don't just belive in the legalization of pot. I don't even smoke, but it's silly to have alcohol legal and pot not.
2007-07-14 18:22:31 · update #1
Ron Paul is a Republican and running and I am going to register as a Republican so I can vote for him. Otherwise, I would vote Libertarian.
2007-07-18 16:28:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually last time I voted almost a straight Libertarian ticket, I am surprised how many of them are running on a regular basis considering how few have actually been elected. AS for voting for them "if they could be elected",that's the problem isn't it? After all if everyone voted their conscience rather than voting one of the two major parties then anyone "could be elected" It has unfortunately been the choice of the average American to get trapped into the mindset that they have to vote for the lesser of two evils because they have been sold the idea that the people they want aren't electable.
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2007-07-15 11:18:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a while that party had a large number of its members in the State Legislature of New Hampshire. Unfortunately, they have tried to leap-frog the party as a nation-wide entity without going through a state-by-state growth of the organization. Despite such lack of growth, I think they will continue to have an influence on the party platform of the Republicans, much like the Socialist and Progressive Parties influenced the policies of the Democratic Party in the Roosevelt-Truman era.
2007-07-15 01:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did in '04 , only because I knew that half a nut-job that was running, WOULDN'T get elected . It was a "None of the above" vote . The party would get further if they would state their smaller , achievable, (i.e. realistic ) goals, along with the big , perfect-world ideals . (Eliminate the IRS? How? & how to get the essential result without it . )
When I hear some Libertarians talk , they sound like an ex-relative of mine . He wants to go back to how things were during the golden era of the Articles of Confederation . How? He , or somone like-minded, gets elected , waves their magic wand , & "Voila !" ,a libertarian paradise is born. Sorry. I need some details, & some kind of transitional plan .
2007-07-15 01:33:43 · answer #4 · answered by mikeinportc 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have not been inspired (in a good way) way a candidate since Reagan. I have voted for the best candidate a few times voted against (bush jr) a few times but my politics are Green/Libertarian.
Good question, made my stop and think of my votes the past 30 years.
2007-07-18 20:48:52 · answer #5 · answered by Follow the money 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that libertarians need to be a little more humane, but the people who ae running office now are not much better anyways? Do you believe that all children should receive a good education? If you answer no, then something is wrong with you.
2007-07-15 01:57:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a Libertarian...I want them to win! We need to make like Hercules cleaning King Augeas' stables and divert a river so that all of the crap (i.e. Democrats & Republicans can be washed away and never be heard from again!!!
2007-07-15 01:21:52 · answer #7 · answered by Montego 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I will always vote for libertarian principles, regardless of whether that candidate can win. If you don't vote for what you believe in, you are truly wasting your vote!
I'll look for you on the ballot in a few years . . . .
2007-07-15 20:56:37 · answer #8 · answered by jonesohms 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would and will..He is not going to win but Ron Paul has my vote in '08...
You also forgot to include the ideal that governments first job is protection and it should never be used as a concierge business like it is now....
2007-07-15 01:20:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yo! I've always been attracted to the Libertarian party because it's all about personal responsibility and rights, but have never voted that way because (you'll hate this) it's pointless... they can't win.
2007-07-15 01:20:43 · answer #10 · answered by doppler 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋