Comments on: Jesse Ventura speaks out on two-party system, Libertarians, Ron Paul, on Al Jazeera interview

By: G.E.

G.E. — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:32:43 +0000

deran – Ron Paul is far, far more radical than Bob Barr. Ron Paul is against the initiation of force. Bob Barr is not. If you support the “purge” then you support fraud and graft, which are the bases by which this purge is being conducted. i.e. the tools of the state.

By: cbennett

cbennett — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:55:23 +0000

Im not an anarchist but I feel that I have already been purged from the LP because of who I am friends with within the party. I am just not a good enough conservatarian for the purgers!

By: darren

darren — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:47:59 +0000

Ventura’s obviously a self-promoter (wrestling days die hard), but like him there are millions of small “l” libertarians who have been turned off by the LP’s absolutism for years. Barr’s candidacy and the self-purging of some of those anarchists Ventura mentioned will hopefully make the LP an attractive vehicle for people like Paul and Ventura to push the small government agenda in future elections.

By: JimDavidson

JimDavidson — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:10:09 +0000

This story on Ventura is very interesting. He seems like he would be for a smaller government. And his point about the border fence is one that I have agreed with for many years.

Strange that Americans don’t remember the Iron Curtain or the Berlin Wall.

By: Mike Theodore

Mike Theodore — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:44:06 +0000

I agree with a, but it’s a joke, man! Libertarian socialism? Now your throwing me into a pit of confusion, Deran.

By: Deran

Deran — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:42:15 +0000

“â€œAl Jazeera, which is Arabic for â€˜the jazeeraâ€™â€¦â€
â€“ Jon Stewart”

A) Jon Stewart is a tedious, pompous half-wit.

B) There is thing called the internet? And when you use it, you can find things out. Like “Al Jaazera” is a colloquialism that literally refers to “peninsula” which Qatar (pronounced Katar) is, a peninsula.

C) Ventura is absolutely right on abt the southern border wall. If we weren’t such obsessive monolinguals in this country, Spanish wouldn’t frighten so many people.

I think it’s better for Ventura to run for Senate, I’ll contribute (even though I am far to his left), as a Senator he would be in a great position to then run for president as a very serious candidate.

D) Maybe Ventura is a libertarian socialist like me? (LOL), I mean, libertarian socialism has a much longer history than libertarian capitalism, as both a philosophy and movement.

By: Mike Theodore

Mike Theodore — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:24:19 +0000

The problem is with alot of anarchists is they may acknowledge that you need to reduce government before bringing to the table elimination, they just refuse it. Someone can’t say something partially libertarian in the party without a dozen people calling you a commie or something.

By: Steve LaBianca

Steve LaBianca — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:07:26 +0000

So, even though anarchists by and large realize that the goal of eliminating government is a LONG way off and generally, as a strategy support reducing government incrementally, Ventura avoids the LP? This is not a believable reason, IMO.

By: Peter Orvetti

Peter Orvetti — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:13:44 +0000

“Al Jazeera, which is Arabic for ‘the jazeera’…”
– Jon Stewart