2008 Libertarian Party Vice-Presidential candidate Wayne Root appeared on Fox Business News on June 22 to decry government attempts to regulate smoking and other vices. He said: “When you think about prohibition of alcohol, did that work out well? Of course not. Did it stop anyone from drinking? Of course not. All it did was allow organized crime to control the alcohol industry”.
On June 24 Root was on Fox News to discuss government limits on bonuses in companies receiving bailout money:
On June 26 Root appeared on Fox News to criticize cap-and-trade proposals:
31 responses so far ↓
1 Trent Hill // Jun 29, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Sorry for the couple of days down folks–technical problems.
2 Morgan Brykein // Jun 29, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Yay, the site’s back!
3 Steven R Linnabary // Jun 29, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Is it just me, or does Cavuto appear to be getting more annoyed at Root?
PEACE
4 Mik Robertson // Jun 29, 2009 at 11:38 pm
I think Wayne did a fine job on those appearances. He could point out that the Waxman-Markey cap and trade is as much corporate welfare as it is a tax increase, but he was pressed for time.
I remain unconvinced that anthropogenic carbon dioxide is a significant contributor to global warming. Any regulation of it seems unwarrented to me.
5 Robert Milnes // Jun 30, 2009 at 12:08 am
Consistent and compliant with and pursuant to libertarian doctrine of equal publicity for dixiecrat republicans and neoconservatives comingling with libertarian, left libertarian, radical anarchist and progressive/libertarian bloc declared presidential candidates, Robert Milnes will, graciously and with appreciation to the host, continue to comment at IPR.
6 Nate // Jun 30, 2009 at 2:26 am
I liked him in the first interview. Not so much in the second one, and here’s why:
If being a libertarian means being “fiscally conservative and socially tolerant or moderate” to Wayne, I fear for the libertarian movement. I don’t like the way “conservatives and Republicans” use the word “tolerate”, I hate it when Republicans claim to “tolerate” homosexuality, it’s an insult to homosexuals. But now libertarians need not even claim to “tolerate” things, they can now be “moderates”. So no worries, you too can be a proud libertarian and support DOMA, prohibition, etc, just throw that side a bone one in a while to claim “moderation”.
7 Catholic Trotskyist // Jun 30, 2009 at 2:37 am
Toleration would seem to be perfectly fine for libertarians. We are free not to like or agree with something, so they say, but it must be tolerated as long as it isn’t hurting someone else. If you think someone is a miserable sinner, but you don’t think they should be burnt at the stake, or even persecuted by the government at all, then you are a libertarian, at least the way I understand it. That’s the Catholic Trotskyist side of libertarianism as well, we are very forgiving towards most sinners.
8 Robert Milnes // Jun 30, 2009 at 6:26 am
The New Holy Roman Triumvirate has issued a decree. The following solipsistic paranoid hypothesis shall be released. Either the feds disrupted IPR’s servers in order to disrupt the gathering support for The Progressive Libertarian Bloc at IPR or there was an internal dispute as to whether to block Milnes from IPR pursuant to Susan’s suggestion. Or both.
9 Robert Milnes // Jun 30, 2009 at 6:34 am
Hypothesis: Was it purely coincidence that Milnes’ friend in CA with an I.Q. of 172 got Acute Disseminating Encephalomylitis (ADEM)in Dec. 2007? Or was it germ warfare against The Progressive Libertarian Bloc timed to thwart 2 imminent business ventures?
10 Robert Milnes // Jun 30, 2009 at 6:42 am
Hypothesis: Was Obama’s meteoric rise to the presidency the product of decades of research and work to get a liberal democrat back into the White House following the assassination of JFK?
11 Nexus // Jun 30, 2009 at 6:45 am
Give Root credit. He’s doing everything he can to get his face and name out there and he never takes his eye off the ball.
12 Nexus // Jun 30, 2009 at 6:52 am
Nate:
Don’t be too hard on Root. I think he’s just trying to package libertarianism for the mass market.
13 Nexus // Jun 30, 2009 at 6:55 am
Hypothesis: Robert Milnes is a manic-depressive paranoid schizophrenic who needs to take his meds and go lay down before he hurts himself.
14 NewFederalist // Jun 30, 2009 at 7:11 am
Right!
15 Robert Milnes // Jun 30, 2009 at 7:36 am
Nexus, thank you for your concern about my welfare. However, I am not going to hurt myself and neither am I. However, if I were to take meds and go lay down, that would effectively shut me up, now wouldn’t it?
16 Robert Milnes // Jun 30, 2009 at 7:40 am
Nexus, can you tell us whether Root is a government agent or just a dupe?
17 Robert Milnes // Jun 30, 2009 at 7:46 am
Hypothesis: There is a “civil” war between the left and right in the U.S. The left incorrectly concluded the best it could do is elect a liberal democrat. The right incorrectly concluded that after JFK the left would give up.
18 Nexus // Jun 30, 2009 at 8:12 am
Wayne Root is an ambitious self-promoting businessman who has convinced himself that he can achieve anything he sets his mind to. As a general rule of thumb this is a healthy attitude, but Root has set his sights on the Oval Office via the 3rd party route and that is a tough row to hoe. Best of luck to you Mr. Root but I have a gut feeling your going to fall a bit short.
19 libertariangirl // Jun 30, 2009 at 10:58 am
everyone hollers how Wayne is conservative only , but he marched in the gay pride parade .
can someone tell me what right -wing , conservative principle that plays to.
also , he speaks of the failure of prohibition , a thinly veiled way of saying legalize marijuana.
can someone tell me wht conservative , right wing principle that plays to?
20 paulie // Jun 30, 2009 at 11:42 am
Dondero would be on board with all that. Probably at the same time. Is he right wing?
21 libertariangirl // Jun 30, 2009 at 11:43 am
i dont know Dondero , but i usually disagree with the things he posts here.
you home yet P -daddy
22 paulie // Jun 30, 2009 at 11:49 am
On foreign policy, military, and conflating Republican, Conservative, Right Wing and Libertarian as all being more or less the same or at least allies, with the left being solely or mainly the enemy?
23 paulie // Jun 30, 2009 at 11:50 am
I’m at Christy’s in South Central Tennessee, hopefully headed back to WV tonight after hella trip to Alabama. I was supposed to be back already but we are running on Andy Standard Time.
24 paulie // Jun 30, 2009 at 11:54 am
duh. you said DISagree.
25 libertariangirl // Jun 30, 2009 at 11:56 am
yes , E.D does all those things and usually with a snotty tone.
ive never me him in person , i wonder if he’s cming to F. Fest.
is christy that chick that owes Andy money
26 paulie // Jun 30, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Yes, but she doesn’t want to pay him and neither does Gary. Maybe much later if he is lucky.
27 Nate // Jul 1, 2009 at 2:57 am
Nexus: Most of what I see from Wayne is packaging libertarianism for Fox News viewers, I believe there is a lot more mass market out there.
LG: I agree that Wayne voices some good left-libertarian socially liberal views. I just don’t like that he seems to be saying libertarians need not agree on those issues, only on the “fiscally conservative” ones. Basically that comes out as “don’t worry, if elected I wouldn’t *really* do any of that socially liberal crap.”
That being said, I don’t follow Wayne around much. Pretty much all of what I know about him comes from IPR. So maybe I missed the news item about him marching in the gay pride parade, maybe there simply was no such news item here on IPR (which I would find sad as well). But all I see him in is shows on Fox, where he doesn’t disagree when the hosts call slews of Republicans “libertarians” and he himself mainly talks about “Republicans and conservatives.” He’s gotten better, I think, but not much.
But hey, I am in no way affiliated with the LP, so I certainly won’t stop you doing whatever you like, I just don’t see myself becoming affiliated anytime soon if things don’t change.
28 libertariangirl // Jul 1, 2009 at 10:55 am
I dont think IPR exisited when Wayne marched in the Gay Pride parade.
not sure if it was when he was running for Pres or as the LP VP .
anyone?
29 Robert Capozzi // Jul 1, 2009 at 1:50 pm
My take is Root’s performances were stronger this round of appearances than previous ones.
30 paulie // Jul 1, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Actually I think IPR did exist and we did an article about it.
31 Mik Robertson // Jul 2, 2009 at 8:58 pm
I agree with Robert. I think Wayne is honing the message for the audience he is trying to reach. He is making a good effort to try to reach people.
It would be interesting to see how he would do on NPR or a Charlie Rose type show. Maybe he could talk to Bill Maher. Having a book coming out is a good excuse to go stumping around.
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