Comments on: Wayne Root: “Obama’s Waterloo- Cambridge Police Controversy”

By: robert capozzi

robert capozzi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:23 +0000

eg, johnson might be interesting. I’ve only seen him once on TV, but maybe he’s an 8 or 9. From Susan’s perspective, he might only be a 6 ideologically. I doubt he believes taxation is theft, is unlikely to support personal secession, and probably isn’t for unilateral disarmament.

I’d like to get a sense of how she does the trade-offs…

By: E-mail Root

E-mail Root — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:19:08 +0000

Actually why don’t you e-mail Root.

By: libertariangirl

libertariangirl — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:21:37 +0000

Whatever happened to Sheriff Mack?
I used to see him alot when he was spokesman for the GOA at gunshows. He was a superior candidate , good looking as hell , and an excellent speaker .
He was going to run Governor or Utah , then he took a spot on that tv show about running for Pres.

He was the only Mormon cop who ever liked us:)

By: Erik Geib

Erik Geib — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:21:12 +0000

Gary Johnson, perhaps?

By: robert capozzi

robert capozzi — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:36:49 +0000

susan, understood on chair. do you have other considerations for the prez nominee?

By: libertariangirl

libertariangirl — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:27:38 +0000

He is not a declared candidate for LP Chairman.

By: Michael Seebeck

Michael Seebeck — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:09:41 +0000

Gene, Ernie Hancock proposed meeting with him in a debate coming up in December, and Root told him that he couldn’t commit to it because of his yet-undetermined and wide-open schedule with his book tour etc.–lamest excuse in the world, because you fill a schedule bu booking things, not by dodging them. That speaks volumes about his motivations–he seems to care more about self-promotion than open dialogue within the LP or promoting the LP by creating an outreach or public feedback forum.

We saw the same thing with Barr and a Presidential debate IIRC.

By: Gene Trosper

Gene Trosper — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:27:04 +0000

Instead of *guessing* and *making assumptions* as to Root’s true motivations and outlook, why not meet with the man? That is something I am willing to do without bias one way or another. If the man is attempting to become the face of the LP, I think we (meaning the more “radical” among us) really should make the effort to suss this whole thing out face to face in a civil manner.

By: Gene Trosper

Gene Trosper — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:16:55 +0000

@63 My sentiments exactly.

By: libertariangirl

libertariangirl — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:32:34 +0000

Id be happy if Dr. Lark would run again.

with Moulton as VC again.

By: Susan Hogarth

Susan Hogarth — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:22:09 +0000

Capozzi,

No formula. I don’t require perfection in a Chair, but I certainly seek it.

By: Erik Geib

Erik Geib — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:00:05 +0000

Susan @ 58/63:

Well said.

By: Robert Capozzi

Robert Capozzi — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:24:23 +0000

Susan, it might be helpful to us if you could review and rank the last 5 chairs and pres candidates on “ideological” and communication abilities.

Perhaps there’s a formula you could share with us. Say: Must be a 9 ideologically, but you’d support a 9 with an 8 communication ability over a 10 with a 3 communicator.

It would be interesting to see what constitutes how one ranks in your opinion. Would you have a person take a test, like Bryan Caplan’s? Or, can one be ambivalent on any one issue, like, say, life/choice?

By: Susan Hogarth

Susan Hogarth — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:19:50 +0000

I’ve talked with Root. I like him. I’m glad he is in the LP. I do NOT want him to be Chair of the LP or the LP’s presidential candidate.

By: libertariangirl

libertariangirl — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:52:56 +0000

Awww , thanx Melty , Id vote for u too !

By: Wake up people

Wake up people — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:46:33 +0000

Funny most who is insulting Root maybe should talk to him themselves. Maybe you all should be out there promoting freedom instead of sitting here blogging and insulting someone who is actually doing something.

By: Melty

Melty — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:44:40 +0000

I’d vote for libertariangirl for pres spot . . .
. . . as for WAR, certainly not

By: libertariangirl

libertariangirl — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:34:34 +0000

Point taken Susan

By: Susan Hogarth

Susan Hogarth — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:21:10 +0000

LG, you wrote:

you know how many people get here 100% Libertarian? not many im sure , i was a bleeding heart democrat when i got here.

That’s all very true, but you left out an important point. *YOU* are not trying to run for Chair of the LP and/or the Pres spot. If you were, you can be damn sure you’d get a lot less praise for your quick movement in a libertarian direction, and a lot more grief for the areas where you were either not moving or moving in the wrong direction…

… and that’s the way it SHOULD be. We need to hold Party leaders to higher – the highest – standards of both ideology and communication skills.

So, yes, as a fellow traveler I welcome Root and am happy to see him move forward. Many of us, however, are not at all happy to see someone who so obviously still have far to travel in both the ideology and communication department putting himself forward as our spokesperson. It can easily be more of an energy drain than a boost for the Party.

By: Gary Chartier

Gary Chartier — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:11:23 +0000

Couldn’t agree more, Matt, as long as Root is clear about your last point.