Libertarian National Committee, Inc. • 1444 Duke St. • Alexandria, VA 22314 • Phone: (202) 333-0008 • Fax: (202) 333-0072 www.LP.org March 2016 Stossel ponders voting options ahead of Libertarian debate by John Stossel be we should soften our approach. voted against the Civil Rights Act. Excerpted from Fox News Opinion “Libertarians need to be more realis- Actually, Rand didn’t say that. He Published on March 9, 2016 tic,” Taylor told 500 young people at a supported the act’s ban on government taping of my TV show at [the] Interna- racism, like Jim Crow laws. He object- In this year’s Republican presiden- tional Students for Liberty conference. ed only to the act’s ban on private dis- tial primaries, Sen. Rand Paul got little In electoral politics, he said, finding lib- crimination. Rand was right to object. traction. In 2012, his father failed. That ertarians is “like trying to find a daisy If owners of a private business want to year, the Libertarian Party candidate, in Hiroshima” after the nuclear blast. serve only gays, basketball players, or former New Mexico Gov. Gary John- Taylor, a smart libertarian who runs bald men, that should be their right. son, got just 1 percent of the vote. We the Niskanen Center, says to become Market competition will punish big- libertarians must be doing something more popular, we libertarians ought to ots for their narrow-mindedness, be- wrong. Maybe our anti-government change our views. He criticized Rand cause some people will avoid that store. message is too radical, says Jerry Tay- Paul for saying that in 1964 he would’ve lor [formerly a director at Cato]. May- continued on page 4 Americans need a third choice when picking president topped polls and finished with 19%. bankrolled Republicans — but not all By Mike Strobel Folks were mightily pissed at establish- Republicans are thugs. Excerpted from the Toronto Sun ment politicians. Sound familiar? On Saturday, comedian Louis C.K. Published on March 6, 2016 In 2012, Libertarian champion Gary called Donald Trump an “insane bigot o Donald is Hitler, Hillary is a cyber Johnson, former governor of New ... a Hitler. And by that I mean that we Scrime suspect, Marco Rubio resorts Mexico, finished third behind Barack are being Germany in the ’30s. Do you to penis jokes, and 39% of Floridians be- Obama and Mitt Romney, with 1.2 mil- think they saw the sh - - coming? Hitler lieve Ted Cruz could be the Zodiac Killer. lion votes, less than 1%. was just some hilarious and refresh- The Three Stooges meet Franken- On the other hand, Johnson got ing dude with a weird comb-over who stein meets American politics. nearly 3% in Montana, coincidentally would say anything at all.” Our neighbours are in dire need of a the anti-government Unabomber’s last C.K. was, by remarkable coinci- reboot of their political gene pool. known address, other than a jail cell. dence, also promoting his show. He Which brings me to Monday’s presi- insisted he wasn’t backing Democrats dential debate. It’s in Raleigh, N.C. But America, that pillar Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, and (Editor’s note: What!? How’d we miss of pluralism, persists in urged Republicans to pick anybody but that? Let’s rush somebody down to cover it.) its two-party rut, which, Trump. But who, Louis, who? Relax, boss. It’s the Libertarian Party I’d suggest you tune in Monday to presidential debate. In a perfect world, the when you think of it, is the Libertarian debate, but it’s not on Libertarians would be an escape valve for just one party more than TV. They’re not preempting Antiques disgusted Democrats and Republicans. communism. Roadshow for it. No way. But America, that pillar of plural- So I’ll tell you, and you can pass it on to ism, persists in its two-party rut, which, If you think the nutty Unabomber is your American friends, that Gary Johnson when you think of it, is just one party a true Libertarian, think again. Most of is running again, with a dozen other wan- more than communism. us are much better groomed. nabes, and is expected to take the conven- Third parties flounder in the States, John Wayne Gacy was active in the tion in May. He’ll be on the ballot in all 50 the exception being 1992 independent Democratic party — doesn’t mean all states in November. candidate Ross Perot, who at one point Democrats are serial killers. Al Capone continued on page 2 Page 2 Liberty Pledge Newsletter March 2016 Libertarian Party candidate: New and renewing Liberty Pledgers Bernie Sanders vs. Donald Trump David Anderson Matthew Mahler would be our 2016 dream Rodney Benker Glen Marshall By Colin Campbell Donald Bergemann Willy Marshall Excerpted from Business Insider Dianne Blasciuc Joseph Mayes Published on Feb. 5, 2016 Brian Blum Allen Merriman Kenneth Bohannon David Moore ormer New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson thinks Bernie Sanders and Donald Steve Brenneis Robert Odden FTrump could be his ticket to having a significant effect on the 2016 race. Paul Brett Jeremy Ostberg “If the Libertarian candidate for president ever has a chance of getting Keith Briggs Peter Papagianakis elected or getting prominence on the national stage to actually profess Linda Cain Kevin Patrick what is to be a Libertarian, it would be Bernie Sanders vs. Donald Trump,” Gregory Castleberry William Patterson Johnson told Business Insider in a recent interview [at our office]. Joe Cobb Chance Pearce “I mean, that would be the Libertarian wet dream,” he quipped. David Connorton Ed Rankin Johnson ran as a Republican in 2012 before changing teams and run- Katherinee Conrad Matthew Riell ning as the Libertarian nominee. He dropped by to pitch his campaign. Mark Cox Roland Riemers “I don’t want to be tilting at windmills, right? There are better things Victor Cox John Sanders to do,” Johnson said. “But in this case, I think that at the end of the day, Joan Crishal Steven Schoch I will end up being the voice of reason in all of this.” Lynden Davis Marshall Schwartz The former governor said he had a “horrible” time in ’12, trying to Gary Decker Dick Shaw grab attention as a Republican. As a Libertarian, he ultimately grabbed Ashley Denning Guy Shurley about 1% — a bit under 1.3 million votes. Joel Denning Anthony Sileo Richard Doyle Julie Smith Johnson stressed that he still has to win the nomina- Letha Dulaney James Smith II. Keith Ericson Trevor Speer tion...he is competing against a host of other candidates. Peter Farm Benjamin St. John Andrew Fink Lucas Stauffer Without self-funding his campaign like Ross Perot in the ’90s, most Eric Flint Zachary Stinson political observers would predict that Johnson, if he gets the Libertarian Condith Garstang John Taylor, MD nomination, would again suffer the fate of virtually every other third- Randall Grant Thomas Testi party presidential candidate in recent history. Thomas Greene Travis Tooke But [he] argued that either of the top-two Dem. presidential candi- Bruce Guthrie Nicholas Toombs dates — Sen. Sanders or former Sec. of State Clinton — would contrast well Jessica Habermehl Rollin Traver with a Libertarian contender if Donald Trump were the Repub. nominee. Everett Hale Bryan Traves Johnson said he was suing to get into the general-election debates, which are Maggie Hanus Richard Trench typically one-on-one matchups between the Repub. and Democratic candidates. Joseph Hoefling Christopher Tsuha He said a prominent lawyer, Bruce Fein, had already filed a lawsuit against Andrew Johnson Keith Turner the Commission on Presidential Debates based on “the notion that they are Dave Kahrl Codie Vasquez a business and that they collude with one another to exclude everyone else.” Patrick Keller Franz von Uckermann Johnson added: “Our contention is that if you’re on the ballot on Zaeem Khan William White enough states to be mathematically elected, then shouldn’t you be in- Dillon Kouba Bonney Wikkering Jake Kuprion Matt Wild cluded in the presidential debates?” John Lewis Mike Wilson Johnson stressed that he still has to win the Libertarian Party’s nomi- Paul Lydston nation, for which he is competing against a host of other candidates.• America needs a third choice sex marriage — and minimal regulation, tax and continued from page 1 bureaucracy. Fill your boots, do what you want, You may fret that he’ll sap Republican strength and put Hillary, the most if it harms no one else, but don’t make the rest of cynical politician, back in the White House, this time as commander-in-chief. us pay for it. But in 1992 Perot stole from both parties, as did his Reform Party in 1996. Libertarians are anti-war except in self de- In a nutshell, so to speak, the Libertarian stance is: Live and let live. fence. So, no blowing stuff up. No Unabombers. Less government, more freedom. Fiscally conservative, socially liberal. I suspect most people are Libertarian. They They, we, favour individual choice on such things as pot and same- just don’t know it yet.• March 2016 Liberty Pledge Newsletter Page 3 [ The Libertarian nominee] is the only candidate outside the two major parties who could be on the ballot in 50 states by Alex Pfeiffer he would still advance the libertar- up as a spoiler in the general election, Excerpted from The Daily Caller ian cause but, “in my opinion none so taking away votes from the Republican Published on Mar. 4, 2016 much as Donald Trump.” candidate and handing Hillary the keys ormer New Mexico Gov.