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Parker01 Wrote: Oct 24, 2012 9:36 AM
Then again, perhaps Stossel's article is convincing some, who would have voted for Obama, to vote for Gary Johnson? And, if I follow your, 'logic,' that would mean he is helping to elect Romney. This silly notion that anyone who argues for freedom is an enemy of 'freedom,' is pure nonsense.
Spikeygrrl Wrote: Oct 24, 2012 3:30 PM
Dean: In a perfect world I'd be voting for Johnson this year, too. Unfortunately, that's NOT AN OPTION when any vote cast for anyone EXCEPT Romney is a de facto vote for the incumbent.

Hopefully eight years of pendulum backswing under Romney will bring us to a place where you and I CAN responsibly vote for someone like Johnson -- or RAND Paul, who does not share his father's foreign policy Luddism -- in 2020 :)
Dean197 Wrote: Oct 24, 2012 9:41 AM
I'm one of those people. I would hold my nose and vote for Obama before holding my nose and voting for Romney, but I'm voting for Gary Johnson, happily.
On TV, my Fox colleague Bill O'Reilly says, "The recession was brought on largely by greedy Wall Street corporations."

Give me a break.

Bill's smart. If he believes such things, we who care about freedom have done a poor job communicating economics.

Blaming problems on "greed" is a mindless cliche.

Yes, Wall Street was greedy -- but that's nothing new. Greed is a constant. Did you ever turn down a raise? We need a free market because it restrains greed. Laws against theft and fraud help, but competition does more. With this election approaching, and statist, eager-to-regulate candidates in ascent, we...

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