Comments on: The Conscience Of A Phony Libertarian: Wayne Allyn Root And The Decline Of The Libertarian Party http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Fri, 17 May 2013 18:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Carol Moore http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72713 Carol Moore Sun, 30 May 2010 22:09:55 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72713 Root got shafted. boo hoo hoo.
Unfortunately those 200+ Root supporters probably will put him on the LNC to showboat and breast beat. Oh Yuk.

]]> By: Carol Moore http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72712 Carol Moore Sun, 30 May 2010 20:39:29 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72712 Notice that (as of just before first ballot announced) W.A.R. hasn’t gotten ANY independent publicity of his own during the convention, just your blog and IndependentPoliticalReport which would report on him anyway. What a PR phoney too!!
http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=Wayne+Allyn+Root

]]> By: joeyk567 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72690 joeyk567 Sat, 29 May 2010 13:18:21 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72690 Sean… sounds too much like Peoples Judean Front vs. People Front of Judea…

Bear in mind that dislike for Radicals like Obama is not the same as a like for Libertarianism. Conservatives, like most Americans are all for Big Govt. albeit not as big and inefficient as the Liberals.

What Americans dislike is Obama taking away their share of Big Govt. even worse taking it and giving it to some other group. They like Libertarianism as long as it keeps the people who would otherwise steal their rice bowl from doing so …a means to an end I’m afraid. Ie. lets attack welfare but not farm subsidies, lets do away with research grants but not the military, lets go after semi private entities like the Fed or Fannie Mae but not Amtrak etc.

It’s either all or none. Not sure I see that happening but sure would be interesting.

]]> By: Sean Shepard http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72677 Sean Shepard Fri, 28 May 2010 21:56:06 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72677 If Wayne’s ambitions and the party’s can be aligned for some period of time will not both be better off? If he really wants to run for president in the future do you think he is the type who would be happy with 1% (well … actually … only Rutherford’s state gave Barr over 1% in 2008 I think)

]]> By: Ken Wilsong http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72674 Ken Wilsong Fri, 28 May 2010 21:32:37 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72674 Wayne Root is all about himself. He doesn’t caee about anyone else in the world. He lies more than I go to the bathroom. If you can’t see Wayne Root’s a fraud then you haven’t spent 10 minutes listening to him on radio or TV or read the first chapter of his book. He should have been locked up in a Federal Pen over 15 years ago.

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72673 Doug Mataconis Fri, 28 May 2010 21:11:24 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72673 Sean

He mentions his desire to be the nominee on almost every page of his freaking book

]]> By: Sean Shepard http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72672 Sean Shepard Fri, 28 May 2010 21:08:46 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72672 @Doug. I don’t get the vibe that Wayne intends to be the nominee in 2012. I don’t doubt he has future aspirations in that area (which of us wouldn’t?) but I think he sincerely wants to try and position the party for more success in 2012 and 2016.

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72670 Doug Mataconis Fri, 28 May 2010 19:52:15 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72670 Procopius,

I have no idea what you’re referring to in your accusations.

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72669 Doug Mataconis Fri, 28 May 2010 19:51:43 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72669 Sean

If Root as Chairman means he’ll be the nominee in 2012, it’s horrible news for the LP.

Like I said the guys a fake and a phony. He’s in this to promote himself, that’s all

]]> By: Procopius http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72667 Procopius Fri, 28 May 2010 18:16:44 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72667 ^this is what Mataconis does. Reference 2008. You can smell the lack of genuineness in a blogger pretty readily.

]]> By: Sean Shepard http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72666 Sean Shepard Fri, 28 May 2010 18:08:46 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72666 re: joeyk567

And some of us have put too much time into the movement to not start winning some elections and getting some media respect. If Wayne Root can get people paying attention to the party, that’s great.

It’s better than a bunch of folks that want to sit around and argue over whose liberty blood is more pure. Anarchists and Anarcho-Capitalists claiming Minarchists aren’t libertarian enough. Minarchists claiming Constitutionalists aren’t pro-liberty enough. Can’t score a touchdown until you move the ball down the field.

And even those folks who aren’t happy with Root should be thrilled with Rutherford as the vice-chair option. It’s a good team should they prevail this weekend.

]]> By: Procopius http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72665 Procopius Fri, 28 May 2010 17:11:23 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72665 Obvious blanket bomb-throwing article is obvious. But hey it’s doing its job: getting replies.

]]> By: joeyk567 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72664 joeyk567 Fri, 28 May 2010 17:02:00 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72664 With all due respect I think Libertarians feel they’ve put far too much time into the movement to risk being saddled with the responsibilities with which they’d be saddled should they actually ever win an election. If it were ever to happen I think the Libertarians would be the first to demand a recount.

]]> By: Brad Warbiany http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72663 Brad Warbiany Fri, 28 May 2010 17:00:53 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72663 Doug, you really need to be more careful where you walk. You just tracked Dondero all over the carpet!

Tsk, tsk.

]]> By: Doug Mataconis http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2010/05/28/the-conscience-of-a-phony-libertarian-wayne-allyn-root-and-the-decline-of-the-libertarian-party/#comment-72662 Doug Mataconis Fri, 28 May 2010 15:01:07 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/?p=7889#comment-72662 By the way, Soros is really late on his checks. He hasn’t sent me one since the days when I was calling you out for pretending Rudy Giuliani was a libertarian

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