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Mackey: Well the last time I voted for a Democrat for President was in 1976. I have almost always voted strictly libertarian since the 1976 election. Why? Because I believe in promoting “Free Markets and Free Minds” and the Libertarian Party comes closest to those values. The Democrats usually support free minds, but not free markets, while the Republicans usually support free markets, but not free minds. (12/17/2008)

Maybe you’ve read about the proposal to deploy 20,000 active-duty regulars Stateside as an emergency-response force. “Domestic Deployment of Troops Concerns Libertarian Party,” said the headline on a news release [from the Party]. I’m no Libertarian, but Domestic Deployment of Troops Concerns Me, too. When are we going to get past the cracked logic that anyone who has trained for combat is a natural for police work? Is every graduate of the Criminal Justice Academy ready to join a combat team in Afghanistan? (12/13/2008)

William Redpath, national chairman, Libertarian Party said:

The “Big Three” are back on the Hill, and this time the question is whether they can make a strong enough case in order to receive billions of dollars in taxpayer-backed loans to save their companies from bankruptcy.

Despite all the trappings of a truly repentant lot of CEOs who just got a bad shake (this trip, they substituted their private jets for hybrid cars), there is no case that they can make that will be strong enough to justify even $1 being used to prop-up their failed companies. (12/5/2008)

  • From the article "GOP's fractured factions are alike in what they dislike" by Chuck Plunkett at the Denver Post:

The Libertarian Party has about 16,000 dues-paying members and a presidential candidate in Bob Barr, above, the former Republican congressman from Georgia. The party's membership is loath to support McCain, says its spokesman, Andrew Davis.

Libertarians want America's military protecting the homeland, not continuing interventionist actions in Iraq and elsewhere, Davis said. They consider McCain's government programs like the cap-and-trade of greenhouse gases too expensive.

"He offers no plan to cut government spending," Davis said. (8/31/2008)