3rd parties

[TrailDust]

Originally Posted by blacksheep

Republicans are a joke ( a unfunny one ) I will not vote for the lesser of two evils ever again.
You either have the right ideology or you don't get my vote, EVER !

Ditto. Problem is with Republicans shifting so far left, and with the Libertarians out in left field on foreign policy, conservatives are stuck between a rock and a hard place voting for quasi-Democrats with the former and non-viable candidates (due to weak voter appeal for 3rd party candidates) with the latter. Freakin' frustrating, and it sucks!

[M. Sage]

I can see the Libertarian point on foreign policy, though. The really good thing about their foreign policy view is what they think on foreign aid. Total budget: $0. :D

[DCortez]

Originally Posted by M. Sage

I can see the Libertarian point on foreign policy, though. The really good thing about their foreign policy view is what they think on foreign aid. Total budget: $0. :D

They could do what ever other politician does ... lie.

Once the country is back on track, no one will care.

[TrailDust]

My major complaint is their foreign policy regarding engagement is way too much like Obama's, which is pretty much the Neville Chamberlain method of talk, do nothing, seek paper agreements, and assurances of "peace in our time." Sometimes you have to reach out and touch someone...big time!

[M. Sage]

I agree. The Libertarian party is just a tad too isolationist for my taste. But the way things are, I think we could use a lot more isolation...

[TrailDust]

Originally Posted by M. Sage

I agree. The Libertarian party is just a tad too isolationist for my taste. But the way things are, I think we could use a lot more isolation...

I'd say yes and no. Isolationist from a don't f*** with us and we won't f*** with you standpoint, but not isolationist economically. Tariffs and other idiotic trade measures have only ever hurt our country, and it's through strong trade that we help our economy.

[DCortez]

Originally Posted by TrailDust

Sometimes you have to reach out and touch someone...big time!

Nothing says I Love You like a mushroom cloud. Tending to your own affairs is good, but having people afraid of you is better.

If we could get things back to where the founding fathers had it, minus a few things like slavery, women not voting, etc., I'd vote these guys in for 20 years.

[Englishman]

The 2 party system is something of American life I still struggle with. In a land where choice is everything, then only Left/Right, Blue/Red, Rep/Dem as your only choice strikes me as an outsider at least, kinda out of character. I would liken it to having the choice of only 2 cars…..but then again, that may yet happen

IMHO, Libertarians have to address some fundamentals before wide scale acceptance as credible; Open Drugs, Open Boarders, Isolationism hardly with current moods…….and can a party with a policy to take away the free handouts that a large chunk of the population now expects as an entitlement ever get elected by the same?? I fear socialism has already sound foundations to only grow, not wither.

Don’t mean to offend any here – Just my perception.

[TrailDust]

Originally Posted by DCortez

Nothing says I Love You like a mushroom cloud. Tending to your own affairs is good, but having people afraid of you is better.

Right on! The Teddy Roosevelt method of foreign policy works the best, not the Neville Chamberlain method.