We've been given a way to get to it, AND WE'RE GOING TO SUCCEED!
Being more libertarian than "libertarian leaning Republicans", you GET IT that I speak as I speak...right? I mean, I've put in more than half a century in this one-as-far-as-I-know Life and, for all the downsides of aging, one of the distinct upsides is knowing what I think and being free to speak my mind...Frank Sinatra, MY WAY. So long as ANYONE in my country is "allowed" to speak freely, so am I. You won't be insulted by my lousy bedside manner, will you?
We have been GIVEN fuck-all. We have been screwed over by THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, and we are STILL getting screwed. ROYALLY. But this is an unusual year...the Mayan calendar, fer cryin' out loud...there is a whiff of Eau de Civil Unrest in the air. The debt is staggering, the corruption is rampant, the Natives are restless.
GOTTA have popular support, sheer numbers, to bust a move against Official MIGHT MAKES RIGHT.
People toss UNSUSTAINABLE around like they bandy TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY. Moving mouths. "Our" Wealth Gap was ALREADY unsustainable, and it's been getting steadily wider. MONEY=POWER.
WE'RE WINNING!!! WE'RE WINNING!!!
Charlie Sheen: "I don't know, the tiger blood… it was so silly and people took it so seriously and I figured, alright, I'll continue to give the people what they want, you know?"
Was he out of control? "Absolutely," admitted Sheen to Leno.
What made him change? "I realized I was pretty much losing!"
http://content.usatoday.com/communi...dmits-i-was-pretty-much-losing/1#.T9bokRwhyPQ
Let us be VERY CONSERVATIVE about a Libertarian quest.
Define SUCCESS.
Someone earlier offered a train analogy: THE NEXT STOP, compared to THE END OF THE LINE.
SOMEONE IS BULLSHITTING SOMEONE about In It To Win It. Either Ron Paul WASN'T, or Republican Ron Paul Support is moving the goalposts.
Did ANYONE ever define WINNING in Iraq?
Gary Johnson is gonna do what Gary Johnson is gonna do, but I LIKE the YouTube ads.
GET HIM IN THE DEBATES seems to me to be the NEXT STOP. As it happens, getting "only" to the next stop is a MAJOR win for America and more than 90% of Americans. Speaking of SPREADING THE MESSAGE.
"Hopefully," he's going ALL IN with Speech Coach and such. He's a Triathlete...he cleans up purty good. He has a good record, Gang Bangers notwithstanding.
FOR SURE, Obama and Romney will have to "play it" differently. FOR SURE, Big Money wasn't betting on this.
If people will be married to political parties, some Ron Paul support BELONGS in the Republican Party. Some does NOT.
Do Ron Paul Supporters' have ONLINE JUICE? Rand Paul sez "Maybe they do, and maybe they don't." We DO know that not all of Ron Paul's "inch wide mile deep" support will support Johnson. Even so, there is no doubt that if X percent of Ron Paul's scrappy ground game struts its online stuff for the purpose of getting Gary Johnson into the debates, they WILL have an impact. At the same time, well, jeepers, the only reason we're having this conversation is 'cuz Ron Paul fell short (stipulating blackout, Jethro Clampett counting, whack-a-mole rules, et al.). Even if they ALL hopped on board...which you'd THINK they'd do re: inclusion in the debates, however they end up voting...it isn't enough to WIN. We know this.
Harkening back to some people being Real Republicans, the "Liberty Lovers" who revile libertarian Gary Johnson are the very ones who alienate (or scare the shit outta) SEVERAL of the hapless stripes languishing between the Extremes. Their logically remaining committed to the Republican Party enhances Gary Johnson's appeal with that broad swath in the middle.
GETTING INTO THE DEBATES is so much more realistic and manageable than WINNING THE PRESIDENCY.
GETTING INTO THE DEBATES = VICTORY.
EVERYTHING AFTER THAT = GRAVY.