Uriel999
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A ask you a simple question essentially what office do you seek and why. this is my response:
My "representative" in Congress Allen Boyd has proven time and time again via his abhorrent voting record he is no friend of liberty and has no understanding of constitutional government and its proper role. Bailout after bailout is wreaking havoc on our economy in the long term.
He voted for the Give Act which as a young individual who in two weeks will be fresh out of university and eventually seeks to continue education possibly up to a PhD I am terrified of "mandatory volunteering." Such doublespeak is straight out an Orwellian hell.
Looking out further in the national scope, we have an entire congress save a few of unprincipled individuals such as Ron Paul who have made careers making a mockery of the constitution, disregarding civil liberties at every turn. The left and right are one and the same in overall philosophy. Both seek a leviathan of government which they have rapidly succeeded in establishing. Our rights are being destroyed, no they have been destroyed. Any illusions of liberty are simply granted by the government and are piecemeal at best. Politicians believe the government grants rights when in reality it only recognizes rights.
Endless wars, endless debt, and the wars on all fronts on the sovereignty of the individual have disgusted me. I am disenfranchised and marginalized in my own party (R) and recognize the platform of the Libertarian party as having taken possession of the Republican party’s platform as they have not been using its planks in decades.
I want to bring real "change" to our nation and my district. That change cannot be accomplished within the status quo duopoly anymore. My ideology represents that of a long line of anti-government groups: Anti-Federalist, Classic Liberal, true republicanism, and libertarian.
I realize the road to victory as a Libertarian in the past has been essentially impossible and while the political tides may be somewhat changing, the future is still uncertain. Victory as a Libertarian candidate in 2010 may still be impossible in a region that is slow to embrace change and clings to tradition. However, in the past the South went from Democrat to Republican during a time of dramatic turmoil. Again in a time of turmoil, it is time not only for new faces in Congress, it is time for a new party to be in Congress. Even if in 2010 a Libertarian victory in Florida’s 2nd district proves impossible, the message of liberty must be spread. I can be that messenger. I do not seek office because I want power, I seek the role because somebody must step up against the status quo, and it must be a person of principle. I cannot think of any party more uncompromising in principle than the Libertarian party. That is why I would love to be the representative of the Libertarian party in Florida’s 2nd, and more importantly to the constituents of the 2nd. They deserve it.
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What do you guys think?
My "representative" in Congress Allen Boyd has proven time and time again via his abhorrent voting record he is no friend of liberty and has no understanding of constitutional government and its proper role. Bailout after bailout is wreaking havoc on our economy in the long term.
He voted for the Give Act which as a young individual who in two weeks will be fresh out of university and eventually seeks to continue education possibly up to a PhD I am terrified of "mandatory volunteering." Such doublespeak is straight out an Orwellian hell.
Looking out further in the national scope, we have an entire congress save a few of unprincipled individuals such as Ron Paul who have made careers making a mockery of the constitution, disregarding civil liberties at every turn. The left and right are one and the same in overall philosophy. Both seek a leviathan of government which they have rapidly succeeded in establishing. Our rights are being destroyed, no they have been destroyed. Any illusions of liberty are simply granted by the government and are piecemeal at best. Politicians believe the government grants rights when in reality it only recognizes rights.
Endless wars, endless debt, and the wars on all fronts on the sovereignty of the individual have disgusted me. I am disenfranchised and marginalized in my own party (R) and recognize the platform of the Libertarian party as having taken possession of the Republican party’s platform as they have not been using its planks in decades.
I want to bring real "change" to our nation and my district. That change cannot be accomplished within the status quo duopoly anymore. My ideology represents that of a long line of anti-government groups: Anti-Federalist, Classic Liberal, true republicanism, and libertarian.
I realize the road to victory as a Libertarian in the past has been essentially impossible and while the political tides may be somewhat changing, the future is still uncertain. Victory as a Libertarian candidate in 2010 may still be impossible in a region that is slow to embrace change and clings to tradition. However, in the past the South went from Democrat to Republican during a time of dramatic turmoil. Again in a time of turmoil, it is time not only for new faces in Congress, it is time for a new party to be in Congress. Even if in 2010 a Libertarian victory in Florida’s 2nd district proves impossible, the message of liberty must be spread. I can be that messenger. I do not seek office because I want power, I seek the role because somebody must step up against the status quo, and it must be a person of principle. I cannot think of any party more uncompromising in principle than the Libertarian party. That is why I would love to be the representative of the Libertarian party in Florida’s 2nd, and more importantly to the constituents of the 2nd. They deserve it.
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What do you guys think?
