Peter Schiff considering Senate run in 2010!

[Brassmouth]

Maybe yongrel is referring to Murray Sabrin's run

That too! Sabrin failed so epically that I forgot about him completely. And I live in NJ!!!

 

[HOLLYWOOD]

Get an Ally on the Senate Commitees:

http://appropriations.senate.gov/

http://banking.senate.gov/

http://budget.senate.gov/

http://finance.senate.gov/

I guarantee you, if Schiff runs for a Senate seat, BOTH the National Party Committees (DNC/RNC) will spend 10's of MILLIONS to see to it SCHIFF never makes it into the Capital buildings.

The Criminals in DC have to protect their Schemes, Corruption, Theft, territory. Damn, Schiff would expose ALL the FRAUD, GRAFT, THEFT, especially some notables like; Schumer, Dodd, Conrad, Cochran, Obama, Clinton.

 

[satchelmcqueen]

now theres the dream ticket Paul/Schiff or Schiff/Paul.

 

[RevolutionSD]

An anti-statist cannot win running for a state position.
If Schiff runs for anything, it would simply be for educational purposes.

The state is a gang of violent thieves. Nothing more. There is no reason to think a libertarian will EVER win trying to join that cesspool.

Do you think we are capable of turning the mafia around? If so, let's start there instead of the government. If not, what is the point of sanctioning criminals?

 

[Uriel999]

So with all these comments about how he couldn't win...what are you all here for if you don't want to support liberty minded individuals for public offices?

 

[thasre]

An anti-statist cannot win running for a state position.
If Schiff runs for anything, it would simply be for educational purposes.

The state is a gang of violent thieves. Nothing more. There is no reason to think a libertarian will EVER win trying to join that cesspool.

Do you think we are capable of turning the mafia around? If so, let's start there instead of the government. If not, what is the point of sanctioning criminals?

Is it sad that I sometimes feel like I'd rather be governed by the mafia than by the government?

Also, I think Schiff could win. I think we tend to overestimate the influence of the people in power, in terms of their ability to sway elections. Hell, 2008 actually serves as a decent example... clearly the ones Bush wanted were Giuliani or Romney, and McCain and Bush hate each other (remember South Carolina in 2000?), but it was McCain who won. And even the Clinton machine couldn't stop Barack's Obamomentum (unfortunately).

Now, Obama and McCain are obviously media-annointed candidates, too, but the fact that they were able to work against intra-party chicanery by the leadership shows it can be done. And with Republicans grasping at ANY viable candidate just to win seats, Schiff stands a far better chance than he would when Republicans could be choosy.

 

[RevolutionSD]

So with all these comments about how he couldn't win...what are you all here for if you don't want to support liberty minded individuals for public offices?

I don't support "public" offices. It's a fiction. Money is stolen from one group so that another can rule over it.

 

[Sandra]

We all know Peter's lurkin' around here so maybe we can give him a verbal boost.

 

[Uriel999]

I don't support "public" offices. It's a fiction. Money is stolen from one group so that another can rule over it.

Then what the hell is this movement about then? Or is it simply 6 bitchy libertarians living in their parents basements who are not out to do anything other than complain?

 

[Captain America]

You people who say he will never win or be ineffective make me sick. Why are you even posting on this forum if you have that train of thought. Last time i checked history there are only two ways to gain power in the world and this United States. Either work hard to elect as many people to high positions of power as possible or overthrow the government by force. I thought our goal was to spread liberty and to reinstate the Constitution of the United States.

 

[Uriel999]

You people who say he will never win or be ineffective make me sick. Why are you even posting on this forum if you have that train of thought. Last time i checked history there are only two ways to gain power in the world and this United States. Either work hard to elect as many people to high positions of power as possible or overthrow the government by force. I thought our goal was to spread liberty and to reinstate the Constitution of the United States.

Thank you!

+1776

 

[american.swan]

It might be better for Schiff to be a state governor.

Remember a senator can stop any legislation he/she wants.

 

[Call Me V]

What's Schiff going to accomplish in the Senate? He's then working for the enemy. Ultimately, government is a gang of thugs- working for them and trying to turn them into a virtuous organization is not going to work.

Anyway, I frankly do NOT think he is going to run for Senate. I believe the other rumor out there more strongly, that he may be running for governor of a pretty big state!

I say we just all abandon government altogether and work on agorism. Schiff can be the leader in using gold as currency, and we can all join him in the real economy.

Keep dreamin bud..keeping dreaming.

Schiff has a much better chance getting elected into the senate than us abandoning government...

I mean really....

 

[haaaylee]

All this "he can't win" talk and "what difference would i make" by him makes me sick.

sounds a lot like "but im just one person, what can i do?" or "what will my vote matter, he isn't going to win anyways."

didn't we rid ourselves of that kind of talk ages ago? isn't this about more than "winning"

if he does win, he'll be our new ron paul. voting for us even if no one else votes with him..
and if he doesn't maybe he'll still be our new ron paul, having attracted more people to this idea. plus - you can't assume he'll be as insulted as ron. thus far i haven't heard him talk about anything but economics... no blowback, etc.



you can't really fix the problem unless you are apart of the problem. ..

 

[PlzPeopleWakeUp]

nt

 

[mello]

If a man that used to wear feather boas & beat the crap out of wrestlers could become
a governor then a man that predicted the financial collapse 3 years ago can become
a senator.

 

[Chase]

I think Schiff should run if for no other reason than contributing further to the public understanding. What we have to realize is that economies can recover very quickly, but only after government stops shooting them up with heroin. We need more sane voices to make sure that the Ron Paul fever keeps spreading.

 

[yaz]

He would have a better chance if he ran for a house seat. If the establishment throws 10 million against his campaign that just means we have to have 2 money bombs instead of one.

 

[RonPaulwillWin]

you can't assume he'll be as insulted as ron. thus far i haven't heard him talk about anything but economics... no blowback, etc.



you can't really fix the problem unless you are apart of the problem. ..

Listen to some of his latest podcasts. When he gets fired up he will mention stuff like "bring the troops home" , "founding fathers " etc...

 

[Brassmouth]

So with all these comments about how he couldn't win...what are you all here for if you don't want to support liberty minded individuals for public offices?

You're pathetic if you think we can achieve freedom through the State. Not to mention quite idiotic.

You people who say he will never win or be ineffective make me sick. Why are you even posting on this forum if you have that train of thought. Last time i checked history there are only two ways to gain power in the world and this United States. Either work hard to elect as many people to high positions of power as possible or overthrow the government by force. I thought our goal was to spread liberty and to reinstate the Constitution of the United States.

Last time I checked history INDIVIDUALS brought about social change, not government.

And why the fuck are you talking about gaining power!?! You're just like them if all you want to do is use the State to use violence to dominate others.

I'm not saying he definitely won't win (although you're delusional if you think he will) but I AM saying it'll be a waste of his time and your money. He'll accomplish nothing as a parasitic politician, and all the while the State will grow bigger and bigger, until it has consumed the last of our liberties.

The State doesn't shrink itself. Ever.