Frankly, I am a big fan of libertarian political theory.
Like Paul the apostle, I believe that the sting of death is sin, but the strength
of sin is the law (1 Corinthians 15: 56). As men are not angels in themselves,
laws and governance are needed, but the fewer laws, the better. Free markets, competition,
persuasion instead of coercion are the better means for the well-being of a
community. As Murray Rothbard believed and received following the dissolution
of the Soviet Union
I respect all voters who have registered themselves as
libertarians. Less government, more local control, less spending, lower taxes,
limited government: I love every little bit of it.
I support an enhance franchise across the country, as well,
one in which more states would adopt the same Congressional District method to
apportion electoral votes, the same way that Nebraska and Maine have adopted.
Two electoral votes for would go to the Presidential candidate who wins the
statewide popular vote, while every other electoral vote would be awarded based
on winning the majority vote in every Congressional district in the state. This
method honors the authority of the states and the people, would put larger, “spectator”
states in play, like “liberal-locked” California and “Conservative-caught”
Texas, while giving third-parties greater opportunities to win the Presidency.
In the mean-time, two-party dominance is here to stay, and
on this note I appeal to every Libertarian and American Independent voter in
New Hampshire to forgo their allegiance to their registered party and cast their
deciding votes to Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.
I know his role in implementing a state-wide health
insurance mandate in neighboring Massachusetts may offend you, yet at least he
outlined a telling and compelling contrast and contradistinction to ObamaCare
in the first debate. I never thought he
would bring up ObamaCare in the debate, and I had believed that the issue was
enough to sink his chances of winning the nomination. Yet Romney has pledged to
repeal ObamaCare once in office, then to implement more market-oriented reforms
which will drive down costs while opening up access and competition for greater
quality and efficiency.
Over the past month, I have learned much more about Romney
the man as much as the candidate. He is a loving father of five sons and a
dedicated, honest wife. She will be the first pro-life first lady since the
Supreme Court handed down Roe v. Wade! As CEO of Bain Capital, Romney
epitomized everything that defines capitalism: taking failing companies and
helping them thrive, improve, or close through creative marketing, innovation,
or destruction. He got rich through his wealth and investments, and his
leadership skills have been put to the test, first by saving the 2002 Salt Lake
City Winter Olympics, with a profit, then administering the state of
Massachusetts without raising taxes and working with a state legislature
dominated by a Democratic supermajority. During his tenure, he vetoed eight
hundred bills, demonstrating a hard-line in enforcing his conservative
principles. He has remained pro-life, refusing to sign into law a bill to
authorize embryonic stem-cell research.
Romney cares about business, respects free markets, wants to
repeal Dodd-Frank. He may not line up
with the unlimited libertarian line, as he has considered rescinding the
much-needed draw-down of troops in Afghanistan, yet Romney is
anarcho-capitalism compared to the incumbent Barack Obama, whose failed
domestic policies have decimated our currency, stagnated our economy, and
burdened our future with annual trillion dollar deficits.
New Hampshire’s former governor John Sununu has been leading
the charge for Romney across the country and on the Mainstream Media, where the
pundits and journalists have nothing but empty talking points to take down the former
Governor. In the long run, no libertarian or conservative independent will be
throwing his vote away or compromising his principles by voting for Romney. Libertarians
and freedom fighters and cautious conservatives of New Hampshire, do not split
the vote and give your state to the President who never met a spending bill he
did not veto or a tax increase he did not like. Cast your vote for liberty,
vote for Romney, and bring back the “Live Free or Die” love of life that this
country so desperately needs to see return to us.
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