LP star Wayne Allyn Root switches to GOP, must defeat Obama

He wanted to be in 2008.
He wasn't.
He is Lib, in 2012.
Wants to change to defeat O.

No howls of offense
No name calling labeling
No angst over conventions

No clothespins on nose(probably chinese made)

When one looks at this and considers it . It is pretty simple and basic.Shows a lot of maturity of thought and a decided lack of ego.

The comparisons are dramatic and say so much!

...he sees that the best path to achieving any of what he wants is to elect Republicans in the vein of Rand Paul and Marco Rubio.
And the most important thing in the immediate future is to defeat Obama.

Thank you, Wayne Allyn Root. Let's pray that more Ron Paul supporters will reach this point of rational thinking.

How does this sound: Supreme Court Justice Eric Holder ?

Supreme Court Justices can be removed. An appointment does not mean a lifetime term.

I hate to admit it but I'm with this guy . . for now. Job 1 is to defeat Obama. Unfortunately and as I have posted elsewhere, I'm not convinced Mitt is going to beat him. I think he's got the best shot but he's got a long way to go and I'll vote for him if it looks like he has made great leaps.

In the meantime, my active support is moving to Gary Johnson. Today, he hasn't got a snowball's chance. My sincere hope is that, like me, enough people, maybe even media, have been so turned off by the R + D nonsense that it creates a real opening for Johnson.

Attempts at suppressing Johnson should rightfully backfire on Romney. Someone who deploys such tactics aint getting my vote.

Bob S: Supreme Court Justices can be removed. An appointment does not mean a lifetime term.

There's a first: someone turning themselves inside out, right here on AMG, in order to rationalize their dreams of perfection.

Maybe the tooth fairy will leave Gary Johnson under your pillow tonight.

Supreme Court Justices can be removed. An appointment does not mean a lifetime term.

Bob S will come up with any rationalization to support his candidate: Barack Obama.

Reaganite, are you saying that my post is false?

For the record, I support neither of the two party Jamokes. I am tired of plugging my nose while voting! I support Gary Johnson. And please, spare me the
"a vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama" comment.

Maybe the tooth fairy will leave Gary Johnson under your pillow tonight.

Nah, I don't expect that Melvin, but I am not afraid of things getting worse before they get better. You continue to vote for the lesser of two evils, I will not think any less of you. ;-)

Bob S: When you spare me the "holding my nose" sour-grapes-whiny-my-guy-didn't-win-blah-blah-blah routine, I'll then refrain from telling you the truth - if you vote for Johnson, you are acting completely contrary to your own stated desires. It's a shame when someone cuts off their own nose to spite their face.

But at least you won't have to hold your nose once you've cut it off.

if you vote for Johnson, you are acting completely contrary to your own stated desires

Could you elaborate?

Here's my take, Bob. You're an avowed Ron Paul/libertarian guy. Believe it or not, I actually respect that. Since Paul didn't get the nomination and Johnson won't make much of a dent in the results, which candidate comes closer to your beliefs? Saying that Obama and Romney are the same is completely disingenuous. Romney is obviously closer to Ron Paul than is Obama. So, if you give your vote to Johnson or Mickey Mouse or anyone else, you are not giving it to Romney. You are therefore making it more likely that Obama will win. Looking back over the past four years, Obama's actions have been nothing at all like what you would expect from Ron Paul. And remember, Obama will be able to be "more flexible" to implementing the liberal agenda in a second term. So by not voting for Romney, you are acting contrarily to your own beliefs and most certainly against your own best interests.

You're an avowed Ron Paul/libertarian guy.

I have been a small government Republican all of my life. I am not an avowed Ron Paul /libertarian guy. Looking at Romneys past record and Paul Ryans voting record, (not what he tells you) I am just as far away from them as I am Obama. My only choice this fall is Johnson. For that, I am not sorry for and I will not apologize. Obama is a big government socialist, Romney is a big government Crapitalist. What's the difference, the working middle class loses under both systems. I am for the true free market. Not what Romney thinks the free market is.

you are acting contrarily to your own beliefs and most certainly against your own best interests.

I am acting well within my beliefs and I am not acting in what is in my best interests. I am also not afraid of it getting worse before it gets better.

Johnson is not a 'choice' any more than Elvis Presley or Winnie the Pooh is.

You (in the plural) have zero chance of getting Johnson elected, and a significant chance of helping get Obama re-elected. If that's OK with you, I don't expect we'll share coffee and donuts anytime soon.

Melvin, Johnson is on the ballot in all 50 states. He is a choice, whether he gets elected or not!

Elvis Presley is deceased and Winnie the Pooh is a fictional cartoon character, they are not choices this fall.

I don't expect we'll share coffee and donuts anytime soon.

I have no desire for that either Melvin.

I see both Romney and Obama as being a threat to the US.

I don't know which is more evil, so even there, I can't make a choice.

If I was a one issue voter I could make a choice, but being a one issue voter leads to leaders like W

Maybe It would be best to go with the majority, not vote at all

Bob S...Mike G.....

I'm sure you are both nice guys. If you wish to leave "A vote for Johnson is a vote for Obama" off the table, then we must leave the Obama and Romney are same off the table as well. However, I can guarantee to both of you that you have far more in common with Romney then Obama as far as your belief system goes. You may not like it, many not want to admit it, but it's true. Wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more than with Obama.

This election will give you a chance to move closer to what you believe if Romney wins. Hey, let me tell you, Romney was not my choice, and neither was Ron Paul. For nothinig else, nothing else, let me give you 5 reasons: Breyer, Ginsburg, Scalia, and Kennedy. The 5th, is the constitution.

I would equate it to this....Our country is lying on the ground suffering from a potentially fatal wound. A field dressing (Romney) may not save the patient, but gives it a fighting chance until help (conservative-libertarian...fill in what you wish) arrives and the patient is given the medical treatment to survive and thrive. Or, you choose to do nothing, (vote obama, johnson, write in ron paul) and the patient dies from the mortal wound. Once dead, that patient never returns.....death is permanent...

I know my choice.

This election will give you a chance to move closer to what you believe if Romney wins

Put the people back to sleep, right.

I am not interested in slowing the train a little. I am for stopping it, then turning it around. My vote don't count anyway (so they say), so don't worry about how I cast it.

Obama hasn't done anything to this nation that Congress couldn't have stopped, if they wanted to. It is pretty sad that the only reason to vote for Romney is to get Obama out. Think about it.

Yup, there is plenty of sad to go around.

But if your vote, and presumably that of everyone else, doesn't count, stop advocating for selected policies and individuals and find a sports bulletin board to enjoy.

A little trouble in the reading comprehension department, eh Melvin.

If Gary Johnson were elected how would Congress be different than it is now? For me I will vote to try and slow this wreck down, elect people into positions where they can make a difference and then try for the WH.

If Gary Johnson were elected how would Congress be different than it is now?

It wouldn't. Congress is where the real change is needed. Until we make the needed changes in Congress, I am shooting for gridlock. Gridlock is not a bad thing. Johnson would engage the public, make them think, wake them up.

I agree Bob, where we differ is I do not believe that if Obama has a second term we will ever be able to recover from the damage done, at least not without bloodshed on the streets. I have seen enough of this President to last me a lifetime.

where we differ is I do not believe that if Obama has a second term we will ever be able to recover from the damage done,

We have survived worse.

at least not without bloodshed on the streets.

That is already happening.

A little trouble in the reality comprehension department, eh Bob?

Life has certain rules that make sense. Like, when you are in a hole, stop digging.

Another one is to deal with the reality that is, not the one you wish there was.

But I don't expect you and the others to grasp that.

So keep on 'making your statements' after the microphone has been shut down.

And we'll look for your sighs of joy that Obama was re-elected.

Reality is everything that is and has been. Interpretations differ though. We will leave it at that Melvin.

One senses that you are ready for Edgar Allen MoonBeem:

reality and objective truth

Truth then is relative. There is no objective reality, no absolute truth. We all know this in our bones, but we have a hard time accepting it in our minds. True ideas are just those that get us into better relationships with experience and with one another.

Hell, maybe you ARE Beem.

One senses that you are ready for Edgar Allen MoonBeem:

I read his column once. That was enough for me. I am not a fan of opinion pieces. You know what they say about opinions?