Except the LP in Denver didn’t nominate a libertarian either. Ditto for the LP VP slot.

That’s all from throwing cash on meat and plane tickets, while not wasting my time recycling.

How about a No Tax? :)

Huckabee’s a Christian Socialist, Romney’s a strong liberal (well, until he decided to run for president), and Thompson is… ummm… does anyone actually know what Thompson is?

Ron Paul ran on the same message that Ronald Reagan (who called himself a libertarian at heart) ran on: “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” McCain ran on the message that “We’ve got some problems, but forget about the fact that I helped cause a lot of them, and just listen to my vacuous platitudes about being a great nation and overcoming problems and all that stuff. Vote for me!”

The only way anyone could claim that Paul ran on a “negative message” is if he ignored every single speech that Paul gave during the whole campaign. I’ve never seen a more positive campaign message than I saw in Paul’s this year, which is why he inspired hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people nationwide: the message of freedom.

It just doesn’t get more positive than that.

The voters who chose to affiliate with the GOP did that. I seem to recall the party elders, leaders and activists stumping for Huckabee, Romney and Thompson.

Ron Paul ran on a message of “We’ve got lots of problems and they are all the government’s fault”. John McCain ran on the message of “We’ve got some problems, but we’re a Great Nation and will overcome them”.

Ronald Reagan ran on a message of “We are the shining city on a hill, we can do better than this. Let get Government out of the way”.

Paul - like many libertarians ran on a negative message. Reagan ran on a positive “we can do better” message. Voters liked one, didn’t think much of the other.

He just said he might abandon the GOP in 2001.

And that he was considering becoming Kerry’s running mate in 2004.

But hey, he’s no Democrat.

Funny, I don’t remember *cough* Bush *cough* doing that.

Fact is, this bumper sticker is hilarious. If it didn’t say certain things, I might slap it on my car.

I hate hearing anyone say about my party, “stinging losses for the GOP may be just what the doctor ordered.” But when a party shuts out the strongest limited-government candidate for President that it’s had in a long time, in favor of a candidate who considered leaving the GOP in 2001 and becoming Kerry’s running mate in 2004, one has to wonder just what the heck the party is trying to do to itself.