Myth of "Independent" voters

Politico: Poll: Most “independents” in 75 years

http://tinyurl.com/cfnksln

I find this label strange, since they are dependent on the two sewer systems to produce the turd they’ll make their choice from. “Independence”, indeed.

Gary Johnson self-destructs on Bob Wenzel's show:

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/06/how-libertarian-is-gary-johnson.html#comment-form

My few thoughts on this topic:

“Education, in turn, has two vital aspects: calling people’s attention to the existence of such a system, and converting people to the libertarian system. If our movement consisted only of slogans, publicity, and other attention-getting devices, then we might be heard by many people, but it would soon be discovered that we had nothing to say—and so the hearing would be fitful and ephemeral. “ - Rothbard, Murray. For a new liberty. 373-374.

I believe what happened in this interview was exactly what Rothbard warned in the above citation. The Libertarian Party again went for the name recognition instead of the substance when nominating the candidate. I had my reservations towards Mr. Johnson long before he announced his run for the Libertarian ticket, and he definitely wasn’t my first choice on the convention ballot (mine was Bill Still). But he’s the nominee now, and personally, I think it was better for him to self-destruct during Wenzel’s show, then in the general debates against “the others”. He went in front of the toughest audience of all, and the outcome will hopefully make him read, at least the platform of the Libertarian Party, if not some basic works of Rothbard, Mises, etc.

Libertarianism was here before, and will be here long after Mr. Johnson. It survives because libertarians are both very well educated in libertarian theory, and willing to engage in public policies through Libertarian Party. Only the mixture of those will guarantee an outcome different than two current ruling parties. I hope Mr. Johnson and every libertarian understands this. I hope we continue debating and bringing our “radical” views to the general public. In doing so, we must ensure that each one of us IS the standard bearer of the libertarian banner. It is a tough task, but knowing many libertarians, I’m also convinced that we’re the only ones who could live up such standards.

In Liberty!