Gary Johnson, Ron Paul, or BUST. Period.
NO ONE who actually believes in the principle of self ownership, and other basic tenets of individual freedom, much less the Constitution as written, would sully him/herself by voting for Mitt Romney a candidate who is pro NDAA, Patriot Act, War on Drugs, Interventionist Foreign and Military Policy, State Health Care (much less with an individual mandate), and is an outright Social Conservative. All of the foregoing, which are only the most prominent of the GOP field’s (save for Paul) liberty shortcomings, are deal-breakers. Therefore the moral choice–and by moral I mean most consistent with the principles of non-coercion and basic respect of each human’s natural rights–is Gary Johnson, and secondarily Ron Paul.
If Ron Paul is the GOP nominee I back him. If anyone other than Ron Paul (or Buddy Roemer) is the GOP nominee I will back Gary Johnson’s Libertarian Party bid. (Oh what I’d give for Gary Johnson to break the 15% polling mark (he’s 9% now) and be on the major debates. I’d buy that shit on pay per view.)
I’m all in for Gary Johnson or Ron Paul. That’s the 2012 wrap. Glad politics is out of the way.
ps: The speculative word is that if Romney enters the RNC with more delegates than Paul the “deal” Romney will offer Paul (to get his delegates) is to appoint Paul Secretary of the Treasury, which would be fucking awesome (except for Romney being President). On the other hand Ron Paul would have to utter an endorsement for Romney, who stands for nearly everything Paul rightly opposes. I can’t see a Romney-Paul horse trade. In that case Paul joins Gary Johnson in third-party wonderland and this time a miracle occurs. Gary Johnson-Ron Paul versus Obama in November. That’s my prediction.
Johnson or Paul make up your flip-flopping mind!
That would be Paul, Johnson