Is Wendy McElroy Still a Libertarian? No; She Opposes the Ron Paul Candidacy by Walter Block

…..To argue that the Paul 2012 campaign will not have a “lasting impact” is highly problematic. He has already introduced libertarians to billions of people all over the world, he has inspired millions of people to seriously consider this philosophy, and, with his constant mention of Austrian economics, Murray N. Rothbard and Ludwig von Mises he has tuned in hundreds of thousands of people to sound economics. No “lasting impact?”

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To be fair to Wendy McElroy, she wrote this essay on August 17, 2007, and the Ron Paul campaign of 2012 is vastly outstripping that of 2008 in terms of impact. However, that scurrilous piece of hers of 2007 is still on the web. Anyone can access it, even now. Has she apologized for this essay? Not to the best of my knowledge. Has she revised it in response to the far greater success of the Ron Paul campaign this time around? Not to the best of my knowledge. She ends her evil screed on this note: More on this as I find time to blog… Has she done so? Again, Not to the best of my knowledge. For shame, say I.

1) the libertarian support for Paul – a candidate who cannot win because the Republicans will not nominate him – effectively guarantees that a real libertarian candidate who actually voices libertarianism will not be heard. Yes, but an LP candidate has no chance of winning, you say? Well neither does Paul. I do not support the LP because I think electoral politics is part of society’s problems not part of the solution, nevertheless, I do not dismiss the possibility that a principled LP candidate may be able to educate or raise awareness. That’s always been the LP’s strongest argument. But, now, instead of a libertarian candidate who cannot win, libertarians are choosing to back a right wing conservative who cannot win. Libertarians are not even saying “put MY guy in office”; they are crying out “put THEIR guy in office because he says some of the right things”. The stance doesn’t make sense even to a pro-voting libertarian.

As of this writing, December 12, 2011, her statement “Paul – a candidate who cannot win because the Republicans will not nominate him” sounds somewhat premature. Ron is now in the “top tier,” consisting of him and his two flip-flopping soul brothers, Mitt and Newt. It looks as if he can take second place in Iowa, and very likely be in the top three in New Hampshire. The debate, scheduled for tonight at Drake University will feature only six candidates: Ron and his two fellow flip-floppers, along with Bachmann, Perry and Santorum. The Cain train has derailed, and Huntsman has been dropped due to poor polling numbers. Thus, it will become more and more difficult for the mainstream media to squelch his viewpoints.

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