If
anyone knows Gary Johnson, please extend my personal invitation to him to
rejoin the Republican Party. For some reason, hundreds of thousands of liberty
loving citizens have spent the last few years attempting to take over and
redefine the party. I can’t quite recall who started this R3VOLUTION, but it
has been working as well as anyone could have expected. I myself was even a
delegate to my state convention, where I helped elect a liberty loving delegate
from my district to the national convention in Tampa, FL, as well as several
more at large delegates. In other states, liberty minded citizens have done the
same. They have even won GOP chairman positions, precinct committeeman positions,
as well as higher offices in the House and the Senate.
All in
all, I’d say that the plan to drastically transform the Republican Party has
gone extremely well. If I were a betting man, I’d say in 2 years, we will be
neck and neck with the establishment, and in 4 years, it is likely that the
liberty movement will have a very real chance at nominating a true
Constitutional Conservative to run against the Democrats in 2016.
Having
said that, let me express my deepest respect for Gary Johnson and the work he
has done. I would be truly honored to vote for him for this nation’s highest
office in 2016. While Mr. Johnson is currently running his own campaign for the
Libertarian Party for the 2012 election, the majority of the liberty minded
voters who are most likely to agree with his platform, are currently in the
process of reshaping the Republican platform. If only we could bring these two
together.
You
know, this situation reminds me of something similar that happened nearly 25
years ago when another champion of liberty ran for POTUS as a Libertarian. I
believe the fellow’s name was Ron Paul. He didn’t get the support he needed to
win the election, but he did start a movement which would later grow into a
revolution. Dr. Paul decided later on that taking his revolution through the
Republican Party would be the most effective way of really achieving the
changes he felt the country needed. Fast forward some years later, and now that
decades old plan is really starting to take root.
I have
taken it upon myself to get involved in this party because I want those same
changes. The plan in place for many years has been to get involved in the
Republican Party so that like-minded individuals will have the infrastructure and
influence of one of the two largest parties when it comes time for local,
state, and national elections. I don’t know who will be the torch bearer for
our movement in 2016, but Mr. Johnson has done as much as any other to earn
that right. However, I’m afraid his name won’t be in consideration if he is
still outside the mainstream of the liberty movement, and running as a
Libertarian is certainly outside the mainstream of this movement.
With
that said, I’ll repeat my earlier request for anyone who knows Mr. Johnson
personally to welcome him back to the Republican Party. Just imagine a primary
season with 5 or 6 true Constitutionalists battling for the Republican
nomination. I have little doubt about Gary Johnson’s conservative credentials.
I have little doubt about the effectiveness of the liberty movements plan to
transform the Republican Party. I also
have little doubt that Gary Johnson’s only chance to truly lead the liberty
movement and the nation is to return to the Republican Party.
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