Where in the World is Wayne? (Allyn Root)

Where in the World is Wayne?

Bruce Cohen - December 3, 2008

There was a lot of concern about

the so-called mainstream

candidacies of Libertarians Wayne
Root and Bob Barr.

This concern came from within the Libertarian

community, echoed in the mainstream press.

The concern was about the overlapping questions of Candidate

motivation, effectiveness and perseverance.

In other words, why are these people running?

How well will they do for our movement, our Party, our Brand?

And finally, how will they do after the election is over and the

bright lights are turned off?

It's no secret I'm a big fan of Wayne's, so don't be emailing

and blogging about how I'm biased. I'm going to stipulate

to that right up front here.

Post Election, Wayne hasn't let up at all.

His assertions that he was not a temp, but the real deal, hold

up just fine when looked at in the post-election light.

Wayne is still pounding the pavement for the Libertarian

Party, promoting our agenda and brand.

And doing so rather effectively.

During the election he shocked a lot of people by being the

first Libertarian VP Candidate to get so much major media

coverage, in fact, arguably more than Bob Barr, the top of

the ticket LP Candidate for President.

So he did well leading up to the election...

Did he go away, and prove right the folks making negative

predictions about him?

Not at all.

Since the election, he's continued to be a regular on

major media, appearing on both TV and radio to major

markets. Wayne has discussed everything from the

non-bailout 'bailout' to what it means for Obama to win.

Recently, he was on Fox News' top-rated business show,

Bulls & Bears. Watch it here: http://snipurl.com/730rc

Instead of giving up, he's increased his commitment to

the Libertarian Party and to our mutual effort to change

America for the better.

Wayne realizes the Libertarian Party is the only remaining

Political Party with any shot at change, or with any leverage

to truly make a difference.

He's still appearing on Neal Cavuto's FOX show, on a regular

basis, and nationally syndicated radio shows, such as the

Mancow Show and The Jerry Doyle Show.

Wayne has been appearing on Neil Cavuto more often

even than Ron Paul, another Libertarian hero.

Some of you may think it's a bit early to think about the

2012 election for President.

Wayne doesn't think so.

I agree.

What we need is a leader, a promoter and an organizer.

We need not just a pretty face, but someone that can

explain Economics to the average American, and make

the case for personal freedom from the standpoint of

a squeaky clean 'Boy Scout'.

And that's Wayne.

It's one thing for Cheech and Chong to make the case

against the War on Drugs, but when the tee-totaling

father of four home-schooled kids make the case, it

starts to gain credibility.

It's one thing for Atheist Penn Gillette to come out for

a wider separation between church and state, but when

Wayne, a born-again Christian with deep Jewish roots

does so, it's a big deal!

As a small businessman turned VP and Presidential

Candidate and Author, Wayne can rail against government

bureaucracy, overregulation and taxes like no one else.

And he does, all over the media!

Wayne is set for life, with a successful business, a beautiful

family and home and all the toys one might want; not to

mention an amazing job, traveling the world.

But he's not satisfied.

His newest book, "The Conscience of a Libertarian" is due
to be released, by one of the biggest publishers in the world,
by Christmas.

Wayne could be enjoying the holiday break. Instead, he's
writing six to eight hours a day- all for our Libertarian cause.

Wayne is someone who loves to build and improve things,
for himself, and those around him.

So, for those Libertarians and Americans who've been

asking themselves where Wayne is, be assured he's getting

less sleep than about anyone I know, working on his

marriage, family, business; for the Libertarian Party,and

on creating a successful Libertarian Presidential Campaign

in 2012.

And the book.

I'm watching Amazon for my first chance

to pre-order it.

Copyright Bruce Cohen - December 2008

Newt Warns of Patriot Act 2

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Please watch this short video clip:
Newt Gingrich on the International

War Against Terror:
http://snipurl.com/newtiwot

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Newt Warns of Patriot Act 2
'No one worries about civil liberties the day after

a terrorist attack'.

Bruce Cohen
August 28, 2007

Newt's been ringing the alarm bell for a long time.

Call him a 'Neocon' or other insult, as you will.
But to me, he's not only a smart, pro-defense
Conservative, but he's quite the libertarian.

Unlike many Libertarians however, Newt doesn't
live in the fantasy world of 'all-or-nothing' or it's
semi-parallel world of inconsequentialism.

He's perfectly aware that progress must be made
in small steps. He's also very aware, as he points
out so brilliantly, that pretending something is so,
doesn't make it so.

In this video, he points out, and I'm paraphrasing
from memory here, 'Noone worries about civil
liberties they day after a terrorist attack'.

Yes, that's clearly true, on the face of it.
But, its literal truth is not really his point.

Newt's point is this: should we not prevent

these attacks that are certainly beeing plotted

against us as we speak, post-attack, we will lose

our civil liberties from the heavy-handed

government responses and actions.

Yes, Newt might be called a 'reverse
incrementalist', where he's advocating the
prevention of our mutual loss of Liberty.

Speaker Gingrich is well aware of the perils
our freedoms, both personal and economic,
face from a successful major terrorist
attack on a large American city.

Let's imagine together what will happen
when a major US city faces another 9-11
sized attack.

If you don't like the Patriot Act,, and there
is a lot not to like about it, well... I can
assure you, what would happen after our
enemies blow up Seattle or San Diego,
will make the Patriot Act look mild.

Don't like Patriot Act I?
Wait until we get Patriot Act II.

And, don't say Newt and I didn't tell you.

Snipped URL: http://snipurl.com/newtiwot
Original URL:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/08/gingrich/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

Copyright Bruce Cohen - August 2007
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Fox News: MTV's Kurt Loder Rails Against Universal Health Care & Tax Hikes

Bruce Cohen

Fox Headline:
MTV's Kurt Loder Rails Against
Universal Health Care & Tax Hikes

Kurt Loder was interviewed on 'Your World With Neal Cavuto' today.

The top rated News and Business show host was off, but his guest host sounded just as Libertarian as he.

Her guest, Kurt Loder also sounded very Libertarian, talking about the financial and supply pitfalls of Socialized Medicine, or as it's been labeled lately, 'Universal Health Care'.

Yes, Fox News is 'Fair and Balanced'.

The real balance comes not from having both the Republican and Democrat, Conservative and Liberal sides, but adding in the pro-Liberty choice into the discussion.

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Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who's the Most Libertarian of Them All?

Bruce Cohen

www.GetBruce.com

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Libertarians have long judged each other by the news sources they rely on, with choices ranging from Lew Rockwell, to the Orange County Register and the Wall Street Journal.

The same goes for Television news. Many hate Fox, many hate CNN and the rest of the Mainstream Media.

I'm going to throw my two cents worth at this question. In my mind, Fox News is clearly the 'most libertarian' of any broadcast source, TV or radio.

Fox has the most pro-freedom hosts and guests on, including many who are out-of-the-closet declared small l and capitol L Libertarians.

Now I know very well the purist and anarchists are going to rant and rave about Dennis Miller being imperfect, so I'm going to ignore them when they do. Big picture, which is what counts, we have a news organization that's very friendly to the concepts of small government and individual freedom. 'But wait!', my detractors will yell. 'Fox News is a Bush-Promoting, warmongering bunch of baby killers!' 'How can you cal lthem libertarian?'

I'm not going to deny Fox News leans Republican. However, I am going to say that in line with their 'fair and balanced' slogan, they've been very tough on the President, mostly for things Libertarians have problems with.

They have pounded him on overspending.

They have pounded him on the Prescription Drug boondoggle.

They have been very forthright about the failures of leadership in the Iraqi war and have never shied away from discussing problems and bad news from the war front.

But Fox News does have more guests on the air from Cato and Reason and Heritage, espousing Libertarian views than CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS combined.

And, they are very open minded about our approaches and solutions, whilst the rest of broadcast media, with very few exceptions are pro-government solution, socialists.

Short of having news anchors such as LP Officers Aaron Starr and Chuck Moulton, Fox News is about as good as one could really expect to get.

More points for Fox News: They've given a lot of coverage to Ron Paul.

Sean Hannity has stated on the air he would be a Libertarian, except our position on the 'War on Drugs'. On the other hand, he's been willing to concede thatparticular war is a failure and has been willing to discuss the possiblity that decriminalization or Legalization just might work.

You don't find that at CNN or anywhere else but Fox.

Other news organizations are universally pro-Dem, pro-socialism and pro socialized medicine. Fox is pro First and Second Amendment, unlike the rest of the MSM gang.

Fox is against quotas and 'affirmative action'. Fox is pro choice in education.

Fox is against socialized medicine. All these things big media are in the opposing camp as a matter of editorial policy.

Fox has libertarians as news anchors and contributors, such as Fox Senior VP Neal Cavuto, Fox Business News Head Alexis Glick, Larry Kudlow, Dennis Miller and Fox website Blogger Rodney Balko. The list continues.

Note - Bruce Cohen is the Immediate Past Chair of the Orange County, CA Libertarian Party.