Libertarian Candidate Drops out of MI-9th Race and Endorses GOP Candidiate Rocky- Dem Congressman Peters Calls All Libertarians 'Fringe'

Third parties play an important role in our political system- the suck votes away from the major party candidate who is closest to that third party and help the major party candidate who is the most opposed to the third party win. In 1992, Reform Party supporters helped elect Clinton, in 2000 Green Party supporters helped elect Bush, and in 2008 Libertarian supporters helped elect Al Franken (see my posts Libertarians Screwed Themselves By Not Voting or Voting Libertarian or Libertarians Screwed Themselves Again by Not-Voting or Voting Libertarian). It is a two party system here in the United States, and those of you who vote for third parties out of principle are voting to hurt the major party candidate who is closest to your principles.

Recognizing this fact, and recognizing that one of the candidates is much closer to libertarian views than the other, it is my pleasure to announce that the Libertarian candidate for Michigan Congress in the 9th District, Adam Goodman, has just withdrawn from the race and endorsed the Republican nominee, Rocky Raczkowski!

In 2006 the Libertarian candidate (Adam Goodman) for the 9th District Michigan Congressional seat won 3,698 votes, or 1% of the votes cast that year, and in 2008 the Libertarian candidate (Adam Goodman) won 4,937, or 1.4% of the votes cast that year (source). It is my guess that 30% of the libertarian voters have already voted absentee and another 30% won't realize that their candidate has endorsed Rocky, but even still, this decision should send Rocky an additional 1,700 votes! The race right now is rumored to be very tight, and this might just make the difference!

After hearing the news, Gary Peters spokesman Dan Farough released a statement a short time later that said (source):  “The news that Adam Goodman has joined the Rocky campaign comes as no surprise. The Rocky Campaign is the Noah’s ark of fringe candidates and ideas." There you have it- if you are not a liberal Democrat who embraces nationalizing our healthcare system or  giving the government the power to cap and tax our energy and manufacturing system, then you are part of the 'fringe' that Peters laughs at. If you believe that government debt is a problem and that just throwing money at wild projects is not a wise solution to unemployment, then you are the 'fringe' to Peters. It just proves how out of touch Peters is and how much he in reality dislikes moderates, libertarians, independents, Republicans, or anyone else who isn't a far left liberal. If you are anything but a far-left liberal, you should know that Peters thinks you are the 'fringe'- but Rocky thinks that you are a good American whose values and beliefs should be respected, and I hope you vote accordingly.

Oh, if you haven't seen the latest advertisement from Rocky yet, it's great- go to http://www.rockyworksforus.com/ to help him get it on the TV everywhere.