Yesterday, I read an article in Reason magazine on Bill Weld. To be fair to the writer, Matt Welch, it was not a glowing endorsement of Weld. In the article it points out that many in the Libertarian Party dislike the former Massachusetts Republican governor. In my opinion, that is an understatement. Let me be perfectly honest, I detest the guy, politically of course, and I did long before he was “vouching for Mrs. Clinton.” I barely voted for Gary Johnson because Weld was on the ticket. I am not a moderate Republican, I am a Radical Libertarian. After reading Mr. Welch's article which basically says that Weld is terrible but is all we have while minimizing Adam Kokesh, who is not only continuing to gain huge support but also is growing the party from his own vast following, I decided to give my opinion on why Bill Weld is running for president with an L beside his name. So, strap on your tin foil hats and follow me. Bill Weld is running to destroy the best chance that the people of this country have to vote for freedom, namely The Libertarian Party.
Many who support Weld like to say that he is running as a Libertarian because he cares about this country and the two major parties do not. I heard him, myself, make similar statements at the Texas LP convention. They say things like, “the former governor wants his reputation to help the party get ahead and win elections.” Other than Mitt Romney, and other members of the GOP from MA, who had ever heard of Weld before he was the LP VP? I sure had not. Exactly what attention would he bring to us?
The article by Welch answers that pretty nicely. He has lots of money and knows lots of people with lots of money. My ethics are not for sale. I find it offensive that Mr. Weld thinks he can buy our party.
We should not pick our candidates based on how much money they have. They should be picked because they share our opinions on issues. Last time I checked, that was how a representative republic worked. What are his opinions on issues? As with most lifetime politicians that depends on which day you ask him. That being said, these are his current opinions on issues that matter to most Libertarians.
War- I could not find any position on this laid out. He did seem to be a little against foreign intervention but this is the only quote I could find, “Don't intervene abroad when people are mean to each other.” This displays how unimportant this issue is for him.
Budget and the Economy- Like most Republicans he calls for fiscal responsibility.
Legalization of Marijuana and Drugs in General. This former criminal prosecutor says that he is for medical marijuana. As for other drugs he is against any legalization of anything including pot, he even has bragged about his throwing non-violent offenders in jail calling them, “drug thugs.” He also has said, in 2016, that he wants to “Tighten opioid prescription rules to keep them off streets.”
Foreign aid- He has supported bailing out countries such as Mexico while he was governor.
Guns- finally when he became the VP pick he said self defense was a right and that the 2nd amendment must be protected. That of course was after years of calling for gun control.
Taxes- Again, like most Republicans he says that he is for tax cuts and did cut taxes while governor. I personally have witnessed one of his surrogates saying, “the meme taxation is theft is a joke.” How does Weld himself weigh in “I think coercive taxation is theft, and government has a moral duty to keep it to a minimum.” How nice governor, how is that working out for us? I wonder if government also has a moral duty to keep murder to a minimum.
Marriage Equality- Glad to say that it appears he is for marriage equality.
Immigration- Again, it appears he is ok on this issue, I would point out that George Soros, a major donor to the Democrats, has also called for open borders.
So that covers many of the issues. Before I wrap up the introduction to Weld, I will include some great quotes from Mr. Weld.
“Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.”
“Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice.”
“We absolutely have to restrain concentrations of wealth in industry from spoiling the situation for everybody.”
“So government acts as a safeguard of our property.”
“The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government.”
I could go on and on. Now that we can clearly see that he is not running in the LP because he is a Libertarian, why is he running?
I have heard that we should support Weld because he and Gary Johnson received more votes than previous Libertarian candidates. Am I the only one who noticed that the Democratic nominee was Hillary Clinton and the Republican candidate was Donald Trump? These two were the worst candidates that I have ever seen. I detested Bill Weld, sorry I mean Mitt Romney, it is so easy to confuse them, but he was better than Trump. Don't get me wrong I worked on Ron Paul's grassroots campaign for the primary and wound up voting for Johnson in the general. Sorry if I am not impressed by the LP receiving more votes against the two most corrupt people in the country. Johnson/Weld got 3.27% of the vote. I am supposed to cheer less than 5%, against those two idiots. Imagine what we could have done with a real alternative. If we had given the American people real Libertarian ideas we would have, at least, blown into double digits. Yet Weld wants us to choose him, someone further away from those ideas than Gary Johnson, I'll pass. So will many others.
Back to the reason that Weld is running. He is the definition of the status quo. He is the establishment that both the Trump supporters and Bernie Sanders supporters despised. That is the point. Bill Weld is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations. This is a huge globalist organization. I warned you, get out your foil. The CFR has been pushing us closer and closer to a bigger and more centralized government for years. In 2008 their plans were challenged by a mild mannered congressman from Texas.
The Ron Paul Revolution challenged this plan directly. People swarmed his campaign both in 2008 and 2012. He ran as a Republican but his policies were Libertarian. His popularity has done more for liberty than anyone else in my lifetime. His legacy has seen itself pushed out of the GOP. When Dr. Paul lost in 2012 and left congress the movement he had fueled wavered. Many of his former supporters found a welcoming home in the Libertarian Party.
It is my contention, that those who wish to control and enslave us with taxes and war without end see us as a threat. The LP grew with the help of Gary Johnson. He was no Ron Paul but supporters like me saw Gary on stage with Ron Paul and heard him admire the good doctor. He had our support. We knew he would lose but he would be a good place holder until a better candidate took the mantle and gave it to the people.
Bill Weld would crush all of that. The best chance we have in the political process is the Libertarian Party. Those who hold the strings in those banks, that Weld wants us to sell ourselves to, know that their empire of lies, theft, and murder is in danger of being exposed. It is there goal with Weld to divide us and make us irrelevant again. That is why Bill Weld is running for President as a Libertarian, to defeat us from the inside.
To be transparent, to those who do not know, I proudly work for Adam Kokesh. He is a Libertarian. Obviously I want him to win and I believe he is the next torch bearer for the Freedom Movement. That being said, this party has thousands of Libertarian leaders. The men and women of the Libertarian Party are amazing examples of ethical, good people.
We each sign a pledge that puts that into writing. It says, "I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals." We can do better than Bill Weld.
Sources
https://reason.com/blog/2018/05/02/bill-weld-lays-groundwork-for-2020-liber
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Weld
http://www.ontheissues.org/Bill_Weld.htm
https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/william_weld
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Johnson_presidential_campaign,_2016