@poul

I, for one, don’t want a libertarian candidate. Ron Paul embodies one perfectly and is relatively successful, most people dont see the shitload of craziness that is packaged together with his honesty. Gold standard? US economy would tank immediately due to lack of liquidity. Non-interventionist foreign policy? Watch US interests abroad get trampled, stocks fall, and stronger countries take over weaker ones at opportune moments. Privatized social-security? Watch millions of people being dumped back at the government, after they either did not save (you could argue they deserve it, but it doesnt change the outcome) or a private fund collapsed.

I would love an INDEPENDENT candidate who would take most of the foreign policy from republicans and most of domestic policy from democrats and libertarians. Specifically, internationally: strong military, war on Muslim extremists, containment of Russian ambition, pro-Israeli position, support of democracy abroad, secure borders and enforcing immigration laws. And domestically, national healthcare with public oversight, import of drugs from Canada and EU, reduced welfare terms, reduced public housing, promotion of nuclear energy, telling Greens to fuck off, strong regulation of monopoly markets, legalization of marijuana and maybe prostitution, support of second ammendment (within reason), pro-choice (within reason), mandatory national standardized testing in sciences. Obviously the culprit here is the American public, as simply being logical and reasonable will lead to being unelectable.