Why is it that politicians never define their terms. What does Mr. Johnson mean by "freedom" and "liberty"? What does he believe is the difference?
An often used meaning of liberty is the granting of freedom by the state. Why must freedom be granted? Freedom is a natural condition when there is no interference of it. All states maintain power by the use of force and fraud. Unfortunately few people understand this.
As an aside: be wary of anyone who claims to stand for "the common good".

Farrariwarner makes an important point. Unless terms are defined and agreed upon, there cannot be any basis for rational discussion. A common word many politicians use when trying to get their way is ''fair''. I would guess the word means something different for everyone. It sounds benign, but it can be a powerful and convincing word when someone is trying to get their way, as in enacting legislation.

Nice to see. Someone else gets it in general.

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Please, someone send Gary Johnson a copy of "Atlas Shrugged"! He is another one not living in reality. I'll admit that this election cycle is a bit of anomaly. What amazes me is that how all the Republican politician candidates all wilted before Trumps on-slaught. Then we have HC bribing and coercing her way to the top as the Democratic nominee. Then the major media sweeps all her transgressions, criminal behavior, and lies under the rug. Just tonight, Sheriff Joe Arpio appears on a election ad stating that the Feds are after him again for supposed profiling illegal aliens, arresting them and then transports the illegals over to ICE. He stated that this was an hypocrisy. That HC is getting a free ride (verbatim). Please vote for me as your Sheriff. I don't live in Maricopa Co. but I do admire the Sheriff. I just wish the Sheriff in Coconino Co. was little more visible, I can't even remember his name. I'll just have to look it up on-line.
The Fed. Justice Dept.is still doing political correctness investigation on high profile Lawman who are just doing their jobs.

The Libertarian Party seems to just keep shooting itself in the foot. Here's an idea. Promote a Libertarian candidate - or at least somebody who openly wants to minimize government. Then, make sure the person doesn't act like a nutjob.

Glad I could help.

You cannot compromise any liberty without immediately surrendering it. The first thing Gary offers is that there must be a balance between power and freedom, meaning that the state controls (enslaves) its citizens rather than the citizens controlling the state.

All politics is power, so no matter how many parties struggle to achieve a level of power, only those power seekers who form enough alliances to reach dominance will have any degree of success. The reason why there have traditionally been a variety of "flavors" of two dominating political parties is a result of those mergers. Creating space for significant headway for even two parties has become exceedingly difficult with the gravitation of the media toward a Democrat view of the world.

If a figure like Bill Gates or Elon Musk decided to put as much financial backing into politics as they do into the other causes they promote, then a third party might have a chance of becoming credible. Sometimes even that isn't enough. Bloomberg and Soros have poured large sums into the process, and even backing one of the existing parties doesn't guarantee the kind of success they seek.

Given the proximity of the Green party's policy stances to those of Bernie Sanders, I'd say they stand a better chance of viability than the Libertarians if both find a sugar daddy to back them. Without the backing of the already powerful, both will remain essentially irrelevant.

John Stossel is giving good programming on FOX BUSINESS. Except for Hillary being a disaster that I dont want to upset my next 4 years, it was pretty convincing programming. Lets get rid of the rigged system so its actually possible for third party candidates to win, and push Libertarian candidates in the next elections. I will already vote for any libertarians I can this time (other than for president)

In order to end power, you have to get in power.
Sorry folks, but that is the only way. To date, there has been a small uprising of people who recognize their loss of freedom. Most of those who are a part of the uprising cannot point out its true cause and those who understand, are not particularly wise in the ways of politics today. They think that telling the truth will win in the long run. Unfortunately, that has gone by the wayside along with the buggy whip. Instead, you have to build a constituency based on what people want to hear, whether it is true or not. The minor uprising in politics that we currently are experiencing has given way to Donald J. Trump. He is not evil like the Clintons, but he lacks the understanding to do what is needed to reclaim the American ideals. But if he moves the needle slightly to the right, instead of the way Hillary will move it a lot to the left he will be the better choice. The old description of a "rock and a hard place" is apt. If Hillary is the rock, and we know what a rock is, then what is a "hard place?" We don't know as yet. Perhaps the hard place is softer than the rock. Perhaps it's harder. With the Clintons, we know what will happen, the hard place has yet to be described.

The prospects do not look good, but it may take a descent into the Dark Ages before a large piece of humanity revolts against it in a major way. Unfortunately, there is no longer a new world as was in place in 1776 for that to happen.

In my opinion, people are looking for an alternative, and if the Libertarian Party shirks or even downplays some of its stances, voters will come flocking.

1.) No country in the history of the entire planet has survived with open border immigration. If Libertarians today became a "Closed Borders" party, I think they'd gain +20% support right off the top (of the current political environment). But they'll always be a laughing stock if they are for open borders.

2.) Too much is made for the drug freedom thing. Libertarians, as a whole, need to act like legalizing drugs is not a primary platform of their party, but a tertiary goal for sometime down the road. But then again, a significant portion of their modern support is pot-head millennials who don't really understand the rest of what they are asking for when they vote for a libertarian.

3.) Libertarians need to lean on the 10th Amendment. Make very clear cases about Government overreach, and how the solution would be as simple as letting each and every state decide for itself.

4.) Emphasize that Libertarianism is the opposite of Liberalism / Progressivism / Socialism. Literally shun any "progressives" that are just using the party as a beard instead of coming out as full blown socialists.

5.) Lastly, explain how the whole shooting match is coming to an end very quickly. Show the raises in inflation, and what that'll do, show the raises in interest rate, and what that'll do, and show that neither Dems or Reps are doing anything to fix it.

Ultimately if the Libertarian party wants to advance, they need to act like adults. They need to do stuff like expel the Libertarian Candidate that got up and stripped on stage, and then people will take them seriously.

first and foremost a tire needs tread.