SWGA Politics

The following was written by Chuck Donovan, a Libertarian Candidate for US Senate against Johnny Isakson, and was posted on his campaign site earlier this week.

Yesterday I received an email from the Campaign for Liberty. It said that despite Rand Paul’s lead in the polls, the Republican Party is now giving open support to Rand’s Republican opponent. Rand Paul, running for US Senate in Kentucky, is pushing the same message his father communicates. Why would their own party attempt to undermine a successful, liberty oriented, Republican candidate?

People tell me they like that I am focused on smaller government, less government spending, and a lower national debt. Then they ask why I am not running as a Republican. I am aware of the established structure of an old political party as opposed to the undeveloped structure of the relatively new Libertarian Party. I am also aware of the strings that come attached to the support of those established parties. Mostly, I am aware of the results the Republicans and Democrats have delivered. There is a reason why every Republican candidate since Goldwater has been talking about smaller government, less regulations, and more fiscal responsibility, but has consistently given us the opposite.

In my opinion the Republican Party cannot be reformed. It has too many entrenched special interests stopping it from delivering on its advertised message of freedom. In particular, there is the special interest of the party itself, its own interest in maintaining power. It demonstrates this yet again with its active opposition to Rand Paul’s campaign. The Republicans have proven to us again and again that they really do stand for big government, special interests, and fiscal insanity. How many times do they have to show us who they are before we will believe them?
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