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1. They are both former Republican governments from non-red states who managed to get conservative agendas enacted while working Democratics in the state legislatures.
2. They are both small government, economic conservatives. They are pro-business (unlike the Democrats) and against corporate welfare and crony capitalism (unlike Trump and the “Country Club” Republicans).
3. While a libertarian approach is bad if you want the government to enforce conservative social policy (ban abortion, criminalize gay practices, etc.), a libertarian approach is good if you are afraid of the “politically correct” establishment pushing its own view on you (restricting family size, closing down shuls for homophobia,etc.). If one can’t expect a friendly government, prefer a weak one that ignores you – and that’s suggests a libertarian approach.
4. While most frum Jews prefer a “muscular” foreign policy directed against those who would do us harm (e.g. the Muslims), neither Trump nor Clinton are consistent. More importantly, the major parties have so demonized each other than they have become the obstacle to the national unity necessary for a successful foreign policy. Johnson’s “isolationism” would lead to a stronger America, and a strong America is the best deterrent to the “bad guys”. Israel would benefit since America often prevents Israel from acting in its best interests, and American aid is largely directed are crippling Israeli industry by dumping subsidized American goods to keep Israel from building its own.
5. Johnson might be able to carry some states, and if the election goes to the House of Representatives, he has a chance of winning since all Democrats despise Trump, and all Republicans despise Clinton, and no one really hates Johnson. We would end up with a national unity government and an empowered Congress, which would be good.
Zero chance he’ll win in any scenario. If you won’t vote for either of the two major candidates, you may as well do a write-in vote for Justice John Roberts, for the same money.
That is all a fantasy scenario.
Hillary will win an outright electoral and popular vote. This fact was never in doubt ever since Trump wrapped up the Republican nomination.
Hillary winning this election is inevitable. The rest is your conjecture.
Johnson is a flake. Moreover, he supports legislation that will force people to participate in toeva weddings (he explicitly said that a Jewish baker should be forced to bake a cake for a Nazi event).
Akuperma………..
Clinton as President will not be a disaster for Frum Jews as you claim.
Legal abortion, same sex marriage are already the law of the land. No one forces you to have an abortion or marry a same sex partner. The choice is merely available for those who want to do so.
Most Frum Jews in America live in Liberal states. For example the Equal Rights Amendment never was ratified and made part of the US Constitution, BUT it was made part of our state constitutions in NY, MA and CT (I’m not a member of the Jersey Bar so I didn’t bother learning their constitution).
Very little of US foreign policy affects your ability to live as a Frum Jew in the USA. I look forward to traveling to Cuba this winter…I haven’t been there since 1958. If I never get to Moscow or Tehran again, I don’t mind.
The change of President will have no affect on your religious rights..they are granted by the Constitution and the courts, not the Executive Branch.
HUH? and who inteprets the constitution – and when the court has an ovewhelming majority of liberals – that won’t affect religious rights? And what about foreign policy and E”Y, or is that a concern for AMERICAN jews?
“A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.”
-Thomas Jefferson
The evils of Libertarianism
“The sure cause for evil to flourish, is for good men to do nothing”
And:
Because I was not a ..
Because I was not a …
Because I was not a ….
Libertarians believe that the government should stay out of things, not that people should not speak out.
R’ Avigdor Miller wrote in a full page editorial in 1980 excoriating Democratic President Carter and demanded that all orthodox vote AND actively work for his defeat
In the editorial he wrote voting for the Libertarian candidate is much worse than voting Jimmy Carter
Avos 5:13 ??? ??? ???? ??? on Libertarianism
Remember a short six years ago only (astonishing ), States that previously held referenda on marriage had the record then in favor of Retaining Traditional marriage 31-0 !!
The non-jews, in their guts sense that , as VP Joe Biden proclaimed, it is primarily jewish influence[media,etc.] who are responsible for the seismic social quake
CTL,
What about their threatening of the COR and the STAR K to certify “events”?
What about the public muzzling and destroying of any celebrity who even vaguely slightly insinuates that they might like traditional values?
The CEO. of Mozilla was forced to step down,because he had supported prop 8?!
What about their forcing curriculum changes on countless many states?
You all heard about the bakery in Oregon that is was fined $135,000 for refusing to bake a cake for a lesbian ‘event
And Then gofundme shut down the crowdfunding, and demanded the bakery pay it themselves?!
“The change of President will have no affect on your religious rights..they are granted by the Constitution and the courts, not the Executive Branch.”
Addition to 2016 Democratic Platform: supporting the removal of (gender,etc.)
exemptions for religious and any other institutions
Really?! Are you trying to mislead?
CTL,
“are already the law of the land”
That is probably we’re in this world for !
To change it!
And if it comes to it,
Ever heard of civil Disobedience?!
What did the refuseniks do?
Might it be conceivable that some take Judaism as seriously as it is intended?
Perhaps try a different milieu,you will be somewhat less to accost with as great frequency.
The most libertarian libertarians are mostly against forcing people to bake cakes.
True Libertarianism could only happen where people live far away from each other like the Wild West
And it was called ..the Wild West!
The Wild West was not libertarian.
The Democratic Party can put whatever it wants in its platform and it does not change the fact that the president does not have authority over religious rights. They could, for example, add to the platform supporting the United States as a monarchy, and it would not happen.
Akuperma, Zero Population Growth was a fringe movement 45 years ago and it still is. Countries with shrinking populations are desperate to reverse their course. China’s policy of one-child families led to a shidduch crisis much worse than ours. Remember, the mantra of liberals and feminists is reproductive rights.
MANY people are voting for him as well.
YY, sodomites “marriage” was a fringe movement just a few short years ago with even Obama officially opposed to it when running for president the first time and 31 out of 31 state referendums all voting against it.
It very quickly changed with the Democrat party falling quickly in line to liberal demands.
Rebyidd23,yehudyona, sparkly,
What is your whole davening on Rosh hashana about?!
Do you ch”v just mouth the words?
Upholding Basic moral Values is a prerequisite for, and comes prior to Malchus Shamayim
cf. Yirmiyahu 2:13 comm.
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”
I believe in morals too much to put the government in charge of them.
Joseph got it right. The rest of you are off on tangents.
As for disasters for the Jews: Hitler was a disaster. Hillary (and every other candidate for the US president in at least the last 50 years, with the exception for Dopie Donnie) is not even close.
huju
What caused the rise of Hitler ? A decadent Weimar Rebublic
Plus,”disasters for the Jews”
This may be a shock to you. There are worse things than a Holocaust
What is being a jewish about?
What do we need it for?
Just assimilate and disappear and we’ll avoid the Hitlers(skip hitler went after assimilated also ,yada yada)
Who was disasterous for malaysians?
We are in this world for the purpose of Malchus Shamayim i.e. Bringing moshiach
That is all .
The problem is there are many (mouthing piousness ) whose goals are .. different
There are even more who however well meaning, are cop-outs essentially
[They’ll rationalize that
“they’ll working on themselves” or ” they’re working on they’re families”
but] the net sum is the same
cf. last verse of Psalm 123 comm.
Reply to “It is time for …”: I have no idea what you are trying to say, except for your assertion that there are things worse than the Holocaust. Perhaps I am unimaginative, but I cannot think of anything worse.
akuperma,
If Johnson was a real Libertarian, I would agree with you.
It is Time for Truth, I figuratively hear you mouthing piousness, but I know nothing of your goals.
In a year from today ??? ???? ???, the world will be a different place
Most Probably [according to forecasts]for the worse. Possibly it will be irrevocable.
It is still up to us
Tonight and tomorrow is our chance
Are you by any chance related to Sam Klein/Mashiach Agent?
I just noticed that there is a fine-print description under my screen name. Did I do that, or did the mods? It’s accurate – I actually wrote that in one of my posts – and I don’t mind if someone else applied it to me, but where did it come from?
Me. – Mod-100
Huju,
‘Reply to “It is time for …”: I have no idea what you are trying to say, except for your assertion that there are things worse than the Holocaust. Perhaps I am unimaginative, but I cannot think of anything worse.’
Could you imagine possibly that there might be something in the world worse than your own death or you’re unable to fathom anything in the world that’s worse than it?
IITFT, can you imagine death itself?
RebYidd23????
RebYidd23,
attempting to avoid the magnitude of the ?
Could you imagine there’s might be something worse fot the world than death or you’re unable to fathom it?
RebYidd23,
Hint: For our anscestors ’twas obvious
You didn’t answer the question.
RebYidd23,
It’s pertinent ,because?!
Do you and huju or don’t you and huju have Values you cherish worth more than life ?
If you can’t imagine death itself, how can you fault someone for not imagining beyond that?
And how should I know what huju’s values are?
Reply to the falsehood of “It’s time for truth”: I said I could not imagine anything worse than the Holocaust, from which you concluded that I was concerned about my own death. The Holocaust was not about my death, or any single Jew’s death. The Holocaust was the attempted (and nearly successful) genocide of the Jewish people.
huju,
“which you concluded that I was concerned about” death
Indeed
Again, you’ll avoid
Could you fathom there might be something worse for the world than death [even genocide] or you’re unable to imagine it?
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