Paul's libertarian message finds fans
Paul’s popularity has trained a spotlight on the political movement, traditionally a small but inveterate band of believers whose leaders have seen little electoral success. The Libertarian Party has run a candidate in presidential contests since 1972 (including Paul in 1988) and has never garnered more than 1 percent of support.
“Their story is more one of persistence than popularity,’’ said John Berg, a government professor at Suffolk University who specializes in American political parties.
Of course, Paul himself, running as a libertarian in Republican cloaking, has won election to Congress 12 times from his Texas district. And in recent decades, libertarian ideas have threaded into popular political thinking. The push for lower taxes and deregulation of industries, arguably, links to libertarian emphasis on limited government and a free market.
Indeed, one champion of the ideas, President Reagan, famously was photographed on an airplane in 1980, his wife’s head resting on his shoulder, reading The Freeman, the magazine of an early libertarian organization.
If business needs cheap oil, the president and congress will make war to get it, with time-out every few years for some campaign rhetoric about peace. It's obvious now their rhetoric is lies. These swindles have led to a voter rejection of both parties