Two Libertarians Seeking Party’s Presidential Nomination Announce Vice-Presidential Running Mates

Two presidential candidates seeking the Libertarian Party nomination have already found vice-presidential running mates. The Libertarian Party national convention is May 27-30 in Orlando.

On April 6, Darryl Perry announced that his vice-presidential running mate is Will Coley, of Florida. Coley is a Muslim and is the founder of Muslims 4 Liberty. Coley is thought to be the first Muslim who ever announced a candidacy for either President or Vice-President.

On April 1, John McAfee announced that his vice-presidential running mate is Judd Weiss, of Bel Air, California. Weiss is a long-time Libertarian and a photographer and entrepreneur.


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Two Libertarians Seeking Party’s Presidential Nomination Announce Vice-Presidential Running Mates — 9 Comments

  1. I second the statement of Brian Irving. Candidates for the Presidential nomination are entitled have any preference they want for a running mate, but still have to persuade the convention delegates. If the delegates disagree, the Presidential nominee can resign his/her nomination and the convention process will resume. Just the facts.
    Has anyone suggested the candidates read the LP Bylaws and convention rules? If they want to change the long-standing rules, I opine that is picking an unnecessary fight.

  2. Running as a ticket makes a lot of sense. The delegates in Orlando will have the option of adopting or rejecting a recommendation from the Bylaws Committee to change the convention rules, effective from 2020 onwards, to have presidential and vice-presidential candidates run as a ticket.

    Historically, our vice-presidential candidates have been an afterthought with little or no vetting. If the change to run as a ticket will be adopted, then presidential candidates will have an incentive to seriously vet their running mates. Similarly, prospective vice-presidential candidates will also have an incentive to vet their running mates, though we haven’t had much problem with that in the past as the delegates have generally done a much better job of vetting our presidential candidates than our vice-presidential candidates.

  3. Abolish all robot party hack extremist caucuses, primaries and conventions.

    [General] Election ballot access ONLY via EQUAL nominating petitions.

    P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.

  4. The bylaws change proposed by the insular LP Bylaws Committee to have presidential and vice-presidential candidates run as a ticket would serve to disempower party delegates, effectively forcing them to accept or reject both candidates as a package deal instead of having the power to select the half of a ticket they like and reject the half they don’t.

    It is one more small step in transferring power from the party’s grassroots membership, to a smaller group of leaders, the way it is done in the establishment 2-party cartel. If, in a misguided attempt to “beat them at their own game” we become like them, then the cause of freedom loses.

    Nietzsche’s advice is worth heeding here: “He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster.” As with the proverbial frog cooked to death in a pot of gradually heating water, the transition into a monstrosity will likely be gradual.

  5. As usual I find myself in complete agreement with Starchild.

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