AHC: Libertarian President

Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to have a Libertarian become President of the United States. Bonus points if it's before 1991.
 
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Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to have a Lubertarian become President of the United States. Bonus points if it's before 1991.

Does Gingrich becoming the first Lunartarian President count?

:p

Maybe a Republican President take the Libertarian nomination alongside the Republican one? Like how William Jennings Bryan took the Populist, and Silver Republican nominations with the Democratic one.
 

Sabot Cat

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I think the easiest way to do this is to have a Libertarian be promoted from a lower rank either through the death or resignation of their superiors, rather than carrying an election.
 

d32123

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I could see a libertarian becoming President, but not a Libertarian (or a Lubertarian for that matter ;) :p ).
 
You can definitely get a libertarian leaning president. The policies of some 19th century presidents would seem downright libertarian by today's standards. Classical liberals and 'bourbon democrats' lean heavily libertarian.

But a card carrying member of the Libertarian party is never getting elected unless they were a popular Republican president who switched parties and is also a billionaire and the Demcorats had some sort of major scandal. And even then it would be a battle.

But a Goldwater Republican is certainly a possibility before 1975. Also what d32123 said.
 
Your challenge, if you choose to accept it, is to have a Lubertarian become President of the United States. Bonus points if it's before 1991.

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Slave owner and the Louisiana Purchase was an unconstitutional Imperialist Landgrab. If we are judging by Libertarian Standards.

I recall Jefferson worked on an amendment that would make territorial expansion constitutional. Didn't get anywhere with it.
 
The most likely thing IMO is to have a major split in the Republican Party which results in a large scale defection *~ 20%* to another candidate. The Republicans know they won't win a general election with a third party to their "right" running, so they put on a Libertarian as VP and promise a slew of agenda controls and cabinet positions .

The President then has a heart attack, and you have a Libertarian President.
 
A hands off approach on the economy on the federal level does not a libertarian make.

As a state level politician, he had endorsed many things totally antithetical to libertarianism. Just because he didn't believe the federal government had a role in regulating markets, enforcing 8 hour workdays, etc., doesn't mean he was a libertarian.
 
How about Ross Perot gets nominated by the Libertarian party in 1992? He stays in the race (not dropping out in the summer of 92) and picks Andre Marrou to be his running mate.
 
How about Ross Perot gets nominated by the Libertarian party in 1992? He stays in the race (not dropping out in the summer of 92) and picks Andre Marrou to be his running mate.

I thought about that, but Perot really isn't a Libertarian. The biggest reason I immediately thought of, was his opposition to NAFTA (free trade), which would be like a Republican running on a policy of acceptance to gay marriage, in 1992.
 
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