Libertarian Punk. Keep your filthy hands off!

(Michael W. Dean’s comment: I like this, I think it’s the “way to go”, and it’s where I’ve been leaning since before I started working with the RLC.)

(Repost from Libertarian Republican blog):

Libertarian Party of Florida County Chair says Republican Party way to go for 2010

Vows to switch registration to vote for Marco Rubio

Thomas Rhodes of the Citrus County Libertarian Party recently wrote a column on the official County LP website which he hosts, that for 2010, he’s going Republican. His comments came in reaction to an editorial written by a fellow third-party advocate Henry Lamb, writing in World Net Daily, titled “Remove the Marxist Majority.” From WND:

An objective analysis of the situation leads to only one conclusion: Republicans must regain the majority in the 2010 election.

The quickest way to political power is to take control of the Republican Party, in every precinct, in every county, in every state and, finally, across the nation.

There are many great candidates working hard to gain recognition, funds and ballot access in several conservative political parties. Most are working in vain. These candidates should run as Republicans in Republican primaries, and then all join in support of the winning candidate. Any conservative candidate who has any chance to be elected would have an even better chance of getting elected as a Republican than as a third-party candidate.

All conservative third parties should put their party-building on hold for a year and descend upon the Republican Party en masse, demanding that their county and every state adopt a strong, Constitution-based platform and offer only candidates whose life demonstrates respect for the Constitution. Send the mealy-mouthed RINOs packing, and present a slate of candidates who honor the Constitution and the American values that are being trashed by the Marxist majority.

Rhodes reacts with this posting at the official Libertarian Party of Citrus County website:

As much as I love the Libertarian Party, and am a libertarian at heart, and as much as I despise the big business Republican Party, ending the evil and socialist destruction of the country caused by the Democrats is more important than promoting a truly constitutionally minded libertarian that cannot win. Because Florida is a closed primary state, and because the Libertarian Party candidate cannot win, as distasteful as it is, I’m going to swallow my pride and until after the primaries next year I’m temporarily registering as a republican, to support Rubio in the primary, although not a Libertarian, his views are closest to libertarian views, and he is the most libertarian candidate running who has any reasonable chance of winning. The socialist in republican clothing Crist must not be sent to Washington. There are enough wishy washy republicans with no principle except the dollar there already.

Sidenote: Popular Libertarian syndicated radio talk show host Neal Boortz recently moved to Florida. On his website Neals Nuze, he announced that upon becoming a Florida resident he switched his registration from Libertarian Party to Republican Party, so that he could vote for Rubio.