August 17, 2023 03:22 PM UTC

Libertarians Revel In Sweet, Sweet Subjugation

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• by: Colorado Pols

Following the release earlier this week of the Colorado Libertarian Party’s so-called “Candidate Pledge for Liberty,” a list of litmus-test issues being imposed with the full consent and cooperation of Colorado Republican Party chairman Dave “Let’s Go Brandon” Williams on Republican candidates lest they draw a spoiler, Libertarian Party chairperson Hannah Goodman dropped whatever poker face she had:

Of course, if you’re one of those 900,000 Colorado Republicans now under the thumb of the nation’s premiere political propellerhead mutual irrelevance society, you might not be so thrilled by the current state of affairs. In order to avoid a Libertarian challenger, Republicans are now required to pledge action on everything from “abolishing” the nation’s intelligence agencies to pardoning Julian Assange.

In fact, are there any Republican candidates out there who can pass the “Mises Caucus” Libertarian purity test? As 9NEWS reported Monday, not even Colorado’s foremost firebreathing far-right conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert is safe:

Goodman told 9NEWS that Congresswoman Lauren Boebert might not fit the qualifications.

“Is Lauren Boebert a strong liberty candidate? That is to be determined. I don’t necessarily think that Lauren Boebert… is a strong liberty candidate in my opinion,” she said. [Pols emphasis]

Boebert won by just 546 votes last year without a Libertarian in the race. Recently, a Libertarian registered to run against Boebert. He’s a perennial candidate and cannabis activist…

The takeaways are pretty simple: if Lauren Boebert isn’t a strong enough “liberty candidate” for the Libertarian Party, their standards are far too stringent to impose on the Republican Party if they have any desire to win a general election. Second, if the GOP/Libertarian grand alliance can’t stop a traveling stoner perennial candidate who showed up from Nebraska to siphon a few thousand votes from a vulnerable Republican who can’t afford to lose more than 546, it calls into question the strategic value of the entire partnership.

But for today, we just want to know if Dave Williams agrees with Goodman’s assessment of Boebert.

And if he’s willing to say it to Boebert’s face.