Serious Question...how can you possibly NOT be a libertarian?

[68Charger]

Dude, I don't know what rock you were living under but H. Ross Perot was pretty damned well known before he played the spoiler and gave Clinton the plurality. I supported him for the Republican primary over Bush I but once he went third party, he gave the election to the Dems and they knew it. Evidence came out later that the Dems pulled some dirty tricks to make Perot believe the Bush's had run some dirty trick against his family in order to keep him separate and sucking away Republican votes.

It's not a matter of Libertarians winning, it's a matter of them or other independents sucking away or depressing GOP votes and thereby handing the elections -- and power -- to the Socialists Communists anti-Americans Democrats.

To flip the OP, I can't see why any thinking person would vote Libertarian in an election where their vote could actually count (i.e., if you're in San Francisco, LA, Detroit, or NYC then it probably doesn't matter so go ahead and make your protest).

Very would be the operative word- he was well known in business circles, but as pop culture goes, your average Jane/Joe didn't know him until he started using his catch phrases in debates.

The American public has the attention span of a gnat on crack. Unless he was on something like a reality show, probably 50% of the population won't know who he is.

I'd also submit that the "very famous" part has to come from OUTSIDE politics, and probably from outside business...

I could name a dozen very famous politicians that would have zero chance of winning on a 3rd party ticket... and any businessman is going to be doomed by the "he's one of the 1% fat cats" game that the Dems play, and apparently the American public will play into class warfare easily.