Okie dokie.
I do? Why?
Because Gary is a tool. A real anarchocapitalibertarian would do the job right. Clayton/James 2012!
Nevertheless, his record as governor of NM sounded very good.
So I guess that one could say that Wenzel has a super cereal crush on Murrary Rothbard. This is what I am inferring from your rather cryptic message.
I can sort of see the part of him “not giving a shit” about what he says. He seems pretty content with what he knows, enough so that he can comfortably start a radio show.
I can definitely see this perspective as viable- now that you mention it, it makes a lot of sense.
Perhaps Wenzel’s tone in speaking to Johnson, or just the means by which he attempted to advise Johnson to read more literature on the matter, is what made him come off as so negative to me. Like you said, he’s not really a radio-host, but more of an ‘anybody’ that happens to have a radio show.
I still don’t see Wenzel’s possible I know more than you, ok? attitude and his possible Seriously, look into xyz if you want to understand more regarding abc attitude as mutually exlusive attitudes. His carelessness in how he communicated these suggestions are likely products of his “not giving a shit” state of mind (much like Inception, they are attitudes which are dual products of another attitude inside the Matrix within a greater worldview).
I may not have mentioned it in that post, but yeah. Wenzel does say at the beginning that this interview is to get a sense of how libertrian Johnson is- which is why he keeps referencing ‘hardcore libertarians.’
That makes sense.
Actually I was referring to this. But yeah, I think you got the picture.
Here’s the relevant posts on Wenzel’s blog. At this point, only the last two are really important, as the others are just the lead up to the interview.
The Robert Wenzel Show is Baaaacckkk
What Took Place During My Interview with Gary Johnson?
How Libertarian is Gary Johnson?
Ron Paul versus Gary Johnson### Examiner: Gary Johnson Disappoints
As you can see by that last link, The Examiner truly is a rag that will print apparently anything. Not that I disagree with this particular article, but they’ve hosted all sorts of egregious nonsense in the past, and evidently don’t even bother to run a spell check, as can be seen by the multiple (elementary) errors in this poorly written piece.
At least he links to the LvMI though.
I showed some kid on google plus the interview in the OP (with the sentence “Gary Johnson doesn’t know what he is talking about with libertarianism.”) and he came back and said, “It sounds like the interviewer doesn’t know what he is talking about.”
I shit my pants. It was bad.
I think this is the point where you should have expected the result you got.
This guy really captures the essense of what I was saying in the OP about Johnson being essentially a know-nothing who basically just has libertarian sympathies. He uses the term “lifestyle libertarian”…which may actually be a pretty accurate term for at least part of what I was describing. But get a load of the links included throughout the article. Guy really knows his stuff. (Although, he evidently hasn’t seen Graham’s video.)
'Gary Johnson Is a Statist’Posted on June 8, 2012 by Lew Rockwell
Says Scott Lazarowitz.
The Wenzel Interview Style
Kevin Kalstein emails:
I actually meant to write this email last Sunday after listening to your Gary Johnson interview but it never made it past my “drafts” folder. I really like your interviewing style because you hold people’s feet to the fire. I learned far more about Gary Johnson from your one interview than I had learned in the past year or so from all the YouTube videos and the couple of Republican primary debates that he was in (not that they allowed him to speak very much!) You really brought to light how shaky his economic “world view” might be (trusting CATO and Reason seemingly above all else). When you asked him about Henry Hazlitt and he answered with “liberty torches”, it made me cringe. I also like that you gave him your honest appraisal after some of his answers (sort of like a teacher explaining the answer to a student after an oral exam).
Also, as I type this, I’m listening to your interview w/ Peter Schiff […]
Sweet.
SO, he doesn’t tear Peter apart for not being a libertarian??!?! haha
For a New Liberty and Economics In One Lesson? There may be some hope for Johnson after all. I understand and can appreciate the term “lifestyle libertarian,” and honestly, Johnson does seem to be an open-minded and rational guy… maybe just a few books is all that’s needed to light the fire and get him understanding more about the foundations of the philosophy of liberty and free markets. He may honestly just need that push to get him rolling. Anyways, that is somewhat exciting news to hear.
Sure, Gary isn’t a libertarian philosopher, but you have to look at his record. He’s a successful businessman, and I like what I’ve seen of his record as governor. You have to weigh what’s better here…experience or intellectuality. This interview just sounded like Comic Book Guy doing a snobby interviewing job.
Why is the fact that he was a succesful businessman important?
When “intellectuality” as you call it includes the principles someone adheres to, where those principles come from, the level of understanding of those principles and why the person subscribes to them, and economic understanding from a fundamental standpoint…I choose “intellectuality”.
Bill Clinton has plenty of experience…that doesn’t mean I’m going to choose him over say, Lew Rockwell, who has zero political office experience.
True.
Brutality.
We must hold a geneva convention for debating.
Go soft on other libertarians but if he is a close minded statist liberal welfare socialist neocon fascist corporatist then drive the sword and tear him a new asshole.
If the statist is open minded but does not know (like stossel) be nice and explain.
What is up with this ‘I am more libertarian than thou’ syndrome?
Well, consider this: Do you consider someone religious if they’ve never read any religious doctrines and there is no way of verifying their ultimate intentions of claiming that they are religious?
“Sure, I’ll take you home [drunken] ma’am. Just get in the car… Don’t worry! I’m a Christian!”