<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>Below are a couple pieces of feedback that were posted in an IPR thread about Gary Johnson offering Mitt Romney a post in his administration, and a couple related ideas I'm proposing for the advisory board to consider.</div><div><br></div><div>Love & Liberty,</div><div> ((( starchild )))</div><div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div><div> Johnson/Weld Libertarian advisory board member</div><div> (415) 625-FREE</div><div><br></div><div><u><br></u></div><div><u><br></u></div><div><u>Posted Comment</u></div><div><u><br></u></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><i>I dont think its fair to call it a GOP slate, though.</i></div><br>You might want to take that up with the slate. First two lines of the first campaign video:<br><br>Im Gary Johnson, Republican governor of New Mexico.<br><br>Im Bill Weld, Republican governor of Massachusetts.<br><br>Of course, in their most recent radio ad they didnt call themselves Republicans. They called themselves independents. So you may have a point. But it still boils down to the Libertarian Party handing its ballot line over to SOMETHING besides a Libertarian presidential campaign.<br><br>Like I said, oh well, maybe next time.<br><br>Then again, this is the third time in a row. At some point, the conclusion that the Libertarian Party has no interest in being a libertarian party becomes difficult to avoid.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><u><b>Suggested Advisory</b></u></div><div><u><b><br></b></u></div><div><b>We advise the Johnson/Weld campaign and Johnson and Weld themselves never to refer to the candidates as <i>Republicans</i>, and rather when they feel compelled to mention it at all, which we encourage them to minimize they refer to being <i>Republicans</i> in the past tense, e.g. the term <i>former Republicans</i>.</b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><u>Posted Comment</u></div><div><header class="comment-meta comment-author vcard"><a href="http://independentpoliticalreport.com/2016/08/tlr-gary-johnson-guarantees-mitt-romney-a-place-in-his-administration/#comment-1420801"><time datetime="2016-08-23T14:00:59+00:00"></time></a> </header>
<section class="comment-content comment"><p></p><blockquote type="cite"><p>Libertarian Nominees for Positions in the Johnson Adminstration:</p><p>David Boaz White House Chief of Staff<br>
John Stossel Press Secretary<br>
Tom Woods Chairman of the Federal Reserve<br>
Dan Mitchell Director, Office of Management and Budget<br>
Mike Munger Council of Economic Advisors<br>
Gene Smiley Council of Economic Advisors<br>
Sheldon Richman Council of Economic Advisors</p></blockquote></section></div><div><u><b>Suggested Advisory</b></u></div><div><u><b><br></b></u></div><div><b>We advise the Johnson/Weld campaign to say that freedom matters, and that in a Johnson administration, defending freedom and the Constitution that is meant to safeguard it would be priority #1, therefore while they are open to finding roles for people like Mitt Romney or Bernie Sanders from the right or left, they will also want to bring in a good number of people from their own party and the larger libertarian movement who have a fresh "outside the Beltway" perspective.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Separately, come up with a list of names for the campaign of individuals whom we would recommend for cabinet positions and other posts in a Johnson administration. </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div></body></html>