Politics

Why I Am Rejoining the GOP and Supporting Mitt Romney

Sep. 12, 2012 5:11am

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative Republican. Wayne began his career as a sports handicapper, and has gone on to host and appear on many of the biggest television and radio news networks including: FOX News Channel, FOX Business Network, CNBC, and radio shows like Glenn Beck, Michael Savage, Jerry Doyle and Mancow Muller. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. Wayne's latest book is out on April 15, 2013: "The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: Secrets to Protecting Your Family, Your Finances, and Your Freedom."

Before I introduce myself and tell you about the most important decision of my political life, let me first cut to the chase: If Obama is re-elected on November 6th, America and capitalism both face grave danger. We may never recover from another four years of Barack Obama.

I’ve spoken for four years now about Barack Obama’s plan to overwhelm the U.S. economy and wipe out capitalism. It’s a strategy from two professors at Columbia University, Cloward and Piven, where the president and I graduated from in 1983. Obama is following the strategy to perfection, but has only just begun. Should he be re-elected, he could finish the job.

Without ever having to face voters again, Obama will truly wreck this economy from sea to shining sea- just as Saul Alinsky, Cloward and Piven, Frank Marshall Davis, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers and a host of other radical influences, who he doesn’t like to speak about publicly, would have hoped.

With four more years, the president will have the power to appoint a majority of Supreme Court and federal judges–so none of his violations of the Constitution will ever again be challenged. His policies will encourage radical Islamic and terrorist rogue states to threaten and eventually destroy Israel. And he will continue to weaken the U.S. military, so we will be unable to help defend our allies.

I say this all not as a long-time partisan commentator or someone who has aspired to be a politician their entire life. I started out my journey five years ago as the antithesis of a politician. As a small businessman, home-school dad and Las Vegas oddsmaker, I ran for the Libertarian Presidential nomination in 2007 as a political newcomer.

In this great country, you can never discount a long shot. I was elected the Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee in 2008. The Bob Barr/Wayne Root Presidential ticket went on to garner the second highest vote total in Libertarian history. I was then elected Chairman of the Libertarian National Campaign Committee, and became the #1 vote-getter in the country for election to the Libertarian National Committee. Media across the country called me “Mr. Libertarian” in my 4,000 media appearances since 2008.

Today, after giving this many months of thought, I’m announcing the most important decision of my political career. I am stepping down from my roles in the Libertarian party, to rejoin the Republican Party, and most importantly, to elect Mitt Romney as President of the United States.

Why? First, let’s start with what I believe in. I believe in the limited government promised by the U.S. Constitution. I want government to get out of the way of small business owners like me- put fewer rules & regulations in our way, and allow us to keep more of our own money. I want government to remember that it’s our money in the first place. I want politicians to support and motivate the taxpayers, the private sector, and small business- the economic engine of America. Small businesses create 75 percent of new jobs and pay most of the taxes in this country.

Under the Obama administration we have seen businessmen denigrated, demonized, punished, smothered by 60,000 new rules and regulations, threatened with massive new taxes, and attacked by the IRS. That’s why there are no jobs. That’s why, in my opinion, the economy is in freefall. That’s why America is facing economic collapse and disaster.

I’m a Capitalist Evangelist. I’m proud to be a small businessman. I love starting and running businesses. What matters now above all else- the issues that are of life and death importance to this country, the only issues that matter to 90% of Americans- are the economy, creating jobs, lowering spending, lowering the debt and deficit, reducing taxes, and saving capitalism. Without a positivie economic livelihood, what difference does any other issue make? We need to get our fiscal house in order first, before we can deal with all the other problems. Without an economy, without jobs, nothing else matters. That’s why electing Mitt Romney is so important.

This election is NOT about Libertarian versus non-Libertarian. This election is about capitalism versus big government progressivism and Big Brother socialism. Mitt Romney believes in the same things I do- keeping businesses free from government intrusion, allowing small business owners to keep more of their own money, and rewarding instead of punishing investors, innovators, and job creators. Mitt understands, as President Calvin Coolidge once said, “The business of America is business.”

Mitt understands that Obama’s rhetoric, constant threats against business, union favoritism, IRS intimidation, barrage of tax increases, 60,000 new rules and regulations, $5 trillion in new debt, the added taxes and regulations of Obamacare, and the attempt to ban oil drilling and regulate the coal industry out of existence, have collectively ground the U.S. economy to a halt.

If you don’t believe me, just look across the pond to Europe. They’ve been following Obama’s exact plan for decades. Their mantra was also big government, big unions, big spending, big taxes, big pensions, free healthcare, too many government employees, and green energy. The result? Economic disaster on a grand scale. Specifically Greece, Italy, and Spain are enduring a tragedy few can even comprehend. France is next. We are following the exact same path under Obama. This is our last stand. I don’t believe we will be able to survive four more years of Obama as CEO of this economy–I know my businesses will not survive another four years of this president.

The U.S. economy today is like a very large and diverse failing company, in desperate need of a turnaround. What America needs at this moment in history is a job creator with major experience leading and turning around large businesses, a detailed understanding of economics, a creative and innovative business mind, and a track record of extraordinary success to lead us back from the edge of the fiscal cliff. That person is Mitt Romney. If he could pull off miracles with dozens of companies like Staples, or get the 2002 Olympics back on track, he can turn this Obama bust into the Romney boom economy.

Do I agree with Mitt and the GOP on everything? Of course not. But few ever totally agree with a candidate on every issue. Looking at the abyss of economic ruin under this current administration, there is no other choice. Our back is to the wall, and Obama’s defeat is that important to the survival of our country, our economy, our freedoms, our children’s future, and ultimately, capitalism itself.

It’s time for a coalition of Republicans, conservatives, Tea Party activists, Libertarians, Ron Paul supporters, small business owners, homeowners, investors, patriots, Christians, Jews, and Israel supporters to join together and support Mitt Romney now.

Clint Eastwood was right when he said, “We own this nation.” It’s time to take it back.

Comments (18)

  • soofedup
    Sep. 18, 2012 at 5:07am

    The Terd Looney, thanks for the good laugh, you can’t get out a dozen words without rambling off on another tangent.

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  • stinkyfoote
    Sep. 12, 2012 at 10:39pm

    Root was no Libertarian. Why was Root supporting Romney while still the Libertarian Party anyway? I’m glad he’s gone. He used the Libertarian Party as a stage for personal gain. Was he broke and in trouble with the IRS? It was great timing for the Mormons to buy him off with a million dollar “loan” to pitch for Romney.

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  • TemperedTruth
    Sep. 12, 2012 at 12:48pm

    Interesting article, but with all that is at risk the GOP decided to shun the independents and run roughshod over the delegates that WE sent to represent us. It is sad that a party can shoot itself in their own foot and admire the aim.

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    • Petunia
      Sep. 12, 2012 at 3:06pm

      Ron Paul stole those delegates… We the People elected…. used our voice to choice our delegates and Ron Paul used rules that work with people of good will and respect for the voice of the people, but when someone came along who only wanted to over ride the voice of the people and put his own judgement over the voice of the people, those rules became the tools of depostism!!!!

      The GOP spoke for the grassroots of the party, who diligently voted in Primaries and Caucuses then had their voice silence by depostism!

      Ron Paul showed the people don’t matter. Only his personal views and ambitions.

      The people spoke and the Party leaders listened and protected the people.

      They are heroes.

      Ron Paul is a despot.

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      Petunia  
  • The Third Archon
    Sep. 12, 2012 at 10:15am

    “Clint Eastwood was right when he said, “We own this nation.” It’s time to take it back.”
    Yeah, that’s not divisive, rude, demagogic, or un-American AT ALL. Excuse me, American belongs to ALL Americans, not just conservatives *******.

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    • DimmuBorgir
      Sep. 12, 2012 at 12:04pm

      He was talking about Americans when he said “we”

      The RNC was about attracting undecided voters not just pandering to the party. That’s what you saw at the DNC.

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    • The Third Archon
      Sep. 12, 2012 at 5:48pm

      No, he was addressing a conservative audience, and that’s EXACTLY who he intended by “we”–himself, and them. Either that, OR his statement is inane self-contradictory idiocy because if we assume “we” includes all Americans, as you assert he meant, then the implied “they” who we are “taking back our nation from” CANNOT include Americans…but the FACT of the matter is that the group he was clearly implying (i.e. those responsible for, in his mind, failed policies and governance) ARE OTHER AMERICANS. Whether you like and agree with the direction of the country or not, unless you are suggesting a conspiracy and deception of 1984-proportions, never before seen before in history, the reality is that this direction is the responsibility of Americans, all Americans, some to a far greater degree than others, but nevertheless within the domain of principally if not completely the responsibility of Americans. And to suggest otherwise, and label one segment of Americans “not TRUE Americans” simply because you disagree with them, couldn’t be more divisive, demagogic, or undemocratic (how ironic given “true” Americans are supposed to value democracy) a sentiment.

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    • Fearnone
      Sep. 12, 2012 at 10:16pm

      Third Idiot: So, thank you for giving a name and a great example to the term “arguing with idiots”.

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  • The Third Archon
    Sep. 12, 2012 at 10:13am

    “Do I agree with Mitt and the GOP on everything? Of course not. But few ever totally agree with a candidate on every issue.”
    Especially in a one-and-a-half party system like ours.

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  • The Third Archon
    Sep. 12, 2012 at 10:09am

    “That’s why there are no jobs. That’s why, in my opinion, the economy is in freefall. That’s why America is facing economic collapse and disaster.”
    Really? It has nothing to do with the fact that profit for the de jure owners and controllers of capital, not jobs, is the sole purpose of capitalism? It has nothing to do with the massive mortgage crisis and subsequent credit crunch brought on by a wide stretching of credit limits to the breaking point among the professional and working classes (i.e. the middle class and the working poor) required by the demands of aggregate demand and sustaining an acceptable and customary standard of living after nearly HALF-A-CENTURY of wage stagnation in real dollars for those not in the upper two-fifths of income earners? It has nothing to do with banking deregulation vigorously pursued under the likes of Reagan, Bush Sr., and to a degree Bush Jr.? No, to a conservative shill, OF COURSE it doesn’t have ANYTHING to do with its true causes–clearly the economic crisis is the fault of the sitting President who took office FOLLOWING the commencement of this same crisis.

    Good thing most of your audience is idiots, or they might see through your disingenuous and naked manipulation–and good thing you are an idiot as well, lest you might be unable to swallow the ******** that comes out of your mouth.

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    • santababy52
      Sep. 14, 2012 at 4:12pm

      You had better check your historical data on how the housing bubble started. Begin with the Community Reinvestment Act under Clinton and see what that gets you. You think Obama inherited a mess, Bush had to deal with the aftermath of this monstrosity!

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  • AlcoholicMB
    Sep. 12, 2012 at 9:54am

    Lets see, we libertarians have been made fun of, lied to, shunned, shut out, had the rules illegally changed on us at the last minute, had RNC spies infiltrate our campaigns to sabotage them…

    True libertarians will never support Romney, no matter how many of you “conservative libertarians” come out to plead and beg us to. Progressives are the enemy of libertarians, no matter what capital letter happens to be next to their name. Big government progressives, whether their last name happens to be Bush, Clinton, Obama, or Romney will never get our support.

    So quit wasting your time and ours.

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    • bpodlesnik
      Sep. 12, 2012 at 9:16pm

      Wayne Root not a true Libertarian? You have GOT to be kidding me.

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    • zanbuscus
      Sep. 24, 2012 at 5:16am

      Excuse me, I am a Libertarian, and if you don’t open your eyes to the maw of hell gaping widely before us, then you are the type of person who is just going to stand by and let this election be won by the man we no longer want in office.

      Grow a brain, stop being so stupidly stubborn and pedantic, and make a choice that will help this country for the better. If you were a TRUE Libertarian, you’d get off your high-horse and make a choice from what you’ve got. You would choose a candidate who would uphold the Constitution, and buddy, Obama is three steps away from throwing the Constitution out the window and turning this country into a socialistic hell.

      If you’re going to remain obstinate, well, guess what? You DO get to vote for Gary Johnson, who just so happens to be running for the Libertarian Party. So quit dogging the rest of us, who are trying to rally people to the side of COMMON SENSE.

      Thank you.

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  • The Third Archon
    Sep. 12, 2012 at 7:54am

    ” If Obama is re-elected on November 6th, America and capitalism both face grave danger. We may never recover from another four years of Barack Obama.”
    I certainly HOPE capitalism faces a grave danger under an Obama second term, since, conservative hyperbole notwithstanding, he’s done nothing but coddle it his first.

    Regardless of what Obama does though, capitalism, like EVERY socioeconomic system of organization that humankind has ever known, has a duration, a lifespan, and it will not survive forever. Eventually, and inevitably, the excesses of capitalism will come to widely be recognized outweigh the gains–it will stifle in the modern what it was sufficient for in the ancient. That day may not come tomorrow, it may not come within our lifetimes even–but heed my words, for history is definitive on this matter, that day WILL come.

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    • DimmuBorgir
      Sep. 12, 2012 at 12:05pm

      um, capitalism is the oldest from of an economy. Back when people were trading shells and stones for other items.

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    • The Third Archon
      Sep. 12, 2012 at 5:30pm

      LOL–how delightfully ignorant you are of history and economics.

      Capitalism doesn’t refer to “any and all trading or commerce.” On the contrary, it designates a very specific structure of economic ownership and production marked by the private ownership of capital goods (i.e. things used to make other things which are sold in the economy). That’s it–nothing more than this predominately private ownership of the means of production is intrinsic to the definition of capitalism. Naturally, this entails a requisite for SOME means of private individuals obtaining those capital goods in the first instance, but it NEED not (though in its modern form and historically in MOST instances) be through a market economy. Thus, the market economy, often confused as synonymous with capitalism (much to the benefit of capitalists), is in actuality completely independent therefrom.

      And in fact, markets precede capitalism. And capitalism was itself preceded by the socioeconomic system of feudalism, where it was land, not capital goods, whose ownership dictated control and power of and over the economy, and which formed the principle means of production in the agrarian economy. And before that, informal barter economies based upon trade of materials hunted or gathered from the raw land, which was as yet “un-owned” as no sufficient political power had yet centralized to secure title to it and parcel it.

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    • zanbuscus
      Sep. 24, 2012 at 5:20am

      Your arrogance is disgusting. I suppose you think that because you have a little more understanding of a certain term or definition, that makes you smarter than someone else? Because, that’s how Obama operates as well. He thinks that Americans, on the whole, are stupid, and that he is much better than the rest of us.

      Oh, but I forgot. You’re LIBERTARIAN. Hah. You make me sick. I’m calling myself a Constitutionalist if people like you are what compose the “Libertarian” party.

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