Idaho Billboard Compares Obama To Aurora Shooting Suspect James Holmes

[Jim Lane]

37. I don't consider this sign "pro-war" because I see a big difference between Libertarians and Greens.

The Greens are, to be blunt, idiots. While it makes sense for them to criticize Obama over the war, it makes no sense for them to then stomp off in indignation and vote for Jill Stein. The next President will be either Obama or Romney, and you're completely correct that a Romney administration would be much more warlike. The Greens should keep up the left-wing pressure on Obama but then vote for him.

The Libertarians face a different situation. They prefer Obama's foreign policy to Romney's. In fact, they consider even Obama to be too militaristic -- Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate, opposed the intervention in Libya. Their problem is that they also care about many other issues, as to which they prefer Romney's stance (at least, Romney's current stance). They can't vote for the less militaristic candidate without also voting for the one who unequivocally supports such "socialist" ideas as Medicare.

Therefore, if this Smeed outfit is genuinely libertarian, calling their billboard "actually PRO-WAR" is too harsh. They aren't being clearly illogical by refusing to vote for Obama. They don't become pro-war merely because they also care about economic issues.