Comments on: I Do Not Support Peter Schiff For Senate

By: James McFarland

James McFarland — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:50:57 +0000

Interesting piece re: #schiffforsenate > "I Do Not Support Peter Schiff For[sic] Senate" -Michael Barnett 4/12/10 http://tinyurl.com/396pvvh

By: Vote Peter Schiff

Vote Peter Schiff — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:38:32 +0000

I Do Not Support Peter Schiff For Senate | The Libertarian Standard: Peter Schiff is an excellent economist and hi… http://bit.ly/a8XRen

By: DixieFlatline

DixieFlatline — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:57:31 +0000

“Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.”

Does this mean you will not be blogging about politics, politicians or policy anymore?

By: PaulVahur

PaulVahur — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:30:52 +0000

After he gets into Senate, that might become an springboard to higher positions in the future (run for President), it will give him new audience. Ron Paul example shows that this is possible. Before he would run for President, he had to stay in Congress 20+ years. I think it was obvious in 1976 when he first ran that he won’t get anything of value done there. Yet here we are.

The point is that future is uncertain and some things you just won’t find out unless you try. That’s what entrepreneurship is all about. What I a disagree with is the certainty that he will loose audience.

By: Michael Barnett

Michael Barnett — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:17:12 +0000

Paul, my argument is that Schiff’s current audience is huge due to his various television appearances and that his campaign for the Senate has already cut into in those appearances in a huge way (and is a money sink). Furthermore, Ron Paul was virtually unknown in Congress until he ran for President in the most recent election. Schiff’s Senate campaign is not going to have nearly as many eyeballs on it as Paul’s Presidential campaign. Furthermore, even if Schiff makes it to the Senate, he won’t get anything of value done there, as I describe in my post.

By: PaulVahur

PaulVahur — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:12:39 +0000

Has the austro-libertarian movement in the past few years grown only due to the regular promotion and word of mouth by Mises Institute and other such organizations? Or has the Ron Paul presidential campaign spread the message further than ever before? I’m not american and I haven’t been to States-side for few years now but what I can tell from internet Ron Paul campaign brought a lot of new blood to the movement.

Peter Schiff campaign and possible senatorship has the same potential. Actually, that is his stated goal – to educate other senators (and hopefully the public) about sound economics. If he will stuck to his contrarian nature he could well end up being the most visible senator.

Message of liberty needs many salesmen addressing different segments of society. That’s why there is not only mises.org but there is also lewrockwell.com and there is also Young Americans for Liberty and Campaign for Liberty plus many others. We need more entrepreneurship in finding the better ways to get our message out. We will not get immediate and obvious returns but the later dividends might be greater than we expect (did anyone prior to 2007 expected Ron Paul to become that widely known?).

By: Stephan Kinsella

Stephan Kinsella — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:16:33 +0000

Good post, Interdictor.

By: Libertarian Standard

Libertarian Standard — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:14:30 +0000

New blogpost: The Libertarian Standard » I Do Not Support Peter Schiff For Senate | http://bit.ly/bIvSf9

By: James Connor

James Connor — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:12:04 +0000

RT @libstandard: I Do Not Support Peter Schiff For Senate http://bit.ly/cS4nSL

By: iamse7en

iamse7en — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:10:41 +0000

So you’re saying he’s much more valuable in his TV appearances than he would be in the Senate. Therefore, you don’t support his candidacy for the Senate. I can see your point, and you very well could be right.