But Barr's running mate, Wayne Allyn Root, says the
party can ride a wave of new followers into the next election cycle.
Just three years ago, after all, he wrote a book called Millionaire
Republican: Why Rich Republicans Get Rich--and How You Can Too! If
he can convert, he says, anyone can.
I visited Root at his suburban Las Vegas home back in May. He is
certainly well off, having built a sports-handicapping business that he
says led him to politics. (The Founding Fathers "loved gambling," he
says.) But politics isn't his only passion. Before we could begin
talking about the Libertarian Party, he started selling me on his
lifestyle. He takes 100 vitamin supplements every day. He and his kids
never drink cow's milk, just rice milk and spring water. "I meditate,
exercise, pray and do yoga every day," he says. "If I had a staff of
20, they couldn't do the work I do."
... It would be a mistake, though, to write Root off. The things he
cares about--being able to gamble legally via his home computer,
continuing to homeschool his kids without much interference, keeping
taxes low--speak to a lot of Americans. If the old party was cobbled
together from hard-line strains of voluntarianism, propertarianism and
paleolibertarianism, the new Libertarian Party is more likely to
build off Root's take, which is essentially suburbanarianism.
...Libertarians are getting ready for the mainstream, and
mainstream America may finally be ready for them.
Here are the most recent media appearances, articles, or interviews featuring Wayne Allyn Root:
"Elisea Frishberg Show" BizRadio Networks
"Shared Sacrifice" Blog Talk Radio
"Bill Sebastion Show" Appleton, WI
"Breakfast Bunch" Ripon, WI
"Liberty Talk" Blog Talk Radio
Fox Sports KDKJ Bismark, North Dakota
WHBY Green Bay, WI
CasinoDirect.com Blog Talk Radio
"Shad Olsen Show" KOTA Rapid City, South Dakota
"The MoneyMan Report" BizRadio Network KTEK Houston, TX
"The Lee Elci Show" WXLM New London, CT
WisPolitics.com
My Success Gateway Podcast
LiveCasinoDirect.com
The Danny Fontana Show" WDYT Charlotte, NC
The Jay Morris Show KZO Kalamazoo, MI
"The Frank Show" KFMA Radio Tucson, AZ & Reno, NV
The Jeff Kropf Show KUIK Radio Portland, Oregon
KBYR Anchorage, Alaska
Woody Woodland Show Nashua, N.H.
KIML AM Gilllette, Wyoming
KWNA Winnemucca, Nevada
WNRP Pensacola, FL
New Republic magazine
The J.T. Foxx Show Chicago, ILL
"The Bob Clark Show" KKOB-AM Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Dialogue with Scott Leffler" 1230 AM Buffalo, NY
"Above Politics" at AboveTopSecret.com
"The Lee Elci Show" WXLM New London, CT.
KGO Morning News KGO 810 AM San Francisco, CA
KUGR AM Green River, Wyoming
Wyoming Public Radio Newcastle, Wyoming
WKBK Keene, New Hampshire
The Weekly Filibuster Show
KXLY Spokane, Washington
Las Vegas Review Journal
The Park Record Park City, Utah
Reason.com (Reason magazine online)
Money Matters Financial Network New York
Ringside Radio Show Louisiana
CNN/Money
Newsweek.com
Fox Business Network
The Charles Goyette Show Phoenix, Arizona
The Brian Wilson Show WHFS Baltimore, MD
Radio America National
KABC The Kevin Wall Show Los Angeles
The Bill Press Show Jones Radio Network National
RNN-TV Real Politics Show New York
TIME magazine National
PoliticalGrind.com
Voice of America.com
Fox Business Network
The Bob Grant Show WABC Radio- NY
Voice of America Radio Network Worldwide
The Rick Amato Show 1170 AM KCBQ San Diego
The Mancow Show National
The WGN Morning TV Show Chicago
The Jerry Agar Show WLS Chicago
The Roy Green Show 940 Talk Radio National (Canada)
The Brett Conway Show WHIM Orlando, FL
Fox Business Network
Election Unspun Pacifica Radio National
The Real Estate Expert 630 AM Denver
The Glenn Beck Program Premiere Radio Network
The Mancow Show National
The Ric Federighi Show WIMS Radio Michigan City, Indiana
KXLY, Spokane, Washington- Mike Fitzsimmons Show
NBC TV Las Vegas Morning Show
Follow the Money with Pat Kiley Salem Radio- National
The Brian Wilson Show in Afternoon Drive
1370 AM WSTD, Toledo, Ohio
Liberty Talk Radio
Betting Business (U.K.)
Fox Business Channel (multiple appearances)
Sports Overnight America- National
Additional Media Appearances
Park Record Newspaper, Park City, UT
Las Vegas Review Journal, Las Vegas, NV
WikiNews.com
The Gold 101- Salem Radio Network- National
KSGF-AM/FM, Springfield, Missouri
The Drive with Gary Nolan, Columbia, Missouri
Mark Carbonaro, KION, Salinas, CA
Bloomberg TV (Europe)
CNBC Europe
The James Whale Show (London)
Setanta TV (Europe)
The Racing Post (UK)
WTKF/WJNC Morehead City, NC
KNST-Tucson AZ
ESPN 1000 AM Chicago
Outside the Wire Intel Radio Network
Michael Medved Show, Nationwide
Brad Davis Show- WDRC/WSGN Hartford, CT.
J.T. Foxx Show- WLS 890 AM Chicago
J.T. Foxx Show- 97.1 FREE FM Los Angeles
Adam Corrolla Show- 97.1 FREE FM Los Angeles
Sports Overnight America- Sports Byline Network
Sports Overnight America- American Forces Radio
KION Radio-Salinas, CA
Sportsbiz on Business Talk Radio Network
Poker Player Newspaper
TheOnlineWire.com
NBC's "Poker After Dark"
Las Vegas Sun
KNPR-Nevada Public Radio
FreedomWorks Radio, Tampa Florida
LizardMaster.com
ConservativeBlog Talk Radio
The Financial Times May 2007
TheOnlineWire.com May 2007
Fox5News in Las Vegas
Fox News Channel nationally
Las Vegas Review Journal
Worth magazine
Poker News
CardPlayer magazine
ACTION magazine
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
KABC Radio- Los Angeles
KNST Radio- Tucson, Arizona
WPTF Radio- Raleigh, North Carolina
WATR Radio- Waterbury, Connecticut
KOGO Radio- San Diego, CA
Talk Radio Network
Gambling911.com
RawVegas.com
"Face to Face with Jon Ralston" on Las Vegas ONE Cable Network
Time Out Chicago magazine- August 2007
The JT Foxx Show on WIND-AM Chicago
MOLI.com
Meet Wayne Allyn Root
16 Year Old Dakota Root Nominates Her Dad:
South Dakota Radio Interview with Wayne
Wayne Root Interview on the Topic of Small Business
Wayne on St. Louis, Missouri Radio
NEW! Radio Interview With Wayne
Wayne Root on Meet The Machine Radio
Monday, July 14, 2008, 02:00 PM
The Answer to the Energy & Economy Crisis: More Entrepreneurship, Less Government!
Ask any American voter. The two biggest issues in this 2008 election are the economic crisis and the energy crisis. Seldom are there easy answers to such complex problems. But, not this time. The answer is simple- more entrepreneurship and less government!
That means deregulation and decontrol. It means lower taxes and more incentives for private investment. UNLEASH THE FREE MARKET. Government doesn't solve problems- government causes them. American entrepreneurs will solve our energy problem- if only government will get out of the way. And those same entrepreneurs and that same free market capitalism will put America on the road to solving our economic problems as well.
This energy crisis and the economic crisis go hand in hand (and to some extent, the terrorist crisis as well). America's oil purchases abroad account for almost half the U.S. trade deficit. Every dollar we spend on foreign oil is a dollar that could be better spent growing the U.S. e
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Is Our Government “Cooking the Books?”
For months I've been saying on hundreds of TV and radio shows that the major advantage that I bring as a Vice Presidential candidate is my background as a small businessman, home-school dad, and citizen politician. My greatest asset is the common sense of a common American citizen.
I'm proud to say I´m NOT your typical politician. I've never served in office; never worked in Washington D.C.; never collected a check from any government (state or federal); nor done business of any kind with government. What I have done my entire adult life is start businesses and create jobs by risking my own and my investors' money - not the government´s (that is, not YOUR money). None of this year's major Presidential contenders- Barack Obama (my college classmate), Hillary Clinton, or John McCain has ever created a business or a job without government money. What could they possibly know about healing or growing the American economy? The answer is
BARR/ROOT Start Campaign for White House
WAYNE ROOT WINS VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
Las Vegas, NV- May 27, 2008 Wayne Allyn Root won the Libertarian Party Vice Presidential nomination in Denver, Colorado on Sunday. Root in his first-ever run for national office, beat out former
United States Senator Mike Gravel, and ran a close third to former U.S. Congressman Bob Barr and longtime Libertarian activist and author Mary Ruwart.
"Wayne Allyn Root has stated clearly and forcefully the principles of limited government, particularly what government should stay
out of and why. He is the perfect Libertarian candidate- fiscally conservative, socially tolerant, strong on national defense, and
mindful of the many threats to our liberty that we face across the globe. He wrote on this with such eloquence and conviction as to
convince me that there could be no better candidate than he is for the Presidency of the United States in 2008. As one of the
original founders of the Libertarian Party, and the first LP Presidential candidate, I believe Wayne is the right man at the right
time to bring the freedom movement to prominence and eventually, victory."
--John Hospers
First Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate (1972)
'My political career began in 1964 at age 3 when I
handed out campaign literature for Barry Goldwater in my father's arms in Mt. Vernon, New York.
Barry Goldwater is my hero and mentor. I pledge to carry on Barry's vision. I pledge that if elected, my
first act is to give the power back to the people. It's your tax money, it's your government. I plan to
return it to you!"