What does the National Libertarian Party espouse and why? There has been a lot of misconceptions and a lot of people that are throwing out different statements asserting different things about the Party. Wes Benedict came on to talk about these assertions. A little background: "Wes Benedict serves as Executive Director of the Libertarian National Committee in the Libertarian Party's headquarters in Washington, DC. He previously served as Executive Director of the Libertarian Party of Texas. There he broke records and made Texas one of the best performing state Libertarian Party chapters. He recruited a record 173 LP candidates for office in Texas for the November 2008 elections, which was 29 percent of the nationwide LP total. Mr. Benedict holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of Texas. He has previously bought and sold a kitchen and bath countertop manufacturing business, and he has worked as a management consultant for PricewaterhouseCoopers and a manufacturing engineer for 3M Company (http://www.lp.org/wes-benedict)." To learn more about Wes Benedict and the National Libertarian Party please visit: http://www.lp.org/ http://www.lp.org/wes-benedict