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Wayne Allyn Root
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Personal details
BornJuly 20, 1961 (age 48)
Mount Vernon, New York
Political partyLibertarian
SpouseDebra Root
ChildrenDakota Root, Hudson Root, Remington Reagan Root, Contessa Root
OccupationTV celebrity, producer, author, CEO, politician
WebsiteRoot for America

Wayne Allyn Root (born July 20, 1961) is an American politician, entrepreneur, television and radio personality, author and political commentator. He was the 2008 Libertarian Party vice-presidential nominee. In June 2009 Richard Winger wrote he was the front runner for the 2012 Libertarian Presidential nomination.[4] Root began his career as a professional sports handicapper, based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

His political talk radio show,W.A.R: The Wayne Allyn Root Showis broadcast in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. Root is a frequent guest on several nationally syndicated radio shows such as Savage Nation, The Jerry Doyle Show, and Mancow's Morning Madhouse. He has also made made numerous appearances on various programs on the Fox News Channel. He is a frequent speaker at Tea Party events across the United States.[5]

Root's political columns appear in the Las Vegas Review Journal[6] and at Newsmax.com.[7] He is a Senior Economic Advisor to Wealth Masters International, a global financial services and education company based in Houston, Texas.

At the 2008 Libertarian National Convention, Root was eliminated on the fifth ballot in a bid for the presidential nomination, and subsequently became the vice presidential candidate alongside Libertarian nominee Bob Barr. Root lost a bid to become National Chair of the Libertarian Party at the party's 2010 Convention.

Early life and education

Root was born in Mount Vernon, New York, the son of the late David and Stella Root. His father was a butcher from Bronxville, Westchester, NY, who dabbled in third party politics as one of the original founders of the New York State Conservative Party.[8]

Root graduated as Valedictorian from his high school, Thornton-Donovan School, then graduated from Columbia University in 1983 as a Political Science major (in the same class as President Barack Obama).[9]

Personal life

He has been married to Debra Root for over 17 years. The couple have four children: Dakota, Hudson, Remington, and Contessa.[10]

Career

TV producer and personality

Root is Founder and Chairman of Winning Edge International Inc. Since 2000, he has hosted Wayne Allyn Root's Winning Edge, a television show which promotes Root's sports handicapping operation. The show aired during the 2007 season on Discovery Channel on Saturday mornings, and featured analysis by Root, former NFL and College Football coach Ron Meyer, Big Al McMordie, and Chet Coppock. It has been aired in the past on Fox Sports Net, Comcast Sports, Spike TV, and Superstation WGN.[citation needed]

Root was the creator, executive producer and co-host (along with HBO's Max Kellerman) of King of Vegas on Spike TV.

Sports handicapper

Root's TV handicapping career began in New York City on WNBC radio (now WFAN) in the early 1980s. He moved onto NBC "Source Radio Network" syndicated around the country in over 100 markets as a sports talk host. He later became one of the youngest anchormen and national TV hosts in America from 1989 through the early 1990s on Financial News Network (FNN), now known as CNBC. Root hosted five shows on FNN, including Who Beat the Spread and FNN Zone with Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder (of CBS NFL Today fame).

Author

Root is the author of several books, including The Zen of Gambling,The Joy of Failure!, The King of Vegas' Guide to Gambling, and Millionaire Republican.[11] His latest book The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts has been ranked #1 or #2 at Amazon.com in the "Libertarian Books" category for 10 consecutive months.

Politics

Root was a longtime Republican Party member and supporter who self-identified as a Libertarian Republican. In 2007, Root ended his association with the Republican Party and joined the Libertarian Party. He authored a book on his libertarian views, The Conscience of a Libertarian, which was published in 2009.[12]

2008 presidential campaign

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On May 4, 2007, Root declared his candidacy for the Libertarian Party's 2008 presidential nomination on Las Vegas' Fox 5 television station.[13]

On February 5, 2008, he placed second in the Missouri Libertarian presidential primary with 18% of the vote (47% voted for "Uncommitted"). He came in second in Arizona and third in California, without campaigning in any of these states.[8]

2008 vice-presidential candidacy

On May 25, 2008, Root made it to the fifth ballot at the 2008 Libertarian National Convention before being eliminated and endorsing Bob Barr, who went on to the party's presidential nomination. In the third round of voting, he was successful in the race for the vice presidential nomination, beating Steve Kubby.[14][dead link]

In September 2008, Root offered to give up his VP slate on the Libertarian ticket to make room for Ron Paul, as the LP received feelers that the former Republican presidential candidate may have been interested in getting on a strong third party ticket, as there remained a strong following behind him. Paul declined the offer, and denied any intention of running on a third-party presidential ticket.[15]

Libertarian Party National Chair candidacy

In 2010, Root ran for the position of Libertarian Party National Chair. His candidacy was endorsed by his running mate on the 2008 Libertarian presidential ticket, Bob Barr,[16] and by the Party's first presidential nominee, John Hospers.[17] He was defeated by Mark Hinkle by a vote of 228-281 in the third round but subsequently succeeded in being elected to the Libertarian National Committee as an At-Large Member.[18][19][20]

Political positions

Root supports smaller government, reduced spending, reduced entitlements, reduced bureaucracy, dramatically lower taxes, and greater personal freedom for individuals. In the area of education, he supports more parental control, more emphasis on school choice (moving education to the state and local level), and increased competition through vouchers. Root and his wife choose to home-school their children. He is also a strong supporter of gun rights for the individual. Root is a small businessman who believes the 2-party system is built on corruption, greed and bribery. He is a fiscal conservative in the mode of his heroes Ronald Reagan, and Barry Goldwater. He believes most social issues should be determined on the state and local level.[8] Root calls for the repeal of the income tax and favors replacing it, as well as all other sources of federal tax revenues, with a tax on each state in proportion to its population, with each state deciding for itself how to raise its share of the money ,[21] which is mentioned in Article 1, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution. This has been called a "State-Rate Tax".

Root holds that "the Iraq war is a disaster". He states the answer is to "use the success of the surge to declare victory and make plans to get out of Iraq as soon as reasonably possible".[22] He also questions Central Intelligence Agency information on Iran, would use "any diplomatic means", including the United Nations, in order to "avoid another war".[23]

Libertarian Party of Florida Executive Committee resolution regarding Root

On November 14, 2010, in response to an article where Root stated that he was "re-creating libertarianism" and that "Traditional libertarianism mixes in too many things that are liberal," the Florida Libertarian Party repudiated Root's comments and passed a resolution urging his removal from the Libertarian National Committee.[24][25][26]

Books authored

  • Betting to Win on Sports (as Wayne Alan Root, with Wilbur Cross). Bantam. 1989. ISBN 978-0553347890. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • The Joy of Failure!: How to Turn Failure, Rejection, and Pain into Extraordinary Success. Summit Publishing Group. 1997. ISBN 978-1565302068. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • The Zen of Gambling: The Ultimate Guide to Risking It All and Winning at Life (with Paul Pease). Tarcher. 2004. ISBN 978-1585424023. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • The King of Vegas' Guide to Gambling: How to Win Big at Poker, Casino Gambling & Life!The Zen of Gambling updated. Tarcher. 2006. ISBN 978-1585425297. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts. Wiley. 2009. ISBN 978-0470452653. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

See also

References

  1. ^ Root, Wayne Allyn (2003-04-05) "Exposing the Liberal Media - Part 1", www.Newsmax.com.
  2. ^ Intreview: 10 Questions For Libertarian Party Chair Candidate Wayne Root, Independent Political Report, April 6th, 2010.
  3. ^ Interview with Wayne Root on Federal Bailout of Newspaper Industry at 5 minutes, 30 seconds, Fox News, December 22, 2009.
  4. ^ Winger, Richard (June 28, 2009) “Wayne Allyn Root Introduced for Interview as “The Lead Presidential Candidate for the Libertarian Party in 2012″”, Ballot Access News. Retrieved on 14 July 2009.
  5. ^ Batoon, Nathan (July 6, 2009) "Activists decry federal taxes". The Daily Texan online. Retrieved 14 July 2009. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) [dead link]
  6. ^ Columnists:Wayne Allyn Root, Las Vegas Review Journal.
  7. ^ Wayne Allyn Root Archives, Newsmax.com.
  8. ^ a b c Wayne Allyn Root's Libertarian Presidential Candidate Website: Root for America!
  9. ^ Vinciguerra, Thomas (October 3, 2008). Vinciguerra, Thomas (October 5, 2008). "The Life of the 3rd Party". New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ http://www.wayneroot.com
  11. ^ His latest book is entitled, "The Conscience of a Libertarian: Empowering the Citizen Revolution with God, Guns, Gambling & Tax Cuts (John Wiley & Sons)- released on July 20, 2009. Root starts a nationwide book tour on "Hannity" on Fox News Channel. Wayne Allyn Root's Libertarian Presidential Candidate Website: Root for America!
  12. ^ Wayne Allyn Root's Blog - MY LIBERTARIAN AWAKENING
  13. ^ Davis, Os (July 25,2008). "Wayne Allyn Root: The industry’s man in Election 2008."
  14. ^ Official results from LP.org
  15. ^ Sheinin, Aaron Gould (2008-09-10)"Barr asks Ron Paul to be his running mate", Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved on 2008-09-11.
  16. ^ "Via Bob Barr: Support Wayne Root for Libertarian Party Chair". Independent Political Report. Independent Political Report. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2010-05-08.
  17. ^ "1972 Libertarian nominee Hospers endorses Root for LP Chair". Independent Political Report. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
  18. ^ (2010-05-31) "Root falters in bid to grab top Libertarian post", Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  19. ^ (2010-05-30) "Libertarian Party Convention: Chairman Election", Independent Political Report. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  20. ^ (2010-05-31) "Last Day of LP National Convention, Meeting of New LNC", Independent Political Report. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  21. ^ Root, Wayne Allyn (2008). "A Realistic Plan to End Federal Income Taxes Forever". www.RootForAmerica.com. Retrieved 2008-07-08. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  22. ^ Root For America "Where Wayne Stands" page.
  23. ^ Glenn Beck "Interview with Presidential candidate Wayne Allyn Root", MSNBC March 7, 2008.
  24. ^ Libertarian Party of Florida main page at its web site.
  25. ^ Kevin Derby, Florida Libertarians' Take on Wayne Allyn Root, Sunshine state news, November 16, 2010
  26. ^ LP of Florida says LNC, LNCC should boot Wayne Root, Independent Political Report, November 16, 2010 including upload of relevant article Seven Magazine story on libertarianism with Cover and section about Root.

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