0 john: are you a republican? >> no. john: democrat? >> are you a republican? democrat? tonight we a special edition of "stossel from the nation's capital where the students meet more than a thousand of them gathered to learn about liberties. tonight we discuss the future of freedom with presidential candidate gary johnson, libertarian congressman justin amash. we will look at the criminal justice system and the drone war. ann coulter will depend republicans dennis kucinich will defend democrats. that's our show tonight. flush ♪ >> and now john stossel. >> i am in washington, d.c. the place that has a lesson in liberty. afraid obama would win vote for romney. i don't know given the fact that really it is cool to be libertarian and cool to be socially accepting and fiscally conservative. >> you made me laugh when you said cooler to be a libertarian than republican. >> is it cool to be a republican on campus. is it cool to be a democrat? i don't believe you. i think on campus -- >> it might have been a little bishful thinking. i am sure a lot of toj student thingled be a better -- first the old a going to be washeded away. i think everybody family knows the welfare saturday, but haven'ting to particulars it. quicksing it. it's easier to be an dau -- santa claus. >> marriage equality passed in several states. narl juana. these are significant. john: spending. a talking about sequestration like it's a catastrophe. >> an absolute tidy cat. just a miniscule cut relative to what does need to occur. if we don't balance the federal budget we are going to find ourselves without a country. we are not immune from default. that is where we're headed. john: questions? >> hi. conner bergeron from brazil has cooled. my question is how can convert or get the libertarian movement message out to the high-school community? none of my friends even know about it. john: i'm trying. my video is going to high-school spivvy 12 million kids watch them every year. some of you saw that. >> i was taken aback. i was invited to speak in high school in ohio. it was packed. i walked in. it was a standing ovation. the point being that high-school kids are very aware also. this is -- the only thing i can say, this is a growing movement unquestionably. of what point the libertarians actually take power, does that ever happened. i don't think we should stop being vigilant to potentially making that happen. john: by take power you mean ticket and give it up. >> take it. [applause] >> you have hit it on the head. politics is all about electing me and keeping the elected. that's all politics is. if we can just get away from that the whole notion of citizen service. get in, get out. >> i am from the university of denver. within the liberal movement there is a big debate over whether politics or ideas are more important for advancing the liberty movement. >> i read a great quote from margaret thatcher this week. she said first you when the argument, then you when the vote. so i think winning the argument is more important, but political leaders, one of the ways the arguments get stressed out. >> i just want to relate my own experience, getting elected governor of new mexico and a state that is 2-1 democrat. running as a republican. actually, as a libertarian under the guise of being a republican. it works. it works. [applause] >> my name is matt. i happen said it -- identify as a gay republican. my question is to my belief it is important we work within the party structure. how would you say is the best way to go about doing that? the party tends to not support my community. >> human republicans. >> republicans. yes. >> you do like anybody else does in public to -- politics this organizing. first they have to come out of the closet. then they have to organize. they have to demonstrate to other people in the party, we are here. we are republicans. we are working for the party. we want the party to change in this particular issue. the republican party reacted very negatively when black people started demanding their civil rights. and now republicans wonder why black people don't want to vote for them. the republican party reacted very negatively when women started demanding the right to have careers and be involved in politics and economic life. now republicans wonder why women don't want to vote for them. and now we are in an era where republicans are reacting really really negatively to gay people demanding simple legal equality, equality under the law. so my advice if there are any republicans watching, don't do the things today that will cause you 20 years from now to say, how come they people will vote for us? john: thank you. later we will debate drawn attacks. can the president just kill you? my guest says you bet. next we will talk to a congressman who does something unusual. he admits he is a libertarian. 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