On April 16 , 2011 , Wrights officially announced his candidacy for the Libertarian presidential nomination in the election of 2012 . Wrights supported a non-interventionist foreign policy . The stated focus of his campaign was to " stop all war " , referring not only to war with foreign nations , but also to war on the American people and their civil liberties waged by the U.S. government . His campaign slogan was " I am not at war " . Wrights also advocated abolition of the national income tax and added that he would " replace it with ... nothing . " At the 2012 Libertarian National Convention , Wrights was defeated for the LP presidential nomination by former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson , finishing second in the balloting with 25 % of the delegate votes
2012 Libertarian National Convention
2012 Libertarian National Convention
R. Lee Wrights