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New campaign strategy for Libertarians
Right Wing News (Humor/Politics site) ^ | 2/10/2004 | Mac Johnson

Posted on 02/11/2004 10:29:28 AM PST by mackster

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It's time for all those groups that believe in limited government to put aside their comparatively small differences and work toward changing minds, changing Congress, and keeping at least one major party, the party of small government.

The article linked in this thread proposes just such a strategy, and calls for some new thinking on the part of Libertarians and their sympathizers.

Read more:

http://www.rightwingnews.com/reader/calltoliber.php

1 posted on 02/11/2004 10:29:28 AM PST by mackster
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To: mackster
Welcome to FR.
2 posted on 02/11/2004 10:30:35 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: doug from upland; 11th Earl of Mar; aculeus; al baby; presidio9; nicmarlo; MonroeDNA; tdadams; ...
Welcome to FreeRepublic..........?
3 posted on 02/11/2004 10:32:24 AM PST by EggsAckley (..................**AMEND** the Fourteenth Amendment......(There, is THAT better?).................)
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To: mackster
Reminds me of the Onion article from the 2000 campaign: "Libertarian Party Holds Nominating Convention in Los Angeles Apartment."

http://www.theonion.com/onion3624/libertarian_convention.html

"The convention is expected to be the largest in party history, drawing upwards of 45 Libertarians to the second-floor apartment in the Mulholland Terrace complex. In preparation for the event, 15 extra folding chairs have been ordered by party leaders, as well as 12 two-liter bottles of Pepsi, Sprite, and Diet Mountain Dew."
4 posted on 02/11/2004 10:35:37 AM PST by Maximilian
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To: mackster
Welcome. Be Thou troll or human?
5 posted on 02/11/2004 10:37:11 AM PST by cyborg
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To: mackster
the Libertarian movement is a farce. The party is designed to take otherwise republican votes and cause a democrate to win.

A true libertarian would want the country to return to the constitution and bring rights to the people. Reduce government interference and allow states to be soveriegn again. Libertarian = one who brings liberty.

Oh, by the way, welcome to FreeRepublic, home of the Viking Kitties, we will be watching.

6 posted on 02/11/2004 10:38:02 AM PST by Zavien Doombringer (If a Democrat falls from office and nobody is around will they make a sound?)
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To: EggsAckley
Again?! I can't keep up. I'd better start ordering "Troll-B-Gone" by the case.
7 posted on 02/11/2004 10:39:03 AM PST by Not A Snowbird (DEDICATED Homeland Security Employee)
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To: SandyInSeattle
Better get a supersoaker attached to a two ton honey wagon.
8 posted on 02/11/2004 10:40:14 AM PST by cyborg
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9 posted on 02/11/2004 10:40:26 AM PST by EggsAckley (..................**AMEND** the Fourteenth Amendment......(There, is THAT better?).................)
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To: EggsAckley; trussell; Toto27
Another question mark. Let's see if it'll talk.
10 posted on 02/11/2004 10:40:38 AM PST by JoJo Gunn (Gut and raze the NEA! ©)
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To: mackster
Which major party is the party of small government, in practice?
11 posted on 02/11/2004 10:42:03 AM PST by Triple (All forms of socialism deny individuals the right to the fruits of their labor)
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To: mackster
A leftist/Democrat friend of mine roots for the Libertarians in elections for exactly the same reasons as I (and many other conservative Republicans) root for the Greens.

Go Ralph (or Dean) Go.

12 posted on 02/11/2004 10:43:39 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: EggsAckley
drat! what was that pic?
13 posted on 02/11/2004 10:43:43 AM PST by cyborg
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To: EggsAckley
Thanks for the ping.

At some point though, even the purist must wonder just what it might be like to actually put a Libertarian into office and see our principles put into action and law. If you are among the select group for whom principle alone is wearing thin, then please take a moment to indulge me in an immodest proposal to overhaul the movement's playbook just a little.

Geez, Mac Johnson has an absolutely torturous writing style! Very difficult and ponderous to read.

I think the point in all the verbosity was that Libertarian-minded candidates would do well to try to win Republican primaries and force a change towards smaller government from with the party.

If that was the point, I agree.

14 posted on 02/11/2004 10:45:13 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: cyborg
It was a baby mouse, diapers and all. Can't seem to find it in MY pix, so I "borrowed" it from the source. My bad.
Will keep looking. It's very cute.
15 posted on 02/11/2004 10:46:53 AM PST by EggsAckley (..................**AMEND** the Fourteenth Amendment......(There, is THAT better?).................)
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To: Zavien Doombringer
I usually vote Libertarian for local officials, where they frequently win. I think they can have more of an impact at that level anyway since they will never have a majority in the house or senate.

In major state and national elections, I usually vote Republican.

I believe that the only reason that Libertarians field candidates in national elections is for publicity so they can further their grass-roots efforts.
16 posted on 02/11/2004 10:50:46 AM PST by Pest (I will choose Free Will!)
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To: dead
I think the point in all the verbosity was that Libertarian-minded candidates would do well to try to win Republican primaries and force a change towards smaller government from with the party. If that was the point, I agree.

I would agree with that point as well. We live in a two-party system, like it or not. It is better to work within that system than to sit on the sidelines. Just remember that party leaders generally don't care about ideology, they care about who can deliver money and votes. If ("little-L") libertarian candidates can deliver them enough votes or money to be better than the status quo, they'll take it.

17 posted on 02/11/2004 10:51:18 AM PST by kevkrom (Ask your Congresscritter about his or her stance on HR 25 -- the NRST)
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To: mackster
Yawn..

I get so tired of these 3rd party parasites trying to siphon off Republican votes.

Most of the Republicans here are fully aware of it if there is better choice in this election. Few if any need help in figuring out who to vote for.

And Etherzone was a pretty good site till Libertarians took it over.

18 posted on 02/11/2004 10:52:24 AM PST by No Blue States
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To: JoJo Gunn
The silence is deafening...........
19 posted on 02/11/2004 10:53:02 AM PST by EggsAckley (..................**AMEND** the Fourteenth Amendment......(There, is THAT better?).................)
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To: SandyInSeattle
Again?! I can't keep up. I'd better start ordering "Troll-B-Gone" by the case

LOL:Where do I go to Download it.

20 posted on 02/11/2004 10:58:28 AM PST by fritzz (Pilot to passengers, anyone flown to Hawaii before, It's kind of liver shaped, isn't it? - Newhart)
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