Presidential bid a 'roller coaster' for Libertarian

Houston Chonicle ^ | October 31, 2004 | KRISTEN MACK

[Drango]

Badnarik says he wants to cost both Bush and Kerry the election

Clymer.

[CWOJackson]

"Badnarik says he wants to cost both Bush and Kerry the election..."

LOL! Which would be why he and his people are running their ads only on conserative stations in Washington state...where the LP played spoiler before.

[Fallstaff]

I would vote libertarian if they weren't isolationist... I really don't identify the "religious right" aspect of the republican party.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Interesting.

[MJY1288]

Badnarik will garner the fewest votes ever for a Libertarian Presidential candidate. I doubt he will recieve more than .05% of the vote, or 600,000 votes

[Darkwolf377]

Not a rollercoaster, more like an elevator, going down.

I'd be more libertarian if they weren't as robotic as socialists, i.e. let the starving die, who cares, and when they go there'll be no more starving. Yes I know I'm oversimplifying but I had a fight with the woman and am cranky. Where's that cough syrup?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I really don't identify the "religious right" aspect of the republican party.

Or I suspect, with the "religious socialist fervor" of the Democratic or Green Parties.

[GeronL]

what a joke. If they want to have an impact they should run a candidate in the GOP primaries.

[flashbunny]

"The federal government's job is limited to three things, he said — national defense,"

Yet their position is basically open borders and amnesty. Yeah, that's a brilliant way to keep america safe!

While I hold a lot of walter E williams / goldwater type libertarian positions, I find it impossible to align myself with them at this time. They're acting like children who want a toy and have been told 'no' buy their parents.

[CWOJackson]

The problem with this puff piece on the LP is that the LP put out their own press release last week. In it they clearly stated that their objective was prevent President Bush from getting reelected. Now they appear to be trying to spin away from that.

[Drango]

I've voted losertarian in the past. But as someone else said... working to defeat someone who you agree with 90% of the time, resulting in electing someone you disagree with 90% of the time, doesn't make any sense.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

You're right.

Use some Vicks vapo rub.

[familyop]

Hmmm. I've never seen a whole rollercoaster track that was level and ground level.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Even more interesting and believable!

[drlevy88]

Badnarik is actually on the ballot in more states than Ralph Nader. Badnarik is on 48 ballots. Nader is on 35.

And Nader has a much larger constituency. The Greens have sure been lackadaisical about making their applications to appear on the ballot, stick.

[AHerald]

"I'm a legitimate candidate from a legitimate party," he said

"I'm good enough, and I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me."

[KevinDavis]

I thought about voting Libertarian this year, but when I found out they were going to change the way the WOT is going to be fought, I have decided no way in heck I'm going to vote for those losers..

[Drango]

Badnarik will garner the fewest votes ever for a Libertarian Presidential candidate

Perhaps. But Losertarian votes cost the GOP two senate seats by siphoning off conservitive voters. A Pox on them.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I suspect that's because you, like I, in the end love America more than you love your own personal self-interests.