Posted on 11/03/2004 1:42:42 AM PST by ambrose
They may try to blame it on others.
The voters who vote for them are protesting nanny statism.
Thank you, Mr. Obvious...
And vice versa.
Naw, it's just that John Kerry earned the LP vote.
If you want to keep believing that, feel free.
Not difficult, just read the LP's own press releases, where they proudly proclaim their goal of being spoilers. They aren't trying to win elections...just throw them to their liberal friends.
By whose standards, exactly?
BULL! The Republicans in WA aren't going to waste their time on the unappeasables (I mean if this were over some specific issue that would be one thing, but this is just hissy fit stuff.) and are going to go more for the mushy middle.
Some people are just too stupid to live.
people can do whatever they want I guess, but there are always consequences, and if we don't get the first Pub governor for this state in about 20 yrs, it won't be my fault, but it sure is somebody's.....
How else are they going to get attention to their cause if they DON'T "spoil"? Nanny statism is a rampant metastasized cancer in the GOP.
they have no base,they have no principles, and they have no common sense....in other words, they would be perfect demonrats....
29 Oct 2004
WASHINGTON -- With the Bush-Kerry race too close to call, the Badnarik for President campaign has launched a final flurry of TV advertising aimed at disgruntled Republicans in four swing states.
"Millions of fiscal conservatives have been left politically homeless by the GOP, so we're rolling out the Libertarian welcome mat," said Barbara Goushaw, campaign manager for Badnarik. "If George Bush thinks these people have no place to go, he's in for a big surprise."
The TV spots, titled "Send a Message," are running in Nevada, New Mexico, Wisconsin and Arizona, four states where most analysts agree that the Libertarian has a chance to attract enough small-government votes to tip the balance against Bush. The Badnarik ads are also running nationally on the Fox News Channel and CNN Headline News.
"Our national ads took a shotgun approach in pointing out that George Bush is no conservative," Goushaw said. "Now we're taking the rifle approach, and we have this big-spending Republican in our crosshairs."
In Wisconsin, which Goushaw termed "a very Libertarian-friendly state," the party's gubernatorial candidate, Ed Thompson, garnered 10.5 of the vote in 2002 and was credited by some analysts with helping Democrat Jim Doyle break the four-term Republican hold on the statehouse. Bush narrowly lost the state in 2000, and is deadlocked with Kerry in most polls.
"There's a much stronger Libertarian base in Wisconsin than people realize, and Thompson is extremely popular," she said. "And while Nader is on the ballot, the Democrats' are expected to rally around Kerry as a result of their all-consuming desire to defeat Bush."
In New Mexico, Gore defeated Bush by just 366 votes in 2000 while Libertarian Harry Browne attracted 2,058 votes.
"We picked New Mexico because it was a swing state in which our previous candidate held the margin, and Badnarik was polling at 5 percent recently after running a flurry of TV spots designed to build name recognition," she said.
In Nevada, Badnarik also ran ads earlier in the campaign, which caused his poll numbers to rise to 2 percent, nearly enough to tilt the outcome. The party has also been able to elect local officeholders in the state.
Though Arizona is considered a "safe" Bush state with the president holding onto a 4- to 6-point lead, Nader is not on the ballot, Goushaw noted.
"Arizona is only a 'safe' Bush state because he is considered the lesser of two evils," she said. "Badnarik is actually much closer to the actual beliefs and attitudes of residents in the land of Libertarian icon Barry Goldwater. We believe that costing Bush this state isn't likely, but it's possible -- which is why it's one of our four targets.
"If Badnarik can earn enough votes to tip the balance in just one state, the Republicans would realize they would have to deliver small government quickly, or step aside and let the Libertarians do it. There's no point to both major parties running on a big-government platform."
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The LP in it's own words...tools for the left.
There's that winning, appealing approach that'll put the Pubbies over the top!
Last time, they tried "elect us, and government will get smaller". Now, people are onto that scam, so maybe they figure bludgeoning is the way to victory?
Yes, for the reasons I explained earlier.
They aren't trying to win elections...just throw them to their liberal friends.
First, this fails to support the details of your original claim, and second, trying to be a spoiler does not automatically equate to being "friends" with either side.
Quick, now, is the Green party and/or Ralph Nader running in the election to "just throw them to their conservative friends"? Or is there perhaps a flaw in your "reasoning" about the motivations of third-parties?
LOL! When cockroaches draw attention to themselves they don't get a pat on the head and an invite to dinner. They get sqaushed like the vermin they are.
Do I hear the Whaaa!mbulance approaching in the distance?
They clearly spell out their unhappiness with the Democrats, who are more liberal than they have ever been in history -- nanny state liberal, that is. Lambast their faults if you will, but do not fail to note that they stand for returning many affairs that have become Caesar's in the last 100 years, back to the private domain.
The LP explains their spoiler role well enough in their own press releases. I'm sure John Kerry appreciated their support, and that of their mindless drones, very much.
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