Posted on 02/08/2008 3:56:23 AM PST by LowCountryJoe
Washington, D.C. - Following a solid McCain victory in the Super Tuesday primaries, the Libertarian Party has sent Republican headquarters a funeral wreath marking the death of limited-government values within the Republican Party. The wreath was hand-delivered to the D.C. offices of the Republican National Committee. "We simply felt the need to express our heartfelt sympathy for the Republican Party as they undergo this tough time within their party," says Libertarian Party National Media Coordinator Andrew Davis, who delivered the wreath.
"Given that it has become readily apparent that Senator McCain will soon be the presidential nominee for the Republican Party," reads a card that accompanied the wreath addressed to RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, "we, the staff of the Libertarian National Committee, send our condolences to you upon the death of small-government principles within the GOP."
The note continues:
Libertarians encourage competition within both the free-market and politics. Unfortunately, with the rise of John McCain and the big-spending practices of the Bush administration, the two-party system has emerged as representing only one philosophy - big-government liberalism.
With your loss, the Libertarian Party will continue to move forward to represent those American patriots who still believe in smaller government, lower taxes and more individual freedom.
"McCain's Super Tuesday win marks the death of limited government values within the Republican Party, which had struggled with its principles throughout the Bush administration," says Shane Cory, executive director of the Libertarian Party. "It is a day of mourning for the few remaining small-government Republicans."
For pictures of the wreath and its delivery to the RNC headquarters see below. For more information and interview requests, please call Andrew Davis at (202) 333-0008 during normal business hours, or at (202) 731-0002 during any other time.
The Libertarian Party is America's third largest political party, founded in 1971 as an alternative to the two main political parties. You can find more information on the Libertarian Party by visiting www.lp.org. The Libertarian Party proudly stands for smaller government, lower taxes and more freedom.
I'm not advocating going to the LP, but I am saying that perhaps we should start adopting some of their liberty principles. And if we absolutely must want our agendas addressed by legislation, better to take care of it a the most local level of government possible rather than instinctively fill the desire to adopt things nationally.
Rant over.
Funny, the only time anyone pays attention to the libertarians is when they do silly stunts like this, or when they run as Republicans.
If only they could get a single Libertarian elected to any office, they might be in the position to gloat.
Bernie Saunders did it for the Socialists in VT. Can't the Libertarians pull it off somewhere in the West?
It's funny because the Libertarians can't do any actually governing themselves, but prefer to whine and moan about the Republicans instead. Why don't they go bother the Democrats?
Appropriate.
Will also help to prepare the RNC for all the condolence wreaths they’re going to be swamped with in November.
awesome!!
thats just funny.
Priceless,,, simply priceless
I was almost interested for a second or two. Then I realized they don’t have a potus candidate, and they want us to pull out of the WOT.
“Funny, the only time anyone pays attention to the libertarians is when they do silly stunts like this, or when they run as Republicans.”
Not true, there are many influential Libertarians. Many more have core Libertarian values, but have other party affiliations.
My only problem with the Libertarian Party platform is its stance on Iraq and the WoT. The Republican party had looked like a reasonable alternative, but the expansion of government and free spending policies have been a joke. McCain, if nothing else, looks like more of the same in that department. In at least this one very important area this election shows the failings of the two party system.
More people need to wake up and realize that freedom really is not free, and that right now there’s no effective check on government growing ever more intrusive, onerous, and expensive. Meanwhile, American business is hamstrung and large numbers of companies operate offshore, hurting our economy and making us dependent on foreign countries for even critical military components. Not to mention the massive debt that’s piling up...
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” - Ben Franklin
“From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.” - Thomas Jefferson
Headstone to follow the November election.
That wreath arrived about 8 years too late.
Good analysis. The GOP has lost a lot of its respect and value for individual liberty
Funny thing from the LP. Although the LP has good ideas...their support for open borders and illegal aliens is anathema to American liberty...I think the Constitution Party probably addresses better individual liberty without loss of soverignty
The libertarians, like so many other organizations, have been infiltrated by the Marxists.
The libertarian’s idiotic stance against going after the terrorists after 9-11 was straight out of the appeasement platform of the Marxist party.
One of the primary tenets of the libertarian party, or at least it was until the Chamberlains took over, was self defense. You get attacked, you go kick ass. Period. No debate needed, other than how hard to kick butt and how many butts.
Back in 2002 when so-called libertarians started running screeds from various Marxists, including that bozo America-hating linguist from Yale (can’t think of his name), I knew the libertarian party was cooked.
Good analysis. The GOP has lost a lot of its respect and value for individual liberty
Funny thing from the LP. Although the LP has good ideas...although their support for open borders and illegal aliens is anathema to American liberty...I think the Constitution Party probably addresses better individual liberty without loss of soverignty
I’m in agreement with the LP on many issues, and I also agree with their assessment that the Republicans and Democrats merely represent slightly different flavors of Big Government philosophy, but seriously, they should grow up.
Back in 2002 when so-called libertarians started running screeds from various Marxists, including that bozo America-hating linguist from Yale (can’t think of his name), I knew the libertarian party was cooked.
Holy cow, if it was Chomsky.....the LP really jumped the fence over to the Marxist side. Ouch. Double Ouch
There needs to be a viable third party to rise from the ashes that is now th GOP (perhaps the Constitution Party)...but it is NOT going to be the Libertatian Party.
Every party is going to have some of those, and I doubt they are even in the majority in the Libertarian Party, but the party is going to need a higher percentage of rational people before it will get taken seriously.
Maybe that will happen since the Republican Party keeps failing what used to be its base over and over again.
VERY FITTING!
They don't get elected because they don't pander to the constituency that wants hard-working Americans to underwrite the sloth and slough that has become a large majority of the electorate.
And that's the age-old problem. Let's face it, the GOP has fallen under the reality of needing to buy votes in order to survive. George Bush has been teaching them how. It's a short jump from buying votes to believing leftist-liberal policies are "good for the country," when the real translation of that is, "good for my incumbency."
Feh.
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