Liberal Party Folds

Seamax ^ | 2/26/2003 | John Rossiello

[Milltownmalbay]

Newsday is reporting that New York’s oldest third party, which was founded by Alex Rose and David Dubinsky on progressive political principles, has closed its doors after 58 years.

The Liberal Party, which had lately been more concerned about patronage than ideology, contributed to the elections of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, Governors Hugh Carey and Mario Cuomo, and Mayors Fiorello LaGuardia and Rudolph Giuliani.

Daniel Cantor the executive director of the Working Families Party, which was created as an alternative to the Liberal Party, commented on the fold of the Liberal Party.

“For the first thirty years of the Liberal Party, they were honorable” said Cantor. "They lost their way, and that's why they went out of existence."

The leader of the fallen party, Raymond Harding, was unavailable to comment yesterday.

However, a posting on www.libertyparty.org said that, even as the party crumbled, party leaders were trying to "protect both our name and our symbol."

Harding was seen as one of the most influential power brokers in New York, following his assistance in the election of Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Members of the Liberal Party Associates will no longer be registered for primaries, but the posting stated that some planned to join other parties.

They could maintain membership in those other parties "until our next opportunity-in four years- to resurrect the party on a statewide organized basis," claims some members.

To paraphrase Sinatra, if the Liberal Party can't make it in New York, they can't make it anywhere.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

“For the first thirty years of the Liberal Party, they were honorable” said Cantor. "They lost their way, and that's why they went out of existence."

Would that one day, someone will say the same thing about the RATS. It is a dream I have.

[goldstategop]

If only the Democratic Party would close its doors... :)

[syriacus]

I guess this really that means the Liberals have found a very comfortable home in the Democratic party. They've moved in and taken over.

Here is a link to Newsday's article on this topic, NY Liberal Party Shuts Down

[excerpt]

The Liberal Party failed to collect the 50,000 votes in last November's gubernatorial race needed to maintain its status as a recognized party in New York. As a result, the party lost its automatic ballot slots in New York and its members officially became unenrolled or independent voters for election purposes.

Party leaders decided to shut down, rather than petitioning their way onto each ballot _ an expensive and laborious fight that few parties have been able to consistently win. They closed their state headquarters in Manhattan, but told party faithful to "stay in touch" through their Web site

[IronJack]

to resurrect the party on a statewide organized basis

To reanimate the mouldering corpse of communism and send it forth to wreak its hideous curse.

[Liz]

.....time to drag out the award................

[Liz]

........good news ping..........

[Petronski]

Yes, I hereby award to the Liberal Party of NY (and wherever they may dwell) the Bob Beckel Prize for Excellence in providing the Free Republic Community with the Total Schadenfreudische Experience.

Bravo, little party.

[Grampa Dave]

Sounds like their funds dried up and then they lost their voters.

Hopefully this will will be a blue print master plan for the DemonicRats/DNC!

[NYFriend]

Or, the Working Families Party (WFP)has pulled all of the Liberal Party idealists. WFP is basically a socialist or labor party.

[cinFLA]

If only the Democratic Party would close its doors... :)

They will just incorporate with the CP.

[AmericanVictory]

It does seem like a foreshadowing.

[Liz]

Sounds like their funds dried up and then they lost their voters. Hopefully
this will will be a blue print master plan for the DemonicRats/DNC.......

The "Master Plan for Liberal Collapse" could not have
turned out better if we, ourselves, had orchestrated it.

[Grampa Dave]

As my Grand Dad used to say, "When you enemies want to kill themselves, give them plenty of rope and room to do the job!"

[Liz]

The Bob Beckel Prize for Excellence in providing the Free Republic Community with the Total Schadenfreudische Experience.

Schadenfreudische? Oh, that's the Yiddish version of Schadenfreud.

All I got to say is, "Gai in drerd, libbers."

[Petronski]

I believe schadenfreudische is the adjective form.

[Liz]

Grandad is right. It's not polite to help your enemies
when they are in the process of destroying themselves.

[Liz]

Not commonly used. Bad enough spelling the noun version.

[Libloather]

"They lost their way, and that's why they went out of existence."

The current course of today's Libdem/Chicoms. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch...