Here in Florida, we had several State House and Senate seats where Democrats ran unopposed by Republicans, but there was a Libertarian opponent(there were a few where it was a Rep. vs. Lib, too). In most races, the Libertarian got 20% to 25%. Guess what? That means that in some cases, the refusal of Republicans to vote for a Libertarian, when there was NO Rep. running, put Democrats in the government.
Blame yourselves, Republicans, for your losses and for "socialists" winning.
Slight correction: That "spoiler" didn't take the governor's votes....the governor chased those votes away. Some of these Republican Governors play conservative on abortion and then turn their backs on the rest of the base that want less taxes and less government...federal state and local. Had my state (Ohio) had a Libertarian or Constitutional party candidate on the ballot for Governor I would have voted for him since Bob Taft is a liar and a big government tax and spend type.
In 20 years it won't be a two party system. I can see four primary parties aligned on two sides...On the right will be the Republicans and Libertarians/Constitution Party and on the left will be the democrats and the greens. If the republicans want to be in power in 20 years, they will have to work with the people who are leaning to the Libertarian/ Constitution Party side instead of shunning them. Just because people only agree with you 80% of the time doesn't automatically make them your 20% enemy.
This is still many years away, but IMHO, that is how things will be.
Yeah... That's the ticket! Lets all see if we can do something to make the Libs happy and get our total vote take down to 3%. Makes sense to me...
The title is correct. Libs support Socialist DemocRATs by "voting their conscience."
Now lets all get back to the LEGALIZE MARJUINA stance that does this country so much good. NOT!!!
The Republican Party just won the most historic mid-term election for a Republican President in the last 100 years. I don't think they are going to pander to the self-important libertarians. The liberatarian candidate in California for governor, who was a total wacko Druid, still got 2 percent against conservative Bill Simon.
What? Do you want the GOP to promise doobies to every libertarian who votes Republican?
That would be the only way to get their vote.
You are absolutely right. It is just another variation of the line that Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton use, when they blame all minority failures in the United States on the Whites; that unhappy women use, when they blame everything unhappy in their lives on men; that educators that will not teach use, when they blame their dismal achievement level on lack of proper funding.
It is the loser's lament, when they will not face up to the fact that they lost because of their own failure to do more; the excuse for not really dealing with problems and/or opportunities. In point of fact, Libertarian candidates probably draw as many Democratic votes as Republican votes, but the excuse seekers deliberately choose to misunderstand that. They are only too happy to be able to assail someone, rather than look in the mirror.
These whining posts are no help to those real Conservatives, who mean to take back America. They are a diversion from what we should be doing--and that is arguing the real issues that will determine all our futures. Politics, only about the personalities of the office-holders, which is ultimately a big part of partisan politics--is always a mistake. Parties have their uses, but they should never be allowed to divert our attention from the principles for which we should be arguing--towards which we should be taking every opportunity to steer our neighbors.
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