The Libertarians Have Their National Convention(Oh the CLAMITTY !!!)

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[catholicfreeper]

The Libertarians Have Their National Convention(Oh the CLAMITTY !!!)

Did you realize that the Libertarian Party just had a National Convention in Portland Oregon. No? Well I didn't either. If you are wondering , this convention went exactly like you think it would when you get a much of Libertarians in one room. It appears that there was a concerted effort to moderate the platform. I guess it is occuring to folks the message is not selling. Well from what I can gather most of the platform was removed , however no one could agree what to replace it with. Then they had to adjourn. Ah the saga continues. Well, this delegate gives a pretty fun account of all the goings on. A pretty good and funny read.

It appears though that some folks did not find the what happen in Portland as funny as me. In fact it appears a Libertatian faction wants to form a new party because of the "debacle". Well it appears this new movement got started pretty quick. Like the day after the convention. Libertarians it appears act while the emotion is hot. A Thomas Knapp, a big activist in the movement is all ready to go. There new party is Called the Boston Tea party. They also have a new well thought out slogan that I guess was thought out over drinks on the plane ride home. The rally Cry-

Time to party like it's 1773 Reading his entries you get a sense of the turmoil. Thank God I am not a Libertarian. I think I would live in a continous world of frustration.

In the PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE07/05/06P.O.C. Thomas L. Knappinfo@bostontea.us314-705-3042 LIKE IT'S 1773: NEW PARTY IN WAKE OF LIBERTARIAN CONVENTION DEBACLE "Cyberia" (PRWEB) July 5, 2006 - Citing the Libertarian Party's "abdication of its political responsibilities to the American people," activists have founded the Boston Tea Party (www.bostontea.us) as an alternative, Internet-based vehicle for libertarian political action. "For various reasons, the ball got dropped in Portland," says Boston Tea Party founder Thomas L. Knapp, referring to the Libertarian national convention, held over the July 4th weekend in Oregon. "Factional disputes led to a wholesale gutting of the party's platform -- a muddle in which the party was left without a mechanism for expressing its positions on several of the foremost public policy issues facing America's voters." Rather than setting up the new party as a splinter group, Knapp says that he thinks of it as a "hopefully a pinch hitter, going to bat for America while the LP nurses its wounds and prepares to get back in the game. Until and unless that happens, the Boston Tea Party will fill in. Americans deserve -- and desperately need -- a pro-freedom party which forcefully advocates libertarian solutions to the issues of the day." Those solutions will be set forth in a program to be put together by the new party's organizational convention, to be held online, Knapp says, in the next 30 to 60 days.

Ah Libertatians in turmoil. It does seem the next day though after this press release he was advocating a return to an entire seperate party as you can see on the above link. We shall try to follow this saga as it unfolds.

Tip of the hat to the thenextprez blog.

posted by Pondering American | 3:41 AM

[apackof2]

the Libertarian Party just had a National Convention in Portland Oregon

And 37 people showed up

[catholicfreeper]

LOL, I have to admit it was more well attended than I thought

[coconutt2000]

I remember the anarchists had their convention in '04 or '03.

I wonder if the Libertarians were better organized.

[Always Right]

If the Libertarians keep this up, they might wind up losing the House.

[catholicfreeper]

Maybe a tad better lol. I have to admit it sounded like a fun event ot be at to watch

[catholicfreeper]

Maybe a tad better lol

[catholicfreeper]

oops wrong response. Well it sems that this year will not be the Libertarian victory that I hear will occur any time now

[Question Liberal Authority]

Why don't they just join a real party and try to "moderate" ITS platform?

I guarantee there are more hard-core Libertarians in the world than there are hard-core gay activists. But the hard core gay activists have a political party wrapped around its finger because they have attached themselves to it. If there was a "Gay" party exclusively for fanatical gay activists, then both parties would be free to marginalize them at will. Which is what has happened to the Libertarians.

[Starter]

There's a funny Onion story about the 2000 Libertarian convention. I can't link to it because of the Onion's rabid attack lawyers, but it was funny.