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RFK Jr will not be able to run as a Libertarian
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Posted on 02/15/2024 10:44:16 PM PST by RandFan

The Mises Caucus — a more radical libertarian faction organized around the work of Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises — has been a power center within the party since its endorsed candidate, Angela McArdle, won the national committee chairmanship in a 2022 landslide victory with nearly 70 percent of the vote. It controls the majority of the delegates who will vote on the party’s presidential nominee at the national convention in May.

While McArdle has suggested that the party may be open to a Kennedy bid, last weekend the Mises Caucus came out formally in opposition to his candidacy, making it unlikely that Kennedy has a real shot at the nomination. McArdle did not respond to a request for comment.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: liberaltarian; libertarian; rfkjr; robertfkennedyjr
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The reason they wont let him run on the LP ticket is that he has forcefully supported Israel which hasn't gone down well especially with the Mises Caucus who are basically in charge now.

Hard luck.

1 posted on 02/15/2024 10:44:16 PM PST by RandFan
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Why would he run as a Libertarian. He isn't remotely close to being libertarian.

The reason they wont let him run on the LP ticket is that he has forcefully supported Israel

Maybe it's more like he disagrees with Libertarians on at least 75% of issues?

2 posted on 02/15/2024 10:46:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Ballot access. He wants to but they wont let him


3 posted on 02/15/2024 10:48:15 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

I think he is already on the ballot in some states as an independent. Can he go back and change party status once he is on the ballot?


4 posted on 02/15/2024 11:10:00 PM PST by political1 (Love your neighbors)
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To: RandFan

Trump’s numbers improve a lot when RFK jr is on the ballot, he gets some independent women voters-next to blacks that is Trumps weakest demographic


5 posted on 02/15/2024 11:38:51 PM PST by TECTopcat
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To: RandFan

His authoritarian leftist views might be a problem for libertarians too.


6 posted on 02/15/2024 11:46:57 PM PST by TigersEye (Our Republic is under seige by globalist Marxists. Hold fast!)
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To: RandFan

But he’s also neither a lowercase nor uppercase-L libertarian.


7 posted on 02/15/2024 11:52:31 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: RandFan

He’s also not a libertarian.


8 posted on 02/15/2024 11:54:19 PM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: RandFan

Good, he’s nothing like a libertarian.
He’s a radical big government leftist.


9 posted on 02/16/2024 12:31:40 AM PST by Farcesensitive (K is coming)
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To: TigersEye

We don’t need another Kennedy any where near The White House or DC.

They’re a bloody pestilence the whole bunch of them. And their relations and in laws.


10 posted on 02/16/2024 12:47:02 AM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: RandFan

RFK Jr has the resources to get on the ballot in all, or almost all states on his own. Plus, he has real support. Around 10 percent at this time. Polls indicate RFK Jr hurts Biden a little more than he hurts Trump.

We should help the Green Party and Cornell West get on the ballot. In 2020, neither the Green Party nor Kanye West were on the ballot in AZ, GA or WI (nor most other battle ground states), and that probably accounts for Biden’s very narrow victories in those states. The Green Party is currently petitioning in AK, HI, MD, MO, NV, OH and SD. If you have the opportunity, give a sig. I don’t know that Cornell West is petitioning anywhere.


11 posted on 02/16/2024 1:24:34 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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To: nickcarraway

RFK is a Big Government Libertarian.


12 posted on 02/16/2024 1:51:35 AM PST by MMusson
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To: RandFan

Looks like “Camelot” has lost its luster..


13 posted on 02/16/2024 3:40:52 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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The Libertarian Party is more interested in ideological purity than actually winning elections. I don't believe they have actually elected anyone above the local school board level since they started getting ballot access in the mid 1970s.

But they have been around for a long time and have done a great job with ballot access issues. Lots of people identify with them. Lots fewer actually vote for them.

14 posted on 02/16/2024 5:46:19 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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Odd, Nikki is a democrat and she runs as a repukelican.


15 posted on 02/16/2024 5:48:40 AM PST by dforest
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To: Jimmy Valentine

Would you buy a used Camelot from that man?


16 posted on 02/16/2024 5:50:42 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (Stand Fast! God knows what He is doing!)
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To: TigersEye
His authoritarian leftist views might be a problem for libertarians too.

True. And he's not even a liberal, at least in the classical liberal sense. With the exception of his stand on the frankenshot, he'd be much more at home in the Chinese Communist Party (which, for all practical purposes, is rather fascist).

17 posted on 02/16/2024 5:53:08 AM PST by Sirius Lee (Next week on The Bickersons... )
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The Chinese Communist party is not just Fascist but has racial views that make it Nazi-like. There have been some speeches by CCP officials and military where if you Aryan for Han Chinese they could have easily been given by Goebbels or Himmler.


18 posted on 02/16/2024 5:59:11 AM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: RandFan

Has RFKJ expressed serious interest in running as the Libertarian candidate? Or is it just sort of a hypothetical that’s out there.


19 posted on 02/16/2024 6:07:03 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: RandFan

He’s not a “libertarian.” He’s a neurotic bag of Kennedy trash, except even more leftist and more psychotic than the others.


20 posted on 02/16/2024 7:34:11 AM PST by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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