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To: libertarianben
The LP... needs to raise money for candidates... and... to learn how to... win more elections. It is bigger than all the other "third" parties (600 offices held, I believe)... Libertarians are very smart at presenting ideas but not so well in running for offices.

The LP has money coming out of its ears. Last thing it needs is more money. It has no need to learn how to win more elections, as Americans are not libertarian, and will never vote for them until Libertarians are willing to have their party fight the hard fight to gain popularity for their principles and not for the party and candidate with out principles. Libertarians have done very poorly in presenting their principles for the past twenty years. Running for office with the purpose of winning elections is a pure day dream that is so far out of touch with reality, that they might as well be dreaming about setting up Libertarian space colonies, for all the good it does. And this says nothing about the harm such campaigns do to both the nation as well as the LP itself.

As far as your 600 offices held, almost all of them are nothing more than town and city, mayor appointed memberships, on non-partisan advisory board, having to do with town beautification, city clean up, county irrigation and drainage, etc. And most them Libertarians never mentioned they were libertarian prior to getting appointed.

Libertarians need to stop fooling themselves. Most people see right through them and laugh, because most Libertarians haven't got a clue as to what most people are seeing.

33 posted on 03/07/2005 10:56:02 PM PST by jackbob
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To: jackbob
Most people see right through them and laugh, because most Libertarians haven't got a clue as to what most people are seeing.

And then the Libertarians will nervously start laughing, too.

34 posted on 03/08/2005 5:25:23 AM PST by secretagent
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