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Losing Libertarians
Washington Times ^ | 11/6/06 | David Boaz

Posted on 11/07/2006 7:01:57 AM PST by libertylovinactivist

Take a look at independent voters. There are more of them than before, especially in the West. More than 25 percent of Arizona voters now register as independent or third-party voters. And according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, they've shifted sharply toward the Democrats in this fall's elections.

(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 3rdpartylosers; elections; gop; greenpartyrejects; liberaltardation; liberaltarians; libertarians; republicans
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To: eleni121
Libertarians are known for having trouble responding to arguments that undermine their fixed and unswerving ideology.

Drawing a false connection to Islam is your idea of a cogent argument? Good grief...

81 posted on 11/07/2006 8:53:58 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Well, my days of not taking your seriously are certainly coming to a middle)
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To: libertylovinactivist

Libertarians are just conservatives who are addicted to drugs and can't keep in their pants.


82 posted on 11/07/2006 8:54:44 AM PST by SDGOP
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To: moondoggie

He "was" a Libertarian until he found out a simple law of politics...he couldn't get elected. He then became a Republican and sha-zam...he won an election.


83 posted on 11/07/2006 8:54:53 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: SDGOP

Oops, forgot to don the flame suit.

FLAME ON.


84 posted on 11/07/2006 8:55:05 AM PST by SDGOP
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To: WackySam

They usually only get elected to non-partisan offices.


85 posted on 11/07/2006 8:55:18 AM PST by attiladhun2 (Islam is a despotism so vile that it would warm the heart of Orwell's Big Brother)
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To: Dead Corpse

It must be hard being you...can't see the forest for the trees.


86 posted on 11/07/2006 8:55:42 AM PST by eleni121 ("Show me just what Mohammed brought:: evil and inhumanity")
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To: LadyNavyVet
Okay. I'll grant you that one. You'd have to pay for a few more vice cops.

They're talking about content filtering the internet. "Just a few more vice cops" is a gross oversimplification.

87 posted on 11/07/2006 8:57:52 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: SDGOP
My libertarian "drug" of choice:


88 posted on 11/07/2006 8:58:02 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Well, my days of not taking your seriously are certainly coming to a middle)
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To: libertylovinactivist

There is not a single libertarian in this country voting for Democrats.


89 posted on 11/07/2006 8:58:11 AM PST by Sloth (The GOP is to DemonRats in politics as Michael Jackson is to Jeffrey Dahmer in babysitting.)
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To: eleni121
Not at all. I can see the forrest, trees, mountains, and plains all the way to the see.

About the only thing you can apprently see is your lower colon.

90 posted on 11/07/2006 8:59:14 AM PST by Dead Corpse (Well, my days of not taking your seriously are certainly coming to a middle)
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To: Sloth
"There is not a single libertarian in this country voting for Democrats."

I suggest you not Google "Libertarian" and "Democrat"...I found the results both educational and not surprising. Libertarian is NOT synonymous with conservative.

91 posted on 11/07/2006 9:00:14 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson
I didn't say that there aren't people who call themselves 'libertarians' voting for Dems. I personally know some. There are also people who call themselves 'patriotic Americans' voting for Dems. Both groups are liars.
92 posted on 11/07/2006 9:02:05 AM PST by Sloth (The GOP is to DemonRats in politics as Michael Jackson is to Jeffrey Dahmer in babysitting.)
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To: Beelzebubba

Libertarians are Goldwater Republicans.

Shrink government size, spending and control. The Republicans have done a BAD job of this under Bush.

Keep religion out of politics. Again, the Republicans have done a BAD job of this under Bush.

I admit that the Democrats will do a worse job, but if you wonder why Libertarians are pi$$ed at Republicans....


93 posted on 11/07/2006 9:03:27 AM PST by whitedog57 (Holland)
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To: Democrap

You got that right. I used to know a Libertarian who ran a crummy little book store. He looks like a 1960s retread. I haven't seen the guy for years, but he both advocated the legalization of weed and seemed to be oft high on the stuff as well. A bunch of dope-smoking Loonytarians would often hang around his book store, making the conversation wafting out of the place even more insane than it ordinarily would be.


94 posted on 11/07/2006 9:04:13 AM PST by attiladhun2 (Islam is a despotism so vile that it would warm the heart of Orwell's Big Brother)
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To: whitedog57
"...if you wonder why Libertarians are pi$$ed at Republicans..."

Not really. I just read that Libertarain Democrats are also pi$$ed at Democrats. Seems like the only thing consistent about Libertarians is that they're pi$$ed at everyone.

95 posted on 11/07/2006 9:07:34 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: SDGOP
Oops, forgot to don the flame suit.

Why should you need a flame suit? If you don't want 'em around and the Pubbies don't need thier votes, then piss 'em off and cut 'em loose. Done.

96 posted on 11/07/2006 9:09:44 AM PST by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: CWOJackson

Libertarian principles are the essential opposite to the polices of the Democrat party. Republican polices often are not.


97 posted on 11/07/2006 9:11:07 AM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: libertylovinactivist

INDEPENDENTS SURGING TO REPUBLICANS BECAUSE OF kerry. Since that story has appeared more than this one, I will take Indies are surging to Republicans.

LLS


98 posted on 11/07/2006 9:14:09 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Preserve America... kill terrorists... destroy dims!)
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To: Beelzebubba
That's what Libertarians often tell us but a quick search of the web shows there are a lot of "Libertarians" who have a lot in common with the Democrats and call themselves Libertarian Democrats.

When you consider their position on open borders, pedophilia, abortion on demand, legalized drugs, etc., it's very plain they have very much in common with the Democrats.

99 posted on 11/07/2006 9:14:24 AM PST by CWOJackson
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To: WackySam; Deb

There have been plenty of Libertarians elected to office, just not on the national level.
WackySam


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Deb:
Or like Ron Paul they pretend to be Republicans. You know who they are by how badly they dress.


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God forbid that we have any badly dressed sons of liberty in Congress.


100 posted on 11/07/2006 9:15:27 AM PST by tpaine
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