Posted on 11/20/2008 9:07:47 PM PST by MovementConservative
Bumped for truth.
bob barr the libertarian. hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
the libertarian candidates can claim success this time.
So far they have prevented Ted Stevens from winning. Possibly Norm Coleman. And probably Saxby Chambliss.
And instead, they will have handed a 60 vote supermajority in the Senate to the party who has an out-of-the-closet Socialist in their caucus to rubber stamp our first Marxist President.
Thanks Libertarians!!!! You’ve really proved your point to the rest of us. The GOP isn’t perfect so you are ensuring that until they become perfect they will be punished by watching marxists getting elected instead of them. Boy, we’re really going to learn our lesson THIS time!
The Republicans continue to sell out with people like Arnoolld and Chuckie Hagel.
I believed Barr would do much better, I think if he would have stuck to a few libertarian ideas after his nomination and campaigned more as the guy who was in Congress years ago he would have raised more money and done much better in the election.
Chuck Baldwin was better on the issues but had no name ID and got 190,000 votes. The analysis seems correct, he collected about $1.3 million dollars.
We need a 3rd party but either the Constitution Party or Libertarian Party will have to be run by more than just a few activists. They should make their principles a few things and don’t get into 100 different issue positions.
Dean Barkley is not a Libertarian, Ted Stevens lost because he committed felonies and the Democrats in DC engineered his verdict to come out days before the election.
In Georgia, there will not be a Libertarian in the runoff. It’s up to the Conservatives in Georgia to go out to vote for him to make sure Obama doesn’t have an 60 votes in Senate.
The point is there would not have been a runoff if the libertarian hadn’t been on the ballot.
Exactly. Even if I *were* inclined to vote for a Libertarian candidate (which, as a Neo-Ciceronian, I wouldn't be), I would not do so because not only is it a wasted vote, but it is also a POSITIVE vote for the full, both-barrels-for-socialism Democrat candidate. Frankly, the best thing that can happen in an election under the system we currently have is for the Libertarians (and other pissant little pseudo-conservative parties) to fail to even get ballot access.
Notice - the greatest actual successes that libertarians have achieved (and they have many things going for them, ideologically speaking, even though I rag them hard) is when they have worked THROUGH the Republican Party. Maybe they need to take a clue from this, and help conservatives take back the Party for smaller government, and help kick the big-gubmint RINOs out?
Libertarians - on paper, nice ideas. In reality, stupid as dog crap. They helped the Democrats make the Libertarians into useful fool and now an irrelevant political footnote and accessory to the downfall of our way of life.
Thanks guys, said Caesar to Brutus and the gang!
first get rid of the democrats and then we can have a 2 party system of republicans vs libertarians
Was there ever a success?
Blame Stevens for his own problems. ANd if RINO Norm couldn’t take out the clown POS Franken, that too is a reflection on Norm. Chambliss will win easily.
It probably didn’t help much when shortly after 9/11/2001 Harry Browne, 2000 LP Pres. candidate, blamed the muslim attack on America.
He said America had it coming.
That took this party out of my consideration, convincing me it was too often populated with kooks, out mostly for rebel status.
“Hey, see me, see me!! I’m different, see me, see me”
The big fish in a small pond strategy for fame and recognition.
I am just a Paleo-con doing some major repair to that “R” behind my name. I cant see how switching to a wounded and insignificant (in votes and money) 3rd party could ever get the Dems out of power.
It’s funny to see this. The Libertarian party is the best of us, and because the Republicans nominate a democrat instead of a Republican- you get upset with who? Don’t blame the Libertarians because you nominate a guy who could pass for Joseph Lieberman with makeup.
As for Bob Barr, he’s as Libertarian as the Patriot Act he voted for. No Libertarian I know wanted him- just like nobody wanted McCain. They just played the “we’ve heard of that guy” card, and forgot to check his voting record.
We both got screwed in this election. And the Libertarian vote would not have mathematically made a difference in the Republicans favor.
I think you need to take your dull tools and focus on changing your party from within yourself. Even as careless as Bob Barr was, he’s still better than any Republican, save Ron Paul. Why is it the Libertarians responsibility to make Republicans suck less? I don’t understand this argument.
Was there ever a success?
I use Michael Medved's term, "Losertarians".
You are correct. The only thing libertarians are good at is taking Senate seats away from Repubicans, thus padding the Democrat majority.
The Libertarians aren’t responsible for Ted Stevens losing. Ted Stevens and the GOP are responsible for that. He should never have been allowed to run under the GOP banner.
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