Posted on 12/13/2009 5:58:46 PM PST by DeuceTraveler
Fellow Citizens of the 3rd Congressional District of Virginia,
My name is James Quigley and I am officially announcing my campaign for Congress as a Libertarian against the incumbent, Bobby Scott (Democrat), of the 3rd District of Virginia. Over the course of the last few years our country has become less of a Free Market Democratic Republic and more akin to a Corporatist Oligarchy while the wealth of the poor and middle classes have been transferred to the few and powerful. Although Mr. Scott has spoken publicly against such interests, his actions and legislation has done little to stop this transfer of wealth to the "too big to fails", and in many ways has instead accelerated their growth in power. Virginians need someone willing to put a stop to the merger of government and the "too big to fails", and I will take up that mantle.
Further inquiries can be made at JamesQuigley4Congress@gmail.com
Did you get permission from the GOP?
They do own all our votes you know.
Good luck, I don’t think anyone has ever opposed him. I’ve been writing in Mickey Mouse for as long as I can remember. I’ll keep you in mind. And as Eagle as said, you should really ask permission, they don’t like it when you run against liberals.
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good for you.
Good Luck. Keep us posted.
The GOP owns all non Democratic votes.
The GOP will assume that any non liberal candidate that attracts votes has stolen those votes from any GOP candidate.
The GOP does not believe that the voters should have any options or that the voters are smart enough to select their own candidate for their own reasons.
The GOP does not believe that the voters are smart enough to choose a candidate on their own, that any vote for any other candidate is a wasted or stolen vote.
You will have many freepers upset with you for splitting the vote even before the GOP fields a candidate.
I’ve run into some of that already. Registered Republicans seem fine with it and we get along. Some of the Republican local leadership isn’t happy and wants me to run with an (R). I know I’d have a better chance doing so, but I’m stubborn when it comes to my principles, so I politely declined.
I can’t vote in your race but I swear to God Almighty that running as an “R” doesn’t give me tingles up my leg or influence me to vote that way.
More to the point: Is there any reason he didn’t seek the Republican nomination? Or his goal simply to draw enough votes away from the Republican candidate to insure His Royal Heinious get re-elected?
If you can’t win 50% of the Republican primary votes, how the hell can you expect to win 50% of the total vote? You can’t. Libertarians sound good on paper, but tend to collect votes mostly from stoners. And this is the Virginia GOP of Bob McDonnell and Ken Cucinelli. Hardly the liberal sellouts of upstate New York.
>> I know I’d have a better chance doing so, but I’m stubborn when it comes to my principles, so I politely declined. <<
What are your principles? To ensure the victory of the enemy?
Oh give me a break.
If he isn’t a D he is automatically a Republican?
The f’n Republicans got us in the mess by running BS candidates and expecting people to vote for them.
You aren’t tired of the GOP crap but the rest of us are.
Oh good, so it begins.
Maybe it is time for the Republicans to get in line and support someone out of obligation and that they don’t want the vote split?
My vote does not belong the anyone but me and I am not responsible for the results of the election, only how I spend my vote.
‘Yes, Lord, I voted for the lesser of two evils that I detested instead of voting for the candidate I thought was best.’
Now it is them splitting the vote, isn’t it?
They might not put up a candidate, as the best they ever did against Bobby Scott was to get 33% of the vote by Winsome Sears about six years ago. Getting beaten by such a margin can kill future political careers.
You’re using that straw man argument on the wrong guy. My beef is that the libertarian hasn’t even sought out the Republican nod, nor demonstrated what is wrong with the Republican candidate. He explicitly stated he didn’t seek their endorsement, so why are you saying that the Republicans should get in line to support him?
Frankly, the Republicans compromise their beliefs too often. But where there is a distinction between the Republicans and the Libertarians, I usually side with Republicans:
Abortion (There’s a pro-life streak among philosophical libertarians, but most such libertarians aren’t in the LP.)
Drugs
The Iraq war.
Immigration (As angry as many conservatives are at McCain, the LP is open borders.)
Pornography
Prostitution
And your problem w/ that is.......???
Who are the Republican candidates? Or why doesn’t this guy run as a Republican in the primary (especially if it’s a close R to D district) or does this guy just want to be a “spoiler” and keep the incumbent, thereby ensuring the SAME result he rails against in his campaign blog (especially when Virgina hasn’t had their Primaries yet)?
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