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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Tells me the Libertarian Party there aren’t really Libertarian. They’re the “look at me look at me” party!


7 posted on 07/03/2024 7:59:39 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily
There's always been a certain faction within the LP that tried to recruit Big Name Politicians. They were the ones who got excited about Bob Barr and Gary Johnson.

The idea is, that if they run a Big Name Politician, it will mean the LP are players, in the same league as the Democrats and Republicans.

10 posted on 07/03/2024 8:04:56 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Reily
Tells me the Libertarian Party there aren’t really Libertarian. They’re the “look at me look at me” party!

Not necessarily. For some of them, it is a rather of priorities of which is the crucial issue. For some Libertarians, bodily integrity is the most important, so no pro-shot policy is pre-eminent.

The Libertarian Party as a whole punted during Covid because half of them bought Fauci's line and made a horrible, horrible exception. There are two (plus) major factions in the Libertarian Party, they are either really pro-life (human rights for the unborn) or rabidly pro-abortion (none of government's business at any level). Some have freedom to smoke all the weed (or use any narcotic whatsoever) as issue #1, and others who don't want to police involved using it for an excuse for anything whatsoever but have it far down on their "To Do" list.

The party in organizes along a minimal government, non-aggression principle, but the reality sorts out very differently.
11 posted on 07/03/2024 8:10:54 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Reily
You are not wrong.
14 posted on 07/03/2024 8:32:45 AM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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