Independent Party has high hopes.Conservatives to field 54 candidates statewide

Las Vegas Review Journal ^ | 5/14/02 | JANE ANN MORRISON

[vance]

**Nine of the 54 are from the Hansen family.

So nepotism is the order of the day? The new Kennedys?

[poet]

"Nine of the 54 are from the Hansen family,"

Do we need another family group to determine who will run against whom in the future if they are sucessful?

We already have the bushs, kennedeys, lodges, rockefellers, etc., etc who determine our candidates along with the unseen power brokers?

Their platform sounds wonderful, but, don't we now have a similiar set of like principles in a document called the Constitution?

Possible future corruption by a new powerful family?

Not for me, thank you.

[xvb]

Sounds more like a cult, than a political party. And of course these types hurt the GOP.

[poet]

"these types hurt the GOP."

Respectfully, I disagree. The gop hurts the gop. They have shown they stand for ANYTHING that will get them votes.
They are no longer the opposition of the demrats, they are accomplices. Don't believe me? check out what has transpired in the last year domesticcally. Isn't "war" a great diversion?

[LarryLied]

Any Nevada freepers know more about this party and the Hansons?

Torie...your take on the Nevada races if you would :-)

[winodog]

I know they have been around for a long time. As far as this family becoming the bushes or clintons, that is not gonna happen.

I would support them and probaly vote for some of them.I think all conservative groups like this one need to band together to form one party.There are too many out there dividing the vote.A third party needs to arise out of somewhere. Nevada is a good aplace as any.

The GOP is not going to become more conservative untill they are defeated and the dems take over the house, senate and P.I can see this party taking votes away from Porter and I would hate to see the scumbag Darrio become a member of congress but I bet that is what happens.

[bkwells]

Never heard of 'em.... But I've only been in the state less than 2 years.

[LarryLied]

The Democrat party achieved the success it did because other groups such as the Socialist Party and the Communist Party USA used it as a proxy. At times they opposed the DNC head-on but usually they voted Democrat and used their numbers as a magnet to drag the party to their position. Conservative third parties spend more time going after the Republican party than Democrats. The 14,000 members of the IAP is a nice voting block. Enough to be a power broker in the Republican party in the state. They should use their power rather than squander it by defeating Republicans. If they don't, they will suffer the same fate as the Libertarian Party.

[deport]

• Independent American Party of Nevada
• Independent American Party -- National [hqtrs... UT]

[LarryLied]

Thanks for the national link. They are against the FTAA: Stiff Right Jab: Obsta Principiis

There has to be, or should be, a conservative group between the lunatics Libertarians who want open borders and those who fear free trade.

See they are starting a chapter in Hawaii. Are Mormons heavily represented in this party?

[deport]

Are Mormons heavily represented in this party?

I have no idea.... Just found the site when doing a google on them...

[rellimpank]

--they have less numbers than the Libertarians and as has been mentioned, they probably pick up some votes that are for an "Independent".

In the '98 senatorial election, the margin of victory for Harry "Clinton" Reid was about 400 votes statewide--The Libertarian got about that many, the American Independent got about the same and about 400 votes were "spoiled" and unretrievable in the Reno area. If any of these groups of votes had gone to John Ensign, Reid would have lost--

[LarryLied]

Even more tragic because Ensign is no RHINO.

[winodog]

Good point and many people who would have voted for ensign voted against him because he softened his pro gun, anti abortion platform and ran more as a moderate.

[LarryLied]

Can't decide if this is good or not.

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[weikel]

Banning gambling would kill Nevada these guys are the types of conservatives who hurt our image( they want to force a puritanical society on us thats a diffrent type of totalitarian then a commie but still a totalitarian).

[weikel]

Yep my opinion too these puritan types should be ruthlessly purged from the Republican party.

[weikel]

Banning gambling in Nevada would be economic suicide for that patch of desert.