Posted on 10/26/2002 3:13:57 AM PDT by Roscoe
While most political parties -- particularly third parties -- fight for more publicity, California's Libertarians might have wanted a bit less in 2002. The state Libertarian Party's leadership disowned gubernatorial candidate Gary David Copeland last month after Copeland spit upon Los Angeles KABC-AM radio host Brian Whitman.
Basically, Copeland and Whitman argued over whether undocumented immigrants should be eligible for California driver's licenses.
Copeland called Whitman a racist.
Whitman called Copeland a lunatic.
Whitman shut off Copeland's microphone and insulted him.
Copeland expectorated.
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Especially when they're in bed with 'em, like the Greens.
The libertarians trust that the people are smart enough to chose between communism and freedom. The "non-partisan" organization you quoted is neiether non-partisan nor freedom advocating.
Your true colors are showing (Red).
How "Tim Leary."
Congratulations.
If 3330 votes is all it takes to get a Democrat elected, you Republicrats have major problems.
0.33% of the vote makes that much difference? Maybe the Republicans can find ONE candidate that is 0.33% better than Greyout, or any other Demonrat. Most people are sick and tired of voting for tepid, insipid candidates just because the other guy is slightly worse. Then sitting back and not seeing any real difference in the resulting government's haste to lord over the peons.
When was the last time you voted FOR someone, as opposed to AGAINST his opponent?
As previously posted regarding the Libertarian candidate for governor, Gary "the Spitter" Copeland:
"He is a Druid, adhering to a Celtic philosophy of nature-oriented magic; he also proudly recalls his pro-LSD work with drug guru Timothy Leary."
Don't shortchange 'em. They're actually more like 0.6% of the California electorate.
The governor's race in California probably won't be that close, but the Senate race in Colorado might be.
Copeland's pretty awful.
And Rick Stanley, the Libertarian candidate for the United States Senate in Colorado, has formed an alliance with the Greens.
The libertarians are not afraid of opposing viewpoints like the republicans and democrats.
Boy, I can't wait to see their platform. Something like, "We will protect your property rights by abolishing your property rights."
Or maybe, "Taxes and property are theft!"
Yep! I'm going to split my ticket this time, hold my nose, and vote for Simon...
Irrelevant. The communist manifesto has been around for about the same period of time. You support it. Furthermore the numbers you cite are misleading (and inaccurate if you refrain from rounding- the number is 57% not 60%). The income tax only provides for 9 Billion of the States 22 Billion dollar budget. That's 41%.
Deleting the income tax from the state's fiscal calculations would not roll us back to the 19th century. It would roll us back to 1991. Do the math: Subtract $9 billion of income tax revenues from this year's $22 billion budget and you are left with $13 billion. That was roughly the size of the state's budget (in unadjusted dollars) when Michael Dukakis left office. Many things have been said of Dukakis, but no one ever accused him of cutting government to the bone. At $13 billion, state government was big, powerful, intrusive, and top-heavy. Restored to $13 billion, it would still be far from Spartan.Boston Herald - 7/13/2001
Congratulations on aligning yourself with big-spending democrats like Michael Dukakis.
They don't have a common platform. They oppose each other's political ideas. As usual, Roscoe doesn't present the whole truth.
Just because you want to run away from the facts?
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