Uh huh.
The first part is "invasion."
Free, adult American citizens purchasing property or renting a residence in a free, American state, and then moving there, is "invasion"? Only by a very wacky definition of that word (according to which everyone "invades" every single city they move to).
The second part is "taking over."
Actually, you have it slightly wrong in your second part above. 20000 libertarians (assuming they get even close to that) will, I reckon, not be enough to form a majority government of New Hampshire.
That said, their goal is to elect people with like-minded views into office in that state. It is hyperbole, but not wholly inaccurate, to call that "taking over". It's what everyone attempts to do when they cast a ballot at the polls.
Well, the plain fact is that the LP is organizing and effort aimed at gaining majority political influence in a small state. Its strategy is to get "their people" to move into said state, for that express purpose. That's close enough to "invasion" for me.
That said, their goal is to elect people with like-minded views into office in that state. It is hyperbole, but not wholly inaccurate, to call that "taking over". It's what everyone attempts to do when they cast a ballot at the polls.
If you look at the link provided above, the goals are to do all sorts of libertarian things, all of which require a strong majority. Which is pretty much "taking over," n'est pas?
20000 libertarians ... will not be enough to form a majority government of New Hampshire.
Probably correct. Which makes the lofty claims for the FSP somewhat speculative -- even silly.
If then there are 10,000 porcupines a year from now, and 20,000 a year after that, how many more will have continued to join 5 years afterward, when the migration is to be accomplished, 5 years after that initial goal of 20K is reached. Success inspires imitation and convinces others to climb on the bandwagon as it acquires momentum and picks up speed. And I would be willing to bet that by the time of the 2008 election, there'll be a very sizable number of them in New Hampshire, just about the time the rest of the nation starts looking interestedly at the Granite State's primary voting.
Oh, and of the 5500 present porcupines, about 150 are already now resident in NH. Lets see how long it gets until that number doubles and there are 300 there....
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