[afuturegovernor]

I'll refrain from comment and let others respond :)

[AlGone2001]

Let's take a sample of the California voters and see what they thought of their LPers:

Governor

Governor

Democrat-Gray Davis

1,593,532

Republican-Bill Simon

1,021,096

American Independent-Reihhold S. Gulke

24,172

Libertarian-Gary David Copeland

17,626

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Lt. Governor

Democrat-Cruz M. Bustamante

1,758,511

Republican-Bruce Mc Pherson

1,658,148

American Independent-James D. King

23,144

Green-Donna J. Warren

32,755

Libertarian-Pat Wright

16,992

---

Secretary of State

Democrat-Kevin Shelley

668,661

Republican-Robert K. Olberg

1,108,243

American Independent-Edward C. Noonan

24,464

Green-Laurence H. Shoup

32,385

Libertarian-Gail K. Lightfoot

17,976

---

Controller

Democrats-Steve Westly

1,035,529

Republican-Tom McClintock

860,261

American Independent-Ernest F. Vance

23,518

Green-Laura Wells

26,892

Natural Law-J. Carlos Aguirre

4,212

 

---

Treasurer

Democrat-Philip Angelides

1,711,711

Republican-Phillip Gregory Conlon

916,262

American Independent-Nathan E. Johnson

23,682

Green-Jeanne-Marie Rosenmeier

32,245

Libertarian-Marian Smithson

17,655

---

Attorney General

Democrat-Bill Lockyer

1,554,880

Republican-Dick Ackerman

1,664,533

American Independent-Diane B. Templin

24,842

Green-Glen Freeman Mowrer

32,224

Libertarian-Ed Kuwatch

17,541

Insurance Commissioner

Sup. of Public Instruction

U.S. Congress

District 1     99,775 total votes

Democrat-Mike Thompson-59,788 or 60%

Republican-Lawrence R. Wiesner-39,307 or 39%

Libertarian-Kevin Bastian-680 or .7%

District 2  113,954 total votes

Democrat-Mike Johnson-23,949 or 21%

Republican-Wally Herger-65,586 or 58%

Libertarian-Charles R. Martin-657 or .6%

Natural Law-Patrice Thiessen-88 or .07%

District 3    102505 total votes

Democrat-Howard Beeman-38,730 or 38%

Republican-Doug Ose-62,268 or 61%

Libertarian-Douglas Arthur Tuma-507 or .5%

District 4     132,939 total votes

Democrat-Mark A. Norberg-41,266 or 31%

Republican-John T. Doolittle-70,386 or 53%

Libertarian-Allen M. Roberts-662 or .05%

District 5    66,730 total votes

Democrat-Robert T. Matsui-44,628 or 67%

Republican-Richard Frankhuizen-21,845 or 33%

Libertarian-Timothy E. Roloff -257 or .04%

District 6    110,441 total votes

Democrat-Lynn Woolsey-59,877   80.6 or

Republican-Paul L. Erickson-35,201 or

Libertarian-Richard Barton-613 or

Reform-Jeff Rainforth-262 or

[Bernard Marx]

The Libertarian candidate for Lt. Governor, Pat Wright, is a ferret legalization activist! That's his main issue: making it legal to own ferrets in California.

With a Druid/Ferret combo, Libertarians really have their eyes on the Big Issues in CA politics. I'm sure they'll make a clean sweep in the elections -- not!

[hattend]

Gee, this reporter gave that much space in a paper for a person who will get <.000001% of the general vote.

I wonder how much $$ he owed the candidate.

[Mr. Thorne]

Arbor Day! One more day off for state workers...

[Cable225]

Bump so I can find this thread later. Between this and the Ickes thread, I'm gonna be giggling all night.

[nickcarraway]

This guy can't win until he seals up his base of core druid voters.

[Brett66]

A Druid? Sounds like a natural democrat, he should join them.

[gc4nra]

"Can California deal with a Druid for governor?"

I thought we already were!

[dpwiener]

Although everyone on this thread is having fun commenting on Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Gary Copeland and his Druidic religion, no one seems to appreciate the practical political consequences.

Remember, this is California. And a lot of Californians have positive feelings towards Druids and Wiccans (and anybody else who's "unconventional"). And of those who are so favorably inclined, I'd venture to guess that a much higher percentage are Democrats than Republicans. And a lot of those Democrats are rather disenchanted with Gray Davis, but they could never bring themselves to vote for Bill Simon.

So for all of you Bill Simon fans, wouldn't it be nice if a substantial number of potential Davis votes went instead to Gary Copeland? This is a case in which the Libertarian could easily end up siphoning off far more Democratic votes than Republican votes. Perhaps you should all be thinking of ways to promote Gary's candidacy (in a well-targeted fashion).

[Eagle Eye]

Can't see how this is even as bad as the party that refused to admit evidence against clinton during the impeachment trial. This guy may be 'different', but unlike a certain party's elected officials, he's not yet proven to be tolerant of treason. And unlike the loyal voters of that same party, he isn't supporting the treasonous b@st@ards the same way those 'loyal' voters are.

[thmiley]

It really pisses me off when I see this kind of crap from my own party. Maybe flake boy should go be a greenie or Natural Law party candidate. He'd fit in better.

[Ditter]

Any family history on this ........uh............... nutjob? He could be a cousin of mine.......... but I don't want him to know.

[Pistias]

One of the central tenets of Druidry is that no one should have authority over anyone but himself or herself—a point Copeland illustrates with a reference to The Lord of the Rings, noting that the ring Frodo carries has "so much power that, even if you did good things with it, it would pervert, subvert and seduce you."

I would hold judgement on the libertarian basis of "Druidry"--but my point is that the first part of the phrase is significantly different from the second.

[Eternal_Bear]

No true Druids left.......but maybe one day they will return.

[Polonius]

... "and oh how they danced, the little children of Stonehenge."

[PJ-Comix]

Funny, he doesn't look Druish.

[ZULU]

I might consider it - if he promised to sacrifice Democrats, Liberals and Hollywood stars.

[William Terrell]

California could deal with a bowl of peas and carrots for governor.

[mv1]

Should be a tight race