Posted on 12/26/2004 6:30:43 PM PST by logician2u
It's refreshing to see that he has come around to the view that the Republican Party -- and especially the leadership of the Republican Party -- must take the blame for an electoral strategy that panders to virtually every interest group except those who would like to see the size and scope of government reduced. Rather than dismissing the Libertarians as "loonies," thereby assuring that their votes go to a loser rather than a Republican, why not appeal for their votes? They count just the same as everyone else's, after all. And in a close race, you'd think savvy politicians would want every vote they could get.
But it's so much more rewarding to slash the tires and keep the Libertarian bus from rolling in the next election.
You are loonies. big time.
I believe the Libertarian candidate in Washington state was some feminist-lesbian-vagatarian. If she was not in the race, Gregoir would have won hands down.
She was, but that doesn't make the losertarians any less loonie.
Everyone should recognize that the two party system is best. If you feel your views are not being represented, you either change parties or influence your party to change.
Muth is not in any way suggesting that Libertarians voted for the D candidate, rather that the presence of an L candidate (as an alternative to both the R and D candidates) could have tipped the election, ever so slightly, to the Democrat. He may have a point.
Would you know how many votes the Green Party candidate recieved?
"The Republican Party -- and especially the leadership of the Republican Party -- must take the blame for an electoral strategy that panders to virtually every interest group except those who would like to see the size and scope of government reduced."
Pretty much! I mean, the Dems are far worse, of course, when it comes to pandering. I'm not ashamed to be a Republican. But obviously this "pass the buck" mentality about cutting spending is rampant and voters need to hold Republicans to their small government ideals.
Do you want to finish the sentence? Best for whom? For the politicians? Maybe. For the survival of the Republic? Open to debate, which is why we are having it on this thread and countless others.
If you feel your views are not being represented, you either change parties or influence your party to change.
That's exactly what many people have done and will continue to do until they tire of bumping into that same old brick wall.
But it looks like this time the Libertarians hurt the Democrat in Washington State. So maybe the Republicans knew what they were doing.
Don't know offhand. Knowing the liberal, enviro-conscious tendencies of the Pacific Northwest it would not surprise me if the Greens got more votes than the Libertarians this time around.
However, Muth is not offering free advice for Democrats on how to reclaim their "lost" votes. If they want to split the Greens off permanently, that's fine with him -- and with me, for that matter. Better to isolate them than to have one party (or both, as things are now headed) accept the Earth religion as gospel.
How about answering my question, or did you read it?
Do Libertarians (with a capital L) support homosexual marriage?
"Don't blame me, I voted for Khodos"
Would you care to elaborate? The ugly lesbian feminist vote, maybe? Or vegetarians? (I'm only picking up on what Blue Screen of Death posted; who the Libertarians ran for governor was never reported on the wire services, so that's the best we've got for now.)
It appears the Democrat will take office after winning the recount. Close is only good in horseshoes and hand grenades, they always say.
I think that tilting the Wash. Republican campaign toward Libertarian values likely would have lost enough government-handout votes to be counterproductive. But having said that, it appears Chris Vance truly is a moron.
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