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Former Libertarian Presidential Candidate Harry Browne Passes Away
HammerOfTruth.com ^ | 03-02-2006 | Stephen Gordon

Posted on 03/02/2006 1:31:36 PM PST by NewRomeTacitus

Harry Browne, who was the Libertarian Party presidential candidate in 1996 and 2000, is reported by multiple sources to have died yesterday. I just confirmed the general information with Jim Babka of DownSizeDC. DownSizeDC intends to be distributing pertinent information by e-mail and on their website later this evening.

Pending a statement from family or friends, the best (speculative) published source of information about his condition is currently on Wiki:

"In June of 2005 an unknown neurological illness confined him to a wheelchair. After spending a considerable amount of time in the hospital, he resumed some of his writing and speaking, though it was uncertain whether he will walk again. He succumbed to illness on 1 March 2006."


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: deathofapatriot; harrybrowne; libertarian; libertarians; lp; obituary; restinpeace
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I met and spoke with Mr. Browne when he ran back in '96. He was a gracious gentleman who never had any illusions of winning - he seemed truly motivated by the wish to improve our nation.
1 posted on 03/02/2006 1:31:38 PM PST by NewRomeTacitus
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To: NewRomeTacitus

RIP .. truly great American.


2 posted on 03/02/2006 1:34:31 PM PST by Element187
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To: NewRomeTacitus
Oh, how sad! I had no idea Mr. Browne was ill.

I heard the last part of a radio interview he did in 1996. He closed by giving out the Libertarian Party phone number, which ends in "1776". He added, "Those of you educated in public schools will remember that was the year Columbus discovered America". He was a funny man, very intelligent, and very nice. I'll bet he's getting a great welcome in Heaven from our Founding Fathers.

May God comfort his grieving family.

3 posted on 03/02/2006 1:35:55 PM PST by American Quilter
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To: NewRomeTacitus

An earlier, greater Libertarian candidate is still with us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospers

A very distinguished gentleman, indeed.


4 posted on 03/02/2006 1:36:31 PM PST by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
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To: NewRomeTacitus

Harry was a good speaker with a knack for catch phrases. The one he used in his '96 campaign was "Government doesn't work." He'd continue "It can't keep our streets safe, it can't educate our children, it can't even get us our mail on time. So why on earth would you trust it with your retirement money?" He was a real believer in Liberty. A great man has left us. We are diminished for his passing.


5 posted on 03/02/2006 1:36:36 PM PST by the tongue
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To: freepatriot32
Sad ping for a patriot.

R.I.P. Harry Browne.
6 posted on 03/02/2006 1:37:08 PM PST by Issaquahking (Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. ...MSM/ terrorists one and the same)
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To: NewRomeTacitus
In the long twilight of the Libertarian Party (after it was clear that they'd never, ever get out of the minor-party gadfly ghetto), Harry Browne was probably the best presidential candidate they ever put forward.

He was a great communicator, and an asset to the movement. It's so sad to see him gone.

7 posted on 03/02/2006 1:39:25 PM PST by jennyp (WHAT I'M READING NOW: The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed.)
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To: NewRomeTacitus

RIP. I do not wish to speak ill of the dead but Harry took a rather strange turn in his politics a couple of years ago, even for a Libertarian.


8 posted on 03/02/2006 1:42:47 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: NewRomeTacitus

Sad. My first presidential vote ever was cast for him.

Rest in peace, Mr. Browne.


9 posted on 03/02/2006 1:44:13 PM PST by Xenalyte (Numba one in tha hood, G!)
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I do not wish to speak ill of the dead

Then don't.

10 posted on 03/02/2006 1:45:57 PM PST by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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11 posted on 03/02/2006 1:50:34 PM PST by ScreamingFist (Annihilation - The result of underestimating your enemies. NRA)
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To: headsonpikes
Hospers is cool.

Also, a fellow alumnus of Brooklyn College.

:)

12 posted on 03/02/2006 1:51:51 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("The moment that someone wants to forbid caricatures, that is the moment we publish them.")
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To: NewRomeTacitus

I wish they would have allowed him in more debates.


13 posted on 03/02/2006 1:53:45 PM PST by Feiny ( "Why don't we go up to the old people's home and wax the steps? " ~ Barney Fife)
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To: feinswinesuksass

I wish they would have allowed him in more debates.



Or any of them. He'd have cleaned Clinton's, Dole's, Bush's, AND Gore's clocks in a debate!! He and Nader would have made the debates real, instead of the press junket they've become.


14 posted on 03/02/2006 1:55:59 PM PST by the tongue
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My condolences. :-(


15 posted on 03/02/2006 1:57:08 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: NewRomeTacitus
Actually, Free Republic featured Mr. Browne in one of its early "Town Hall" forums during the 2000 primaries. I had the pleasure of working with Mr. Babka and Mr. Browne, and found them both to be consummate professionals, and credits to their organization.

While I do not subscribe to all of the Libertarian platform, I believe its leaders to be men of principle and integrity, Harry Browne foremost among them.

16 posted on 03/02/2006 1:57:19 PM PST by IronJack
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To: NewRomeTacitus

Sad news, my friend voted for him. RIP Mr. Browne.


17 posted on 03/02/2006 2:01:56 PM PST by jocon307 (The Silent Majority - silent no longer)
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To: NewRomeTacitus
Goofed on "1997"
18 posted on 03/02/2006 2:02:08 PM PST by CounterCounterCulture
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To: ShadowDancer

I didn't. I considered myself a libertarian at the time.


19 posted on 03/02/2006 2:04:38 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

I don't consider myself a Libertarian either; however, since I didn't like Pres. Clinton or Sen. Dole, I voted for Harry Browne in 1996.


20 posted on 03/02/2006 2:11:58 PM PST by Stepan12
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