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Lessons of the Libertarian Party's Most Recent Failure
Volokh ^
| November 20, 2008 at 1:11am
| Ilya Somin
Posted on 11/20/2008 9:07:47 PM PST by MovementConservative
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To: bpjam
The Libertarians aren’t responsible for Ted Stevens losing. Ted Stevens and the GOP are responsible for that. He should never have been allowed to run under the GOP banner.
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posted on
11/21/2008 7:13:27 AM PST
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MovementConservative
(In 4 years GW Bush and the free-spending republicans have almost completely destroyed the GOP.)
To: Does so
"Losertarians" Name calling.
Always the decider of who wins an argument.
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posted on
11/21/2008 7:22:24 AM PST
by
laotzu
To: MovementConservative
The reason for the LP's failure is easy to state in just a few words:
The LP is a party of and for whackadoodles, and nobody takes them seriously.
That's a pretty steep obstacle for any candidate to surmount, no matter how able he may be. Unfortunately for the LP, their candidates tend to be first-rate whackadoodles, which only reinforces the bad reputation of an already silly party.
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posted on
11/21/2008 7:23:17 AM PST
by
r9etb
To: Henry.David
Even as careless as Bob Barr was, he’s still better than any Republican, save Ron Paul.You're talking about the Bob Barr who was the head of the ACLU????
Truth is we had at least four liberals running for president....Obama, McCain, Nadar, and Barr. There wasn't really much of a choice for us conservatives!
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posted on
11/21/2008 7:40:49 AM PST
by
Retired COB
(Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
To: MovementConservative
Why doesn't the Libertarian Party focus on winning local elections?
Why didn't they run any candidates against the Democrat in Ark., who didn't have any GOP opposition?
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posted on
11/22/2008 3:11:12 AM PST
by
fortheDeclaration
("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
To: bpjam
So far they have prevented Ted Stevens from winning. Possibly Norm Coleman. And probably Saxby Chambliss. In fairness to the Libertarians, these guys lost or may lose, because they were RHINO'S.
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11/22/2008 3:13:23 AM PST
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fortheDeclaration
("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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