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Libertarians pick a mentally ill man as their candidate. At least RFK Jr got only 19 votes before being eliminated. Trump was not included because some states don't allow the candidate to be representing more than one party on the ballot. Too confusing for ballot counters.

Libertarians would have been better to skip a nominee and instead just endorse Trump. Cheaper too.

1 posted on 05/26/2024 8:45:29 PM PDT by Reno89519
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Who? Chasen Sanborn? Is he still around?


2 posted on 05/26/2024 8:48:10 PM PDT by lee martell
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That nutcase they nominated supported Obama. Yep, real small government Libertarian there. /s

Amazing.

4 posted on 05/26/2024 8:52:03 PM PDT by volare737 (Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated.)
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Libertarians would have been better to skip a nominee and instead just endorse Trump.

Trump isn't a Libertarian. He is not shy about spending, is NOT a free-trade-above-all junkie, and isn't reflexively against an activist federal government.

He is fighting the Deep State, not thrilled with new military entanglements and not eager for wars, and isn't interested in using the government to enforce Woke ideology.

But that isn't sufficient for most Libertarians.
5 posted on 05/26/2024 8:53:25 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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A mentally ill man who supports the US Constitution’s First & Fourth Amendments is better than a man who doesn’t.


8 posted on 05/26/2024 9:03:03 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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In an interview with CNN following his nomination, Oliver said he believes earning 2% of the vote nationally in November’s general election is a reasonable goal.

It was 3% but after yesterday, they're giving 1% to Trump (and he'll probably take more).

9 posted on 05/26/2024 9:05:23 PM PDT by Drew68
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He got 2% in the GA Senate race in ‘22, forcing the runoff.

2nd Amendment supporting gay guy

Oliver, 38, was previously a Democrat and had supported Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. presidential election but later left the Democratic Party due to his own anti-war views, which he felt were not being adequately represented by the party. Oliver joined the Libertarian Party in 2010 after meeting several members of the party at an Atlanta Pride Festival


10 posted on 05/26/2024 9:05:45 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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On the ballot in all 50 states


11 posted on 05/26/2024 9:06:09 PM PDT by Az Joe (Live free or die)
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Abortion

Oliver self-identifies as pro-choice, although he is opposed to taxpayer funding of abortions. He believes that abortion should be legal nationwide, and he has said he would support legislation to make it so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Oliver


15 posted on 05/26/2024 9:21:55 PM PDT by Farcesensitive (K is coming)
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Chase Oliver.

He ain't winning s***


20 posted on 05/26/2024 9:32:26 PM PDT by Drew68
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Oliver said he believes earning 2% of the vote nationally in November’s general election is a reasonable goal.

That 2% could be just enough to put Xo Xiden back in the White House. That might be exactly what they want, and it lets them congratulate themselves for fighting the establishment.

22 posted on 05/26/2024 9:43:06 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents in jail.)
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“The 38-year-old, who has previously run for Congress multiple times in Georgia, focused his pitch on making Libertarian values palatable to a broader audience.”

38? If that “broader audience” are Millennials and older Gen Zs who would otherwise vote for Plugs, then ok, whatever it takes to beat the Dem margin of fraud.

23 posted on 05/26/2024 9:43:15 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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Oliver, baby, you will NEVER CONVINCE TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOTS THAT ...OPEN BORDERS... IS COMMON SENSE.

I’ll tell the truth after much consideration:

1. I used to think the Libertarians were somewhat conservative, except for their love of WEED .
2. I never realized how RUDE THEY COULD BE. I don’t care what CNN says...CONSERVATIVES...MAGA PEOPLE...ARE NOT RUDE.
3. They could identify with Socialists far more than they could identify with American Patriots.
4. I never formed a true opinion about them, because their real beliefs and policies were foreign to me.

WELL, THIS WEEKEND I LEARNED A ...LOT...ABOUT THEM and when in the past I thought they could be a wing of the Republican Conservatives...NOW, ALL BETS ARE OFF.

THEY ARE THE TUTTI FRUTTI OF A ...shhhh not very large party, therefore, I give them no credence.


24 posted on 05/26/2024 9:45:07 PM PDT by Maris Crane
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Ha!
26 posted on 05/26/2024 10:06:14 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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“Libertarians would have been better to skip a nominee and instead just endorse Trump. Cheaper too.”

Small minds, small thinking. But Trump tried.


33 posted on 05/26/2024 10:26:19 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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Back in the 1970s and 1980s, I was with the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a conservative group, and we were always fighting the Liberaltarians, who were always trying to take over YAF. The Liberaltarians’ biggest issue was the legalization of psychotropic drugs.


34 posted on 05/26/2024 10:30:27 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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Olver wins nomination

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/fe270546-1787-4bfb-8e4c-55e1a7be8a53

Glad handing already underway.

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/a475f6b6-7d70-458f-98ad-c2e64c04df1e


35 posted on 05/26/2024 10:37:30 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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No more sympathy for libertarians.
Booing Trump.
Draining 2 or 3% off Trump ——with more in small pockets of oddballs.


38 posted on 05/26/2024 10:39:51 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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Dude’s name could be Oliver Closeoff and he still won’t get more than 3%.


40 posted on 05/26/2024 10:49:45 PM PDT by jz638
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Dude’s name could be Oliver Closeoff and he still won’t get more than 3%.


41 posted on 05/26/2024 10:49:46 PM PDT by jz638
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Dude’s name could be Oliver Closeoff and he still won’t get more than 3%.


42 posted on 05/26/2024 10:49:48 PM PDT by jz638
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