Posted on 12/17/2024 11:56:04 AM PST by Angelino97
The Libertarian Party of New York issued a formal resolution over the weekend condemning several fellow Libertarian state affiliates for refusing to support the party’s 2024 presidential ticket of Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat. The resolution called for further corrective action against these affiliates.
The resolution, approved by the Libertarian Party of New York’s State Committee on Sunday, reaffirmed Oliver and ter Maat as the party’s official nominees for President and Vice President in the 2024 election. It then criticized those affiliates that failed to place the ticket on their state ballots, specifically naming the Libertarian Party of Colorado. The Colorado party was further accused of violating Libertarian Party Bylaw 5-4 by announcing its intention to instead list Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on its state ballot.
The resolution also directly criticized the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire for its decision to publicly endorse Republican Donald Trump. On the day of the election, the New Hampshire party came out in support of Trump in a formal statement, citing his alignment on certain policy issues with the Libertarian Party, despite acknowledging that Trump was “not a libertarian.” The endorsement was later shared by the Trump campaign as part of a last-minute text campaign targeting New Hampshire voters, according to screenshots shared by the party.
The Libertarian Party of New York is now demanding accountability from the state affiliates that chose not to support the ticket, citing violations of party bylaws and an obstruction of ballot access as a result. It also specifically condemned the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire for both its endorsement of Trump and inflammatory social media behavior, which, the New York party stated, has severely damaged the reputation and credibility of the Libertarian Party.
However, the resolution did not specify what actions the Libertarian Party of New York considers “accountability and corrective action.”
Speaking as someone who often is sympathetic to Libertarian ideals (particularly on economics and money) - their political organizations are an exercise in herding cats, and are often full of weirdos - and also socialists who call themselves “libertarians” because they have some strange fetish they want legalized.
Freedom is no longer their primary value. Obedience is.
Trump actually did something about deregulation...and no republican or libertarian ever could, or would.
He’s the most libertarian President we could ever wish for.
maybe cuz the candidate was not a libertarian
There’s just so many ways that you can divide 0.25 of 1 percent of the vote and still be relevant.
Trump broke the party, he won many of those confused and whacked out people over to him although he is going to destroy so many of their party’s goals and positions.
Exactly.
He was a wokie pretending to be one.
Chase Oliver is not a libertarian.
The libertarian party nominated a leftist kook.
They were just the latest institution conquered in the left’s long march through the institutions.
The demands for obedience are a hilarious clue.
Double secret probation? (Sorry couldn't resist it...)
Which positions was he different on from their platform?
This version of the “libertarian” party wanted unlimited illegal immigration, supported a wide range of woke insanity and had an anti-Israel foreign policy.
Those are the crackpot ideas I know about—there probably are a bunch more.
I realize you were asking for the difference between the candidate and the platform—as far as I know it was a crackpot candidate and a crackpot platform—leftist infiltration and conquest.
It is just a vanity party— a vehicle for a few prima donnas to feel grandiose about themselves. Only time they ever matter is when they screw up a tight race somewhere and help elect a leftwing police state candidate.
“”””as far as I know it was a crackpot candidate and a crackpot platform—leftist infiltration and conquest.””””
People keep saying that but nothing has changed in the libertarian platform, it is the same platform that it has always been.
Immigration for example, always the same.
Here is the full text of their position on immigration, this 2004 full text was the last time they published it in full language, but the platforms always say it in shorter language.
COMPLETE PLATFORM TEXT
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND CIVIL ORDER
IMMIGRATION:
“”THE ISSUE: We welcome all refugees to our country and condemn the efforts of U.S. officials to create a new “Berlin Wall” which would keep them captive. We condemn the U.S. government’s policy of barring those refugees from our country and preventing Americans from assisting their passage to help them escape tyranny or improve their economic prospects.
THE PRINCIPLE: We hold that human rights should not be denied or abridged on the basis of nationality. Undocumented non-citizens should not be denied the fundamental freedom to labor and to move about unmolested. Furthermore, immigration must not be restricted for reasons of race, religion, political creed, age or sexual preference. We oppose government welfare and resettlement payments to non-citizens just as we oppose government welfare payments to all other persons.
SOLUTIONS: We condemn massive roundups of Hispanic Americans and others by the federal government in its hunt for individuals not possessing required government documents. We strongly oppose all measures that punish employers who hire undocumented workers. Such measures repress free enterprise, harass workers, and systematically discourage employers from hiring Hispanics.
TRANSITIONAL ACTION: We call for the elimination of all restrictions on immigration, the abolition of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Border Patrol, and a declaration of full amnesty for all people who have entered the country illegally.””
Fair point—crackpot then and crackpot now.
Yep, I have their platforms going back to their founding and they never change.
“New York Libertarian Party Condemns State Affiliates Over Failure to Support 2024 Presidential Ticket”
trying to get Libertarians to cooperate is like trying to herd cats ...
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