Meet the Losertarians!

The American Enterprise ^ | November 14, 2002 | Michael Medved

[Moosilauke]

Imagine if a third--only one third!--of Kurt Evans' voters had thought seriously enough about the importance of the election to cast their votes for Republican Thune.

Then the reservations would have come up with another 1000 votes for the democrat. That's the nice thing about waiting until all the other votes are counted!

[Thinkin' Gal]

Meet the Losertarians!

Well, where are the pics? Here, I'll help:

Stan Jones, Montana's Libertarian candidate for Senate

Candidate Turns Himself Blue

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

but the truth is that the vast majority of voters voting for libertarian candidates would probably not vote at all if there were not a libertarian on the ballot.

Exactly. The state GOP here in WI is treating Ed Thompson with the same cold shoulder.

Had Thompson decided not to run those people would have stayed home and Bingo Doyle would have won anyway. There were a lot of people absolutely fed up with the Madison corruption going on in both parties, and a lot of conservatives simply stayed home because McCallum was a RINO.

[Saundra Duffy]

Some GOP candidates' chances in state races here in California were DESTROYED by the losertarians. The Libertarians can kiss my REAR END! GET OUT OF CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS ALREADY!

[The Green Goblin]

"Most of you are...marginally Rightist on economic and governing matters.

Do you support Bush's prescription drug entitlement program?

[GOP_1900AD]

This screed reminds me of the vehemently, frothing-at-the-mouth Isla Vista Marxists who led all the anti-Reagan rallies back at UCSB during the early 1980s. You really ARE a LEFTIST! (RE: my assertion in an earlier post...)

[markfiveFF]

75% of Libertarians hold their noses and vote Republican nearly every election.

I live in Ohio and voted for Stuffed Panda for governor (whoever wasn't Hagan or Taft) and omitted my vote for gun grabber Deb Pryce. Many Republicans in Ohio did the same. Otherwise, I voted R. Sometimes - not always - I held my nose to do so.

[My2Cents]

Ok, so how does someone smoking a joint in their house violate your civil rights? Exactly! It doesn't! How does someone paying someone else for sex violate your civil rights? Exactly! It doesn't!

You're right. But thank you for proving my point: Legalized pot and prostitution is all you folks really care about. You've turned liberty into license, and the fact you don't see the difference between the two is what's a threat to society. But even if you practice your license in the privacy of your own home, I would warrant that you carry that licentious attitude into the workplace, into the general society, as well as into the polling booth -- your "values" don't stop at your front door. You are just as guilty of forcing YOUR morals upon the rest of society.

[My2Cents]

He lost. He must be bluer than usual.

[The Green Goblin]

The Libertarians can kiss my REAR END! GET OUT OF CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS ALREADY!

Uh, no thanks. And stop presuming that my vote belongs to you and your Party; it doesn't become you...

[GOP_1900AD]

No I don't. Bush's problem is he will not embrace the Right. However, since Libertarians on the whole are Leftists (LIBerals, LIBertarians. LIBertines... all descended from the Jacobins on the left side of the aisle in Revolutionary France!...) my comments stand.

[anymouse]

Put down the reefer and step away from the keyboard. :)

Posting while stoned should be always be ridiculed.

[monday]

"but the truth is that the vast majority of voters voting for libertarian candidates would probably not vote at all if there were not a libertarian on the ballot. "

This is true, but the majority of Libertarians vote Republican. There are several times the number of members in the Libertarian party compared to the number of votes that are cast Libertarian in any given election.

That could change though. People like Medved, and Democrat apeasing Republicans, have increasingly turned me off to the Republican party.

[tpaine]

New forum dedicated to the Republican Liberty Caucus.
posted on 07/24/2002 3:10 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

REPUBLICAN LIBERTY CAUCUS POSITION STATEMENT
Address:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/rlc/721810/posts

The RLC [libertarian] Caucus Forum, was set up and endorsed by Jim Robinson.

The REAL lo0sers around here are the anti-libertarian trolls.

[John Lenin]

These people would never vote GOP, they are liberals at heart. The name Liberal-tarian ?

[The Green Goblin]

You are just as guilty of forcing YOUR morals upon the rest of society.

Every voter is "guilty" of that. Are you arguing that libertarians shouldn't be allowed to vote?

[Revolting cat!]

Man, it's a b!tch to have a political party that consistently stands for a set of clearly articulated ideas instead of competing on the contents of the menu like some Burger King vs McDonalds. Long live the Incumbent Party!

(The cat's no Libertarian!)

[Le-Roy]

It ought to be obvious that you can only change a major party by participating in it and joining its internal struggles, and that you can't influence a political organization by walking away from it.

   Does Michael Medved actually practice the platitudes he preaches? Do any of the rest of the crowd of 'can't wait to bash the libertarians' around here? Are all of you members of PETA, GreenPeace, Democratic Underground, StormFront, the U.N. --- active members, valiantly struggling to change them from within?

    If not, you're either hypocrites, or you need to stop using this tired canard with zero validity.

[The Green Goblin]

LIBerals, LIBertarians. LIBertines

You forgot to mention LIBerty. I wonder why...