The Libertarian Party Tour

Solitaire

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Let's drop in and have a look at what the Libertarian Party is up to these days.

Competitive Voices http://www.lp.org/media/article_552.shtml

"There is simply no tolerance of competing voices against he political elite of two-party politics, " says Shane Cory, executive director of the Libertarian Party. "There is a long-standing culture of censorship among the political elite when it comes to competing viewpoints." "The Republican and Democratic Parties may say they are dedicated to open and democratic debates," Cory concludes, "but their track records with limiting competition in debates shows the hypocrisy of their rhetoric."
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Good... Good... The Libertarians are loosing their paranoia slowly, very slowly, very very slowly.

Gain In Membership

"The two-party system has fail the American public," says Corey, "and people are looking for a viable alternative in hopes of returning America to the right path. Our numbers are a clear indication of the failure of Republicans and Democrats."
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And all that hard work is paying off. Any day now they'll reach statistical significance. Give or take 500 years...


Anyway, what do they have in candidates:


Wayne Root, the gambler's candidate, worries me, and not just his position on vaccines.

Wayne Root Blog

On the GOP side, Mitt Romney was born into wealth and privilege- his father was Governor of Michigan and CEO of American Motors. He is George W. Bush all over again - a man born into big business from the moment of birth. Mitt Romney has never known a worry about money or bills in his life. John McCain is the son and grandson of powerful Admirals who ran the United States Navy. He is a Prince born to Kings. Rudy Guliani was a powerful prosecutor and mayor. The closest he ever came to business was putting businessmen in jail to build his name recognition. Only a few years after leaving office, Rudy is today worth close to $100 million dollars. Just another out-of-touch man of wealth and privilege - without a clue about small business. Only Mike Huckabee has common-man roots. But he also never ran a small business in his life, never created a job, never risked his own money to start a business. As a pastor, Huckabee never worried about taxes (churches don't pay them - no property taxes, no taxes on contributions). Huckabee went straight from pastor to career politician (who loves big government and the Nanny State).

On the Democrat side we have a really interesting group - wall to wall LAWYERS. Hillary Clinton is a lawyer who has spent her entire life holding government jobs and collecting government checks. And as far as understanding the common man, she was paid a reported $8 million advance for her biography. When Bill and Hillary left the White House they were broke. Today they are worth over $50 million. Government service has been very, very good to the Clintons. So much for "sacrifice for the good of the people." Hillary has never risked her own money on a business, never created a job, never run any business of any kind. Ditto for my Columbia College '83 classmate Barack Obama. He went straight from law school, to public service, to a $2 million dollar book advance. Never created a job, never risked a dime, never ran a business of any kind. And then there's John Edwards - the man famous for $400 haircuts. Edwards is a lawyer who earned his $50 million fortune by suing people. He too never created a business or a job - worse, he destroyed businesses and jobs by suing them.
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Such negative vibes.
I feel he could explode at any minute.
Let's move on to the next candidate... Quickly!


Michael Jingozian, the man with a plan. Somewhere...
This it? Nope.
Maybe this. No...
Here it is! I think...

Surely we can find a candidate a bit better organized.


Daniel Imperato looks promising but a bit short on details.

Daniel Imperato Issues

I propose a new charity system, where the only charity that can receive unlimited contributions is the Social Security 501(c)3 Charitable Fund. That way, wealthy Americans, who wish to have the largest tax deductions through charitable donations, will donate back to the American people and the Social Security Charitable Fund that will be run by we the people.

I propose an approval fee on all FDA approved drugs to be contributed by the drug companies to the US healthcare system. In addition, a percentage will be added to the wholesale costs of the drugs that are sold around the world that will be contributed back to the healthcare system. It is about time the drug companies support our healthcare needs to ensure healthcare for all American citizens run by we the people.
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Hm. Not half bad...

That "we the people" thing starts to get on the nerves after a while.

A pity I cannot mine the blog for juicier tidbits.


Well, that's it. Unless you want to look at the dark horse candidates of the Libertarian Party.

LP Candidate List
 
I wonder if my favorite LP candidate,the Dominatrix in Los Angeles who always runs for the State Legislature on the LP ticket, complete with Black Leather Outfit and Whip, will go presidential this year.
The LP provides a lot of entertainment value but not much in the way of viable candidates.
 
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And all that hard work is paying off. Any day now they'll reach statistical significance. Give or take 500 years...
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This reminds me of Shanek's claims that the Libertarian Party was becoming a national force, winning all sorts of elections across the country.

Yet, when challenged to name one candidate who won a contested election, with Democractic and Republican candidates, for an office that wasn't dog catcher, water district commissioner or mayor of a town with a popluation of 26, he couldn't.
 
A neighbor of mine headed up the AZ Libertarian Party for awhile back in the mid-80s. He had published some interesting columns in the local business paper, so I told him I was interesting in learning more about the party. It turned out they were having a convention in town a few weeks later (I think it was national but it might have been just the statewide party), and he gave me some material on it.

There were quite a few seminars being offered that gave off the aroma of a social movement rather than a political one. The one I recall most vividly was entitled something like, "When a Libertarian Falls in Love", which was supposed to discuss the libertarian aspects of romance.

I decided to stick with the nutty party I already knew.
 
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