On Oct 26, 2008, at 5:29 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: > On Sun, 26 Oct 2008, John Williams wrote: > >> Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> Well, on my ballot, if I were to not vote for the incumbent in a >>> lot of >>> the state & local races, that left me with a choice between a >>> Democrat and >>> a Libertarian in all of the cases where I was left with a choice >>> of 2 >>> non-incumbents. The Democrats would be more likely to spend >>> more. Which >>> is why I came to the conclusion I did. >>> >>> I guess your ballots are somewhat different from mine, then, in >>> terms of >>> how heavily any given party is represented, and how likely a >>> candidate >>> from a particular party is to beat one from another particular >>> party. >> >> I wish there were as many libertarians in the top 3 on my ballots >> as there >> were on yours! You must live in a libertarian-friendly area. > > North of Austin, TX. > > Texas is somewhat interesting that way in some places.... > > Julia
And, in many cases, the Libertarian Party candidates are something a little different from what I'd call small-l libertarian. The capital- L variety, around here at least, tend to be more than a little on the neopentecostal-theocratic side. "Correct morality can only be derived from what man is—not from what do-gooders and well-meaning Aunt Nellies would like him to be." -- Robert A. Heinlein _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
