Then explain why the Libertarian Party was so much more successful at actually winning elections in the 1980s and early 1990s than it is today?
Alaska: Reps. Dick Randolph, Ken Fanning & Andre Marrou (1980s) New Hampshire: Reps. Don Gorman, Finlay Rauthaus, Cal Warburton & Forget the other guy's name? (early 1990s) The LP could do it in the '80s. Why can't they do it today? As for my LP credentials: First voted Libertarian 1982 (straight ticket) Libertarian Party of Florida Secretary 1985/86 Libertarian candidate for State House 1986 Libertarian Party National Committee 1986/87 Advance Man/Travel Aide, Ron Paul, Libertarian for President 1987/88 LP National Convention Delegate for 1987 (Seattle) & 1989 (Philly) Petitioner in over 10 different LP ballot drives starting in 1987 including most recently the Texas LP 2004 where I collected nearly 4,000 signatures. Campaign Worker in over 10 Libertarian political campaigns. --- In [email protected], "jgo456" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Like counting on the Libertarian Party to ever > >>> elect anyone to any public office of significance > >>> that will bring us liberty in our time? > >>> > >>> Look, none of us is getting any younger. > >>> > >>> I once believed in the dream of the Libertarian Party. > >>> I bought into it, hook, line and sinker. I was > >>> the hardcore of hardcore LPer in the 1980s. > > I don't think you were. > > >>> Ed Clark, Ron Paul, Karl Hess, Jim Turney, > >>> Andre Marrou all the way mann! > > >>> Then Marrou lost his seat in the Alaska House. > > The LP is a lot less about particular candidates than the Reps and > Dems are. > > >>> The LP kept losing elections all over the place. > > Just as Reps and Dems lose elections all over the place. > > Yes, we've been naive. We've expected that everyone will see the > light and that, e.g. the Socialist Insecurity Abomination and income > extortion would surely be eliminated by the time we were 25, and if > not then, by the time we were 28... > > We were naive. We didn't know what sorts of advertising generate the > most bang for the buck. We didn't know how much a successful campaign > would cost, or how much it would cost us to get candidates on the > ballot in light of Rep/Dem rigging of the election system. We blew > what seemed to us like huge wads of cash and energy on ineffective > campaigning. > > We've run people lacking credentials for offices that the electorate > expects candidates to have certain kinds of credentials. And then > when someone does have a little bit of a credential, we run him/her > for president instead of state legislature or county commission, > where, if we could all cooperate and pool resources, s/he'd have a > decent chance to be elected. > > We've also compromised, backing iffy candidates we thought might > generate more coverage from the media, backing candidates who had > somewhat sort of libertarian leaning positions on 1 or 2 issues, > etc., to our humiliation and long-term political detriment. > > But backing non-libertarian candidates promises no probability that > it will move us in a libertarian direction. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpgUKB/pzNLAA/cUmLAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
