So Paul, does that include Don Gorman? Gorman and the other 3 elected to the NH Legislature in the mid-1990s that the LP was so proud about were actually elected as Republicans.
For instance, Gorman got fully 48% of his vote on the Republican line and 6% on the Libertarian line of the ballot. They "Caucused" in the Legislature as "Libertarians" but appeared on the ballot as Republicans. Please explain. Oh, and btw, how about those two "Libertarian" City Councilman up in Troy, Michigan (pop. 70,000), Martin Holyroke and the other guy (forget his name?), who the LP is so proud of. Both were supported by the local GOP, at least one of them calls himself a "libertarian Republican," and both are active with the local Republicans. Oh, and I should also mention that in the 2 years Andre Marrou was an elected Libertarian State Legislator in Alaska, 1985-87, he caucused with the Republicans. --- In [email protected], "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are absolutely zero libertarians serving in state legislatures > or in any other position while in the Republican party. > > > [ModeratorNote: I slipped up by letting Eric's comment thru, > so you get to rebut this once. > > WHO iz or iz not a libertarian is OFF-topic in this forum while > WHAT is or is not libertarian is always ON-topic here. > > -TLP ] > > > > --- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" > <ericdondero@> wrote: > > > > Sounds like you're sympathetic to the libertarian Republican > > strategy. You may wish to check out the libt. GOP movement at > > www.rlc.org or over at Yahoo Libertarian Republican group. > > > > BTW, there are at least 20 hardcore libertarians serving in state > > legislatures around the country right now as Republicans, many > > affiliated directly with the Libertarian Party, in states such as > > Michigan (!!), California, Florida, Washington, Oregon, Mass, NH and > > Alaska. > > > > --- In [email protected], "john_teschky" <rockroller@> > > wrote: > > > > > > Scott is as Libertarian as you, Paul. > > > > > > He accomplished much running as a Republican. He stuck to his > > > Libertarian positions, yet still managed to earn the endorsement of > > > the local Republican party. If he continues his hard work, he > > could > > > very well be, eventually, the Ron Paul of Illinois. > > > > > > His switch to the GOP also played a big part in shaking the > > Illinois > > > LP out of it's dysfunction and begin it's move back towards > > effectiveness. > > > > > > Scott accomplished much for libertarianism in this area by running > > as > > > a Republican. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul" <ptireland@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Assuming he actually WAS a libertarian (which is almost never > > the case > > > > with people YOU describe as libertarians), he sold his soul in > > hopes > > > > of winning and he still lost. What did he accomplish by running > > as a > > > > Republican? NOTHING. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" > > > > <ericdondero@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > In case you guys hadn't heard yet, Libertarian Party member > > and > > > > > current Republican Scott Bludhorn lost his GOP primary race to > > the > > > > > incumbenet 54 to 46% in the Chicago suburbs. > > > > > > > > > > Though, Scott did increase his vote substantially from his 9% > > showing > > > > > as an LPer in 2004. > > > > > > > > > > Let's hope his runs again for the seat in the future. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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/
