----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Dondero Rittberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
But Steven, that is precisely the point. What are the principles? You say allegiance to some pledge hoisted upon the LP in the 1970s by Rothbard, Raimondo and the Radical Caucus. I say, a basic belief in "fiscaly conservatism and social tolerance." Nobody owns the term "libertarian." ### You are of course correct that nobody owns the label of "libertarian". And everybody so it seems wants to be associated with libertarian ideals, such as Bill Clinton's claim of being libertarian. There is even a socialistic democrat (I know that is redundant) in California that is running as a "libertarian democrat". Weird. Likewise, nobody "owns" the democrat or republican moniker. Afterall, there is absolutely nothing democratic about the democrat party. And the republicans have to share names and ideals with such groups as Irish Republican Army and the Iraq Republican Guard. And the "fiscal conservative and social tolerance" belief is meaningless when you consider that Kerry could be argued to be more fiscally conservative and socially tolerant than Bush. PEACE Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer Franklin County Libertarian Party (614) 891-8841 P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable" John F. Kennedy 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/
