No Geoff, no need for another 3rd Party. The group that represents what I would consider to be "Mainstream" libertarianism has already been invented, by some Dude from Tallahassee, Florida, now living south of Houston. The group is called the Republican Liberty Caucus.
You see, the LP, with the exception of a brief respit in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and in 1987/88, has been controlled by what I consider to be extremistism. The Party (with the exception of the Ed Clark era and the briefer Ron Paul era) is limited to libertarianism that is, imo, TOO consitent to its core principle. So, where do those go who are less bound to a hardcore consistency with that core principle? Well some go to Cato, Reason and various assorted free market think tanks. But the politicaly active ones, gravitate to the RLC. I do believe that there is a place for this in the overall libertartarian movement. Check 'em out at www.rlc.org --- In [email protected], "Geof Gibson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" > <ericdondero@> wrote: > > > > > > When Leonard Reed of FEE invented the New Political Spectrum with > > Four Quadrants back in 1959, he envisioned a day when "libertarian" > > would be as broadly defined as Liberal or Conservative. Dave Nolan, > > the Advocates for Self-Government and numerous others have carried > > on that tradition of libertarianism being as large a movement and as > > broadly defined as the other two, through the World's Smallest > > Political Quiz and the OPH. > > > > If you wish to narrow the definition for libertarian beliefs, > > fine with me, just use a Modifier. Call your perspective > "Anarcho-libertarianism" or a "Hardcore libertarianism" or a "dogmatic > libertarianism" or an "extreme libertarianism" > > > > I think this gets to the meat of the topic. Is the LP a broad based > political party with a Libertarian philosophy, or is it only > appropriate for those who adhere scrupulously to the NAP? Who defines > when a position strays from the NAP? > If the LP is only for the most hard core, where do all the Libertarian > leaning voters and candidates go who are not approved by the hard core > set? Does this mean we need another 3rd party? > 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/
