Quoth Richard Shepard: > I have now heard several times over the last week or so that the founders of the LP never really expected the LP to be a "political party," and that the fundamental purpose in forming the party was to educate the public in matters of liberty. > > First, isn't that what CATO, Reason, Heartland and several others do? > > Second, if indeed the purpose of the party founders was not political why on earth did they form a political party? They could have formed a PAC, or a think tank, or an interest group like the ACLU. > > Third, they DID form a political party. Why should anybody be surprised if its members want it to act like one?
There's no real need to wonder what the founders of the LP intended it to be or do -- they, or at least the man generally regarded as "the founder," set out their agenda in writing several months before founding the party pursuant to that agenda. The article was titled "The Case for a Libertarian Political Party," by David Nolan. It was published in the July/August 1971 of the Individualist (SIL's, now ISIL's, periodical at the time), and it's available online at: http://elfsoft.home.mindspring.com/politics/nolan.htm Regards, Tom Knapp ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
